Georg Totschnig is an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006.
In 1989, Totschnig became the Junior Austrian National Time Trial Champion

Austrian National Time Trial Championships

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. He turned professional with the Italian Lampre - Polti

Team Polti

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 team in 1993, remaining with the team in 1994 when Polti became the main sponsor for the first time. Totschnig rode for the German Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom

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 team from 1997 to 2000, before joining his final team, Gerolsteiner, in 2001.

In the 2005 Tour de France

2005 Tour de France

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 stage 14, he was in the breakaway which ultimately led to his victory.