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.
Successful Rohloff-Premiere For Michael Bonnekessel
At the 6th Schinderhannes-MTB-Superbike Race on Sunday 500 bikers were at the start with changing and wet weather conditions to compete on the single trails filled with difficulties. The race track turned out to be extremely...
Michael Opper And Ralf Kropp Win In Their Class
In Altenau the Harz MTB-Event, which is also a part of the Harz MTB Cup, took place for the 11th time. It is, therefore, the biggest MTB Event in the Harz Region and offers over two days a great number of different races....
Tanja Ruppert Wins At Mountain Bike Marathon in Ronnshausen
At the Mountain Bike Marathon in Ronnshausen Tanja Ruppert (Rot-Weiß-Ermetheis) has started for the Team Rohloff/Bicycle Shop Gudensberg on der middle size track with 81 kilometre and 2000 height metres. She managed the...
Gisela Finishes Tour d`Afrique in Second Place following 11,844km and Writes History
Gisela completed the Tour d' Afrique after nearly 12,000km with a very good second place in overall standings (male/female) and first place in the womens category. She is therefore the best and fastest woman who ever took part at...
11000 Kilometers and Gisela holds Second Place at the Tour d`Afrique!
On Saturday Gisela Gartmair will have reached thefinish-line in Cape Town after riding over 11,880 kilometers. At the moment she is holding down a splendid second place in the overall standings and lies ahead of the one or...
Team Germany Achieves First Place At Nasa Moonbuggy Race!
On April 10th the meanwhile multinational team (Germany, Russia, USA) from Leipzig/Germany has won the first place in the overall standings from over 100 listed teams in best time of 3:37 min. A novelty: The...
100km Duathlon Dresden Rotor Rohloff Team
With a good second place at the 100km team duathlon, the Rotor-Rohloff-Madmission-Team was unfortunately unable to replicate last year’s success, but with a time of 6:04h, the team was a furtehr 8 minutes faster than the time...
Gisela Gartmair finishes as second best the penultimate part of the Tour d’Afrique total ranking Tour de Afrique
More than 10,000km are behind the participants of the Crossing Africa. The final aim South Africa is coming closer and closer and the legs are getting more and more tired. Nevertheless, our both Speedhub 500/14 riders are well...
German Moonbuggy Team Runs Best time in Huntsville
For the first time ever in the history of the NASA a foreign racing team the newcomer construction competition. In best time the team of the International Space Eduction Institutes from Leipzig/Germany has won the Moonbuggy...
News From The Height Record Attempt - From Sea Level to 6,000m
Team Exlye Did It! 6085 Meters Altitude in one trip! April 6th, 2010 6085m! On Easter Monday it was accomplished! We managed to reach an altitude of 6,085m from the Pacific to the Ojos del Salado - all by bicycle. Or...
NEW: Rohloff Mad East 500 Videos Online
The Rohloff Mad East Team has put new videos online via youtube. This mountain biking event has devoloped from a boarder crossing marathon into a real stage race. The race trail has been classified as extremely demanding. The...
Martin Braxenthaler Wins Several Gold Medals In Vancouver!
Update: Congratulations to Martins first gold medal In Vancouver: TV Report at ARD Congratulations to Martins second gold medal In Vancouver: TV Report at ARD Congratulations to Martins first silver medal In...
Team "Rohloff Endorfin"
In co-operation with the bike manufacturer Endorfin the Rohloff AG will be sending its own mountain bike racing team to the biggest German cross-country and marathon events in 2010. With their ambition to fight for...
Daniela Bargholt Runs at Trier Cross-Duathlon to win 3rd Place
Even though, Daniela Bargholt has actually specialized on MTB races, last weekend she took the opportunity have a go at competing in a Duathlon. At first there was a 5km run, then 25km cycling after which another 5km run was...
Attempt On A Record from Zero To 6,000 Meters Altitude
The mountain Ojes del Salado with a height of 6,893 meters is both the highest volcano on earth, and also the second highest mountain in America. It is this peak which will be the aim of a mountain bike altitude record attempt....
Rohloff Supports H2M Team At Eco Shell Marathon
The chance to exploit creative freedom is one of many motivations to become involved and support the Eco Shell Marathon. The challenge allows participants the opportunity to investigate different materials, alternative...
SPEEDHUB CHAMPIONSHIP meets Rohloff Mad East Challenge 500
The very first official SPEEDHUB CHAMPIONSHIP starts in 2010 as part of the "Rohloff Mad East Challenge 500" in Altenberg, Germany. The starting pistol will fire for the special Rohloff Class alongside all other...
Gisela Gartmair Rides the Tour d`Afrique on a Rotor Bike using a Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14
Covering 12,000km from Cairo to Cape Town, the Tour d ´Afrique is one of the most enduring mountain bike tours ever. Gisela Gartmair is the first female German rider who is to participate in this race. Alongside her passion for...
Rohloff-Cup - Atmospherical Biker's End OF Season
Zweirad-Gemeinschaft dominated Rohloff-Cup - Atmospherical Biker's End OF Season on Friday Nov. 6th 2009 at the Rohloff AG For three years now Zweirad-Gemeinschaft (ZG) Kassel is organizing the local Wednesday Races as...
Roc d'Azur 2009
South of France in the midst of October there's still the best summer weather, which thousands of mountain bikers, many from Germany, came to enjoy. From October 7th to October 11th at the „Roc d’Azur“ Festival they were all...













