Erik Zabel

Erik Zabel (born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins, or 211 wins counting all his career results, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all time. He won a record nine points classifications in grand tours, including the Tour de France points classification six consecutive years from 1996 to 2001 and the Vuelta a España points classification in 2002, 2003 and 2004. He won the Milan-San Remo four times as well as numerous six-day track events, and was one of the few road cyclists of recent times who raced all year, including track cycling in winter. For the 2012 season he joined Team Katusha as sprint coach, having held the same role with HTC-Highroad until its dissolution. Zabel admitted to doping from 1996 to 2003, and he is the father of cyclist Rick Zabel.