SPONSORING
The Rohloff AG has supported talented athletes from both amateur and professional classes since the company was established. Many national and international athletes have achieved great successes with the support of Rohloff products.
Following a new deal with the Dutch bicycle manufacturer SANTOS, Rohloff will be proudly sending 'Team Santos-Rohloff' to the largestm German mountainbike events to compete in the Cross-Country and Marathon races this season. Our team riders will each receive a new 29er bike from Santos giving our athletes the benefit of large wheels over the marathon courses they will tackle.
We wish our team the very best of luck for the upcoming season.
Team riders: Michael Opper, Ralf Kropp, Marco Morgenstern, Ulf Wahlers, Nico Muschiol
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To ensure Team SANTOS-Rohloff riders receive the best possible support, they have received additional support from a number of co-sponsors who have kindly supporting our team with additional material and components. We hereby speak on behalf of all our athletes in thanking the companies below for their continued support.
Sport News
Sport News:
This section lists the current achievements of our various sponsored riders.
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Thomas Muhler - First report from the Yukon
Thomas Muhler - Bike Expedition to the far end of the world Base camp Whitehorse - Borderland to the wilderness, gate to endless liberty You 're not sure about what kind of adventure you will get involved in with the „Arctic...
Thomas Muhler - An ice cold challange ...
In February 2006 Thomas Muhler (43) is making the impossible possible: At up to -50°C the extreme athlete, who lives in Moscow, is going tol travel from the Canadian Whitehorse 1,000 miles (about 1.600km) with...
Waltraud Schulze and Andreas von Hessberg at the Bike Expo
Waltraud Schulze and Andreas von Hessberg are travelling for years with their bikes around the globe as Mountainbike Expedition Team. They travelled through far away countries like Feuerland, Patagonia, Mongolia and the Gobi...
Denis and Tanja Katzer returned after 3000 km - first report
After 3000 km on the bike, starting at the Bodensee, along the river Donau to Vienna, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia and Romania we arrived safe and sound at home a few days ago. Again, it has been a fantastic and adventurous...
News of Trial top athlete Marco Hösel
"After the closing of the season 2005 which has been crowned with WM Silver medal, there was following entry in the Guinness Book of Records for the incumbent World champion Benito Ros (ESP) and me: In the Trial I was the...
Madmission-Team at Roc dAzur
The biggest Bike-Festival of France from 12th to 16 Oct. 2005 the organizers had promised and kept their word. At the Roc Tandem alone there were 120 tandems at the start for 39 hard kilometers to ride. The Madmission-Team...
24 hours race (world record)
Christian von Ascheberg has made the world record with the SPEEDHUB 500/14 in the discipline Recumbent Bicycles. Laps................ 91distance............ 904,708 kmspeed............... 37,696 km/h...
Racing results July 2005
Results revue: 2005, July 02./03. the German Downhill Championship competition took place in Bischofsmais/ Bavaria. On that occasion Christiane Rumpf, German Master 2001, took 3rd place in the women's class. In the...
First run of the IXS Downhill Cup in Scoul/Switzerland (E1 race)
The 1th run of the Swiss IXS Downhill series took place in Scoul, from 18th to 19th of June, 2005 in Scoul, Swiss. It was a very demanding and exposed race track. Some even were of the opinion this course had a kind of World...
Willingen 2005 results
Marathon Results: Men - short distance (53 km) Matthias Mende ,15. Christian Plessing, 19. Tim Vestweber, 86. of about 800 starters altogether Women – short distance Christiane Rumpf, 10. of about 103...
Mad East Challenge 2005
Mad East Challenge Christian Plessing Place 11. Benjamin Wolf First run Finisher Mad CC Tim Vestweber Place 9 Tim Heumann Place 18 Mad 4X Christiane Rumpf Place 3 Carsten Geck DNF Picture gallery
News from Marco Hösel
Results from the Asia Pacific Cup in Nirasaki: 1. kazuki terai jp 19 strafpunkte 2. marco hösel ger 30 strafpunkte 3. yuki takagi jp 37 strafpunkte
The new freeride generation (Germany)
The Rohloff AG enlarges her engagement in supporting the freeride newcomers. Latest team member is Mario Lenzen. With his 19 years of age, a very promising and talented young man. Who will start from now on with the Rohloff...
Tilmann Waldthaler on the road again
Last fall I started my bikeride back to Australia. After having visited 120 countries and cycled over 400.000 kilometers in all continents, I am returning to the place were it all started 27 years ago. The ride back to...
News from Switzerland
Rohloff will keep and will still continue to develop its commitment in the Freeride/Downhill range upright. This is the result of a outstanding co-operation with the Swiss distributor 'Intercycle'.
World championship take place in Les Gets (France)
In the week of 9-12.9 the world championship take place in Les Gets (France). It starts with the qualification runs at Thursday (the best 8 riders are qualified for the final) The final (Sunday) began again with zero...
Racing results of the freeriders in France/Switzerland
Results of Freeride Races Megavalanche AlpeD'Huez: Carsten Geck Megavalanche Masters, place 67. Christiane Rumpf, Promo Race, Women place 2 Lenzerheide; Switzerland – Bike Attack: Christiane Rumpf, cat. Women...
Marco Hösel again German Champion 20
Marco Hösel wins again the German Championchip 20" Trial Bike. Results from the last run in Kassel/Melsungen: Saturday: 1. Marco Hösel 21 Fehlepunkte 2.Sascha Nachtsheim 83 Fehlerpunkte 3.Sascha Straube 86...
Marco Hösel - not to beat
In 2004 he wins the German Championship Mountainbike Trial and he wins also a week later the first run of the Worldcup 2004. http://www.marcohoesel.de/home.htm We congratulate!