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Jan Barta ranks third in the individual time trial

Timon Seubert now second in the overall classification

Team NetApp showed off with great results at the Tour of Slovakia once again. Jan Barta and Timon Seubert ranked third and fourth on Sunday's individual trime trial over 19.9 kilometers from Mosty U Jablunskova to Cadca. Again, Robert Vrecer from Team Perutnina was the day's winner. He set the fastest time with 24:56 minutes and was able to extend his lead in the overall classification.

Daniel Schorn on the podium again

Daniel Schorn missed out on another stage win at the Tour of Slovakia barely. After the 103 kilometer course which has been shortened because of fallen trees, the Austrian NetApp pro sprinted to rank three. He also defended the jersey as the leader of the youth classification. However Schorn dropped from rank two to three in the overall classification. The stage was won by Russian Alexander Porsev from Team Itera Katusha, he also took over the lead in the overall classification.

Daniel Schorn wins the second stage of the Tour of Slovakia

Second podium place for Team NetApp

Daniel Schorn won the second stage of the 54th Tour of Slovakia. The Austrian won the race from Nitra to Velky Krtis in a mass sprint. Schorn today not only claimed his third victory of the season but also moved up to rank two in the general classification and took over the jersey as the leader of the youth classification. It's the second podium place for Team NetApp at the Tour of Slovakia after Jan Barta has ranked third at the prologue.

Jan Barta ranks third at the prologue of the Tour of Slovakia

Team NetApp pro Jan Barta had a great start at the 54th edition of the Tour of Slovakia when he ranked third at the prologue over 1.3 kilometers in Nitra.

First school - then ProTour

In the upcoming season, Team NetApp youngster Tassilo Fricke is switching to Germany's greatest talent factory, the Thüringer Energie Team. The reason for the move is school. The 19-year-old Gymnasium student is planning to pursue his diploma (Abitur) while continuing to fine-tune his skills in the Thüringer Energie Team in order to keep up to speed with the demands of cycling's highest league. His subsequent return to Team NetApp has already been contractually secured.

Team NetApp's second victory

Alexander Meenhorst wins the second stage of the Tour Alsace

Alexander Meenhorst has won the second stage of the Tour Alsace on Thursday and celebrated his first victory in this season. After 153.8 kilometers from Strasbourg to Bischoffsheim the pro from Team NetApp outpaced the French Herbert Pudans in a sprint between the two escapees. Andreas Dietziker rounded up this successful day with a fifth place.

Overview of the first half of the 2010 season

Team NetApp looks back on a successful first half of the year
Andreas Dietziker to support the young team from now on

Raubling/Kelmis, July 3, 2010 - Team NetApp is able to look back on an eventful start in international cycling. Ten months ago, the project Team NetApp was announced, and the new team competed in its first race merely five months later. In the meantime, Team NetApp has participated in more than 20 competitions over nearly 60 days of racing.

Team NetApp to apply for ProContinental license for 2011

NetApp extends sponsorship through 2012
Team grows to 16 cyclists

Rotterdam, July 3, 2010 -Team NetApp was established with a big ambition: to make the ProTour within three years and they are well on target. After just one season of competition, Team NetApp is preparing to move up from the third to the second international cycling level.

Team NetApp strengthens with Andreas Dietziker

Swiss pro is going to ride for Team NetApp already by end of July

Andreas Dietziker, who has been riding for the austrian Team Vorarlberg-Corratec, transfers to Team NetApp at 1 July. The 27 years old Swiss is able to show some remarkable results. He could save twice the win of the Giro del Mendrisiotto, he won one stage of the Tour of Rhineland-Palatinate in 2007, finished second at the Tour of Bavaria and ranked third at the time trial of the Swiss Championships. In the current season Dietziker lastly reached a second place at a stage of the Settimana Lombarda.

Successful national Championships for Team NetApp

Barta and Schillinger win the first medals for Team NetApp

The Europe-wide national Road Championships took place last weekend. Team NetApp has featured five times. The majority of the team had competed at the German Championships in Sangerhausen on Sunday.

First medal for Team NetApp

Jan Barta wins silver at the individual time trial of the Czech Championships

Jan Barta won the first medal for Team NetApp at the Czech Championship. He ranked second at the individual time trial over 42 kilometers right after Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia), Leopold Koenig (PSK Whirlpool) finished third.

Team NetApp not as successful as hoped for at the Bayern Rundfahrt

Belgian Monfort wins at the Tour of Bavaria

Team NetApp startet motivated in todays final stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt to make use of the last chance of a top result. Unfortunately without success.

Yesterdays escape of Jan Barta avoided a top result at todays time trial

Jan Barta best rider of Team NetApp

Despite yesterdays long escape, Jan Barta raced best time of Team NetApp at todays time trial and has been a ray of hope regarding the unfulfilled expectations.

Jan Barta fighted over 100 kilometers at the head of the peloton and braved wind and weather

A strong performance of the czech rider of Team NetApp.

Today was a combative one for Team NetApp, which ended with rank 13 for Jan Bárta. He was leading the head of the peloton for over 100 kilometers once in a duo and then by himself. "Today we gave our best and showed a very good performance", Team NetApp Manager Ralph Denk was satisfied. "Jan is unbelievable. Our engine. Unfortunately he couldn't keep up the lead until the finish. Though we had two other riders beside Jan in the first group who sprinted for the stage win", continued Denk.

Crash at the finish: youngsters of Team NetApp involved

Luck is what you need sometimes. Unfortunately Team NetApp didn't have this last bit of luck on the second stage of the 'Bayern Rundfahrt' today.

"We really had bad luck today", said Jens Heppner at the finish. "Three kilometers before the finish, Andreas Schillinger who is our best rider for to prepare a sprint had a puncture and shortly after a crash happened", continued Heppner. Alexander Meenhorst and Tassilo Fricke were about to prepare the sprint for Daniel Schorn, when they got involved in a crash. "Daniel could avoid the total crash, but had to slow down a lot", explained Jens Heppner.

Team NetApp presents itself at its first tour in Germany

Today's start of the Tour of Bavaria in Erding

With great respect and highly motivated Team NetApp participated at its first German tour, the "Bayern Rundfahrt" and placed itself with kiwi Alex Meenhorst and local hero Andreas Schillinger at the end of the first stage on positions 13 and 16.

Timon Seubert gets white jersey at Giro del Trentino

Rank six at the time trial in Northern Italy

Team NetApp's youngster Timon Seubert startet with a top result on the first stage of the Giro del Trentino. It was a brillant time trial that earned him the sixth place and the white jersey for the best young rider at the north italian stage race. The Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov took the victory ahead of Stefano Garzelli (Aqua & Sapone) and Matteo Montaguti (De Rosa) on the 12,5 km stage between Riva del Garda and Torbole sul Garda.

Jan Barta takes over the yellow jersey

Barta ranks third at the Tour de Normandie

At the fifth stage of the Tour de Normandie (22 to 28 March/UCI cat 2.2) Jan Barta took over the yellow leader jersey for the general classification. After 188 tough kilometers from Elbeuf-sur-Seine to Flers a third place was enough for the Czech of Team NetApp to confirm the leading position. The Belgian Sven Vandousselaere (Jong Vlaanderen) gained the victory ahead of Julien Guay (CC Nogent).

Daniel Schorn's first victory for Team NetApp

Green jersey for Schorn at the Tour de Normandie

Daniel Schorn reaches the first victory for Team NetApp. The 21 years old Austrian won the third stage of the Tour de Normandie (22 to 28 March/UCI cat 2.2) and outpaced the two Frenchmen Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun) and Fabien Bacquet (BigMat-Auber) after the 83 kilometers from Forges les Eaux to Grand Couronne. The Team NetApp pro took over the green jersey as the top point holder.

Team NetApp Youngster Schorn sprints to the podium

Schillinger ranks 8 - a successful finish for Team NetApp at the Tour of Murcia

With a third place at the final stage of the Tour of Murcia Daniel Schorn was able to get the first podium position for Team NetApp. After the 121 kilometers distance from Redyser to Murcia the young Austrian sprinted to rank three right after the stage winner Theo Bos (Cervelo) and Graeme Brown (Rabobank). Andreas Schillinger perfected the success of Team NetApp with an eighth place.

Daniel Schorn did it again

Fifth rank and fourth place overall for Daniel Schorn today

On the second stage of the Tour of Murcia (UCI-cat.2.1/3-7 March) Daniel Schorn was able to improve his result of the day before. After 169.8 kilometers from Calasparra to Caravaca de la Cruz the NetApp Pro sprinted to 5th place and ranks fourth overall. South African Robert Hunter (Garmin-Transitions) came in first again and beat out Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Vicente Reynes (Columbia-HTC) as on the first stage.

Team NetApp receives its first admissions to some of the 2010 season's top races

Raubling, November 30, 2009 - The sense of excitement surrounding the 2010 season has been constantly high since the team meeting in Lucca held at the beginning of November. And the admissions received for top races have only served to further heighten this mood. The Mallorca Challenge will be Team NetApp's first appearance on the international cycling stage. Further race admissions were received from the Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop and Bayern Rundfahrt competitions. For this young Continental Team about to embark on its first cycling season, it is a great honor to be allowed to participate in these top-class races.

Team NetApp: First team meeting in Lucca

Raubling, November 13, 2009 - Preparations for the new Team NetApp's 2010 racing program are in full swing. From November 3-6, the team of 14 cyclists met with management and sports directors in the Italian city of Lucca, the seat of team cosponsor SRM. The meeting focused on performance tests, team uniforms, photo and video shoots as well as first interviews for the planned website. But first and foremost, the meeting gave the newly formed team an opportunity to come together and get to know each other. In order to ensure that the cyclists could devote enough time to each other, the team's most important pieces of equipment, the bicycles, were not part of the agenda.

Team NetApp is to begin its first season with a team of 14 cyclists

Raubling, October 21, 2009 - Team NetApp has selected and signed 14 international, predominantly young cycling talents. With them, this continental team has laid the foundations for its quest to advance into cycling sport's very top league within three years. To this end, the team's cyclists enjoy optimal conditions, provided not only by the management team's extensive experience, but also through structures that are already considerably more professional that is necessary for a continental team.

Team NetApp – ProTour status in three years time.

With a German license, European orientation and a new sponsoring philosophy, this new, young Continental Team is setting new standards in professional cycling.

Mendrisio, September 25, 2009 - the coming season will see 14 selected international talented up-and-coming cyclists being given the chance to experience a new side of cycling and to make it to the very top. Optimal conditions for achieving this are provided by the team's name sponsor, NetApp - a worldwide  IT company specializing in innovative storage and data management - as well as a group of co-sponsors consisting of the most experienced companies in the world of cycling. In the capable hands of Team Manager Ralph Denk and Sport Directors Jens Heppner und Enrico Poitschke, the new team will emerge with one ambitious goal: ProTour status in three years.