- Sven Krauß
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Sven Krauß
fullname = Sven Krauß
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|1|6
country = GER
height = height|m=1.88
weight = convert|81|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Gerolsteiner
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype =
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 2004–
proteams = Gerolsteiner
majorwins =
updated =July 3 2007 Sven Krauß (born
January 6 1983 ) is a German professionalroad bicycle racer forUCI ProTeam Gerolsteiner.Tour de France 2008
During stage 13 of the Tour de France on Krauß hit a
traffic island in the fast final 10km of the stage causing him to crash heavily [ [http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=lC8qvtPqaEI Chute Sven Krauss] -YouTube Accessed 07-19-2008] with sufficient force to shatter the frame of the bike. He recovered sufficiently well to complete the stage in last position on a spare bike. The incident was caught on film and posted to numerousvideo sharing websites [ [http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/Sven%2BKrauss/video/x66aux_chute-sven-krauss-tour-de-france-20_sport Sven Krauss crash] -Dailymotion Accessed 07-19-2008] .Palmares
*
Regio Tour - 1 stage (2005)
*Thüringen Rundfahrt - 1 stage (2003)
* 2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (2003)
*Ster Elektrotoer - 1 stage (2002)
* World U19 Pursuit Championship (2001)
* U17 Road Race Champion (1999)
** 2nd (1998)External links
* [http://www.sven-krauss.com/ Personal website]
* [http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=2536 Profile at official website]
*trapfriis|germany.Krauss.htmReferences
Persondata
NAME=Krauß, Sven
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Krauss, Sven
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1983-01-06
PLACE OF BIRTH=Germany
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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