Robert Förster Biography

German cyclistFor other people named Robert Forster, see Robert Forster (disambiguation).

Robert Förster (born 27 January 1978) is a German former professional road racing cyclist. He specialized in bunch sprints.

He turned professional in 2001, initially riding for Team Nürnberger.

His career highlights have been wins in the final (Museo del Ghisallo–Milan) stage 21 of the Giro d'Italia 2006, and stage 15 (Motilla del Palancar:– Ford factory, Almussafes) of the 2006 Vuelta.

Major results

Förster in 200519981st Stage 3b Vuelta a Guatemala2001Sachsen Tour1st Stages 1 & 31st Stage 4a Hessen-Rundfahrt1st Stage 4 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho20021st Stage 3 Sachsen Tour1st Stage 6 Circuito Montañés20031st Stage 1 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt1st Groningen-Münster9th Cl*ic Haribo20041st Groningen-Münster10th Cl*ic Haribo20051st Stage 4 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt2nd Road race, National Road Championships20061st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia1st Stage 15 Vuelta a EspañaDanmark Rundt1st Stages 3 & 61st Stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer2nd Trofeo Cala Millor7th Doha International GP2007Giro d'Italia1st Stages 3 & 51st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour1st Stage 4 Settimana InterNational Socialist German Workers' Partyonale di Coppi e Bartali1st Points cl*ification Circuit de la Sarthe5th Neuseen Cl*ics6th Trofeo Mallorca6th Münsterland Giro20081st Dutch Food Valley Cl*icVolta ao Algarve1st Stages 1 & 31st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne3rd Trofeo Mallorca3rd Münsterland Giro20091st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey4th Ronde van het Groene Hart4th Schaal Sels20103rd Scheldeprijs4th Trofeo Cala Millor10th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca10th Rund um Köln2011Nature Valley Grand Prix1st Stages 3 & 41st Stage 8 Tour de Langkawi1st Stage 2a Vuelta a Asturias1st Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake3rd Philadelphia International Championship8th Clásica de Almería20121st Clarendon Cup3rd Neuseen Cl*ics4th Overall Tour of Elk Grove8th Philadelphia International Championship20131st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake

References

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Robert Förster at Cycling Archives
• Robert Förster at ProCyclingStats