Team 3C Gruppe

Team 3C Gruppe was a German UCI Continental team that existed from 2002 until 2008.^[2]

Team 3C Gruppe

The team in 2005
Team information
UCI code	3CG
Registered	Germany
Founded	2002
Disbanded	2008
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Div III (2002) Div II (2003–2004) UCI Continental (2005–2008)
Bicycles	Look
Key personnel
General manager	Rafael Hennes
Team manager(s)	Holger Sievers
Team name history
2002–2006 2007 2008	Team Lamonta^[1] Team 3C Gruppe–Lamonta Team 3C Gruppe

For the 2003 season the team wanted to show itself in the second division managed to hire many riders from the top tier.^[3] In 2007 Dominic Klemme won the German national Under-23 Road race in a seven-man sprint to the line.^[4]

Final roster

As of 31 December 2008^[2][5]

Rider Date of birth   Tobias Erler (GER) (1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 29)^[6]   Sebastian Forke (GER) (1987-03-13)13 March 1987 (aged 21)   Matthias Friedemann (GER) (1984-08-17)17 August 1984 (aged 24)   Sergej Fuchs (GER) (1987-02-21)21 February 1987 (aged 21)   Dominic Klemme (GER) (1986-10-31)31 October 1986 (aged 22)   Christian Leben (GER) (1985-04-06)6 April 1985 (aged 23)   René Obst (GER) (1977-06-21)21 June 1977 (aged 31)

Rider Date of birth   Björn Papstein (GER) (1975-06-05)5 June 1975 (aged 33)   Dennis Pohl (GER) (1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 22)   Sebastian Pristl (GER) (1987-09-15)15 September 1987 (aged 21)   Felix Schäfermeister (GER) (1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 20)   Frank Scherzinger (GER) (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 22)   Paul Voß (GER) (1986-03-26)26 March 1986 (aged 22)

Major wins

Sources:^[2][7][8]

2002

No recorded wins

2003

Stage 4 Giro del Capo, Jonas Owczarek

2004

Stage 1 Flèche du Sud, Jonas Owczarek

Stage 2 Giro del Capo, David Kopp

Rund um Düren, David Kopp

Stage 6 Bayern Rundfahrt, Stefan Schumacher

Noord-Nederland Tour, Stefan Kupfernagel

Sparkassen Giro Bochum, David Kopp

Egmont Cycling Race, David Kopp

Druivenkoers Overijse, Stefan Schumacher

Rund um den Sachsenring, Björn Papstein

Stage 5 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Björn Glasner

2005

Ronde van Drenthe, Marcel Sieberg

Stage 3 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt, Björn Papstein

Stage 5 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Christoph van Kleinsorgen

Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Stefan Cohnen

2006

Stages 2 & 3 Course de la Paix, Danilo Hondo

Stage 3b Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, Sören Hofmann

Neuseen Classics, Danilo Hondo

Circuito Montañés

Stage 1, Hannes Blank

Stages 2 & 3, Danilo Hondo

Stage 2 Sachsen Tour, Danilo Hondo

Stage 1 Regio-Tour, Danilo Hondo

Stage 1 Tour de Indonesia, André Schulze

Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden, Danilo Hondo

2007

  Namibia National Road Race Championships, Erik Hoffmann

Stage 1 Circuito Montañes, Erik Hoffmann

Rund um den Sachsenring, Tobias Erler

  Germany National Under-23 Road Race Championships, Dominic Klemme

2008

Vuelta a Cuba

Stage 4, Matthias Friedemann

Stage 10, René Obst

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers, Dominic Klemme

Stage 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, Dominic Klemme

Stage 2 Regio-Tour, Dominic Klemme

Druivenkoers Overijse, Dominic Klemme

National champions

2007

  Namibia Road race, Erik Hoffmann

  German Road race, Dominic Klemme

References

1. "TEAM LAMONTA". UCI. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. "Team 3C Gruppe". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
3. Gruber, Jered (25 November 2003). "German Shorts (Deutsch Lederhosen)". PezCycling News. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
4. Haake, Bjorn (5 June 2007). "Klemme wins German national title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
5. "TEAM 3C-GRUPPE". UCI. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
6. Tyler, Richard (3 January 2010). "Erler to return to pro peloton with Tabriz". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
7. "2004 Team Lamonta wins". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
8. "3C Gruppe - Lamonta 2007". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.