No. 048 - Jakob Piil

Team: T-Mobile Team Country: Denmark DOB: 9/3/1973 | Age: 33 Hometown: Odense, Denmark Height: 5'11 | Weight: 147 Hobbies: Co-founder of Scouting for All Pro Since: 1997 UCI Rank: 107th & Points: 15 Specialty: Sprinter

Career Summary

In 2003, Jakob Piil became the first Dane since Bjarne Riis to win a stage of the Tour de France. Since he turned professional in 1997, Piil has won 20 prestigious races including Paris- Tours, the Peace Race, the USPRO Championships, the Tour de Denmark, a Tour de France stage and the Danish National Road Championships.

Events

07 Amgen Tour of California
06 Tour de Georgia
04 Tour de Georgia

Individual Results

• 2006 6th World Road Championships
• 2005 4th Trofeo Citta di Castelfidardo; 6th World Championships; 10th Sachsen Tour
• 2004 2nd stage 5, Tour de France
• 2003 1st stage 10, Tour de France; 1st CSC Classic; 1st Wachovia Invitational
• 2002 1st Paris-Tours; 1st overall and 1st stage 1, Post Danmark Rundt
• 2001 1st Danish National Road Championships; 1st overall and two stage wins, Peace Race; 1st Grand Prix d’Ouverture; 2nd stage 17 Tour de France; 3rd Grand Prix Kanton Aargau
• 1999 1st USPRO Championships; 1st overall and a stage win, First Union Invitational

Team History

2007 T-Mobile, 2003-2006 Team CSC, 2001-2002 CSC/Tiscali, 2000 Memory Card Jack & Jones,1998 -1999 Team Acceptcard, 1997 RDM