Gerolsteiner was nowhere near as strong as the T-Mobile, CSC, Rabobank, the Spanish teams or the US Postal team of Lance Armstrong. Despite this Totschnig finished in 7th place, ahead of very strong riders including Richard Virenque, Vladimir Karpets, Óscar Pereiro, Carlos Sastre and Michael Rasmussen. In stage 14 of the 2005 Tour de France, he got into a breakaway which ultimately led to the only Grand Tour stage victory of his career. Having split open the breakaway group he then dropped breakaway companions Stefano Garzelli and Walter Bénéteau and was the only rider able to hold off the rapidly closing GC Contenders on the penultimate climb to Ax 3 Domaines. Armstrong, Ullrich, Ivan Basso and Floyd Landis were all in pursuit and also had Totschnig's teammate Levi Leipheimer with them. Armstrong and Basso finished 2nd and 3rd behind him as he was able to claim the win by 56 seconds. He was the first Austrian to win a stage in the Tour de France since Max Bulla in 1931. He was voted Austrian Sportsman of the year in 2005. Totschnig was surprised to win the accolade, as he had not expected to win more votes than the skier Benjamin Raich. Totschnig's younger brother, Harald Totschnig is also a professional cyclist. Major results 1989 Austrian National Time Trial Champion – Junior 1993 First year as a professional. 1994 - 1995 9th overall – Giro d'Italia 1996 Austrian National Time Trial Champion 6th overall – Vuelta a España 1997 Austrian National Road Race Champion Austrian National Time Trial Champion 1998 2nd overall – Volta a Catalunya 1999 2nd overall – Tour of Austria 2000 Overall and stage win – Tour of Austria 2001 Austrian National Time Trial Champion 6th overall – Tour de Suisse 2002 Austrian National Time Trial Champion 5th overall – Tour de Suisse 7th overall – Giro d'Italia 2003 Austrian National Road Race Champion 5th overall – Giro d'Italia 12th overall – Tour de France 2004 Austrian National Time Trial Champion Stage win – Tour de Suisse 7th overall – Tour de France Member, Austrian National Team, Athens Summer Olympics 2005 Stage 14 win – Tour de France 3rd overall – Deutschland Tour 2006 Retired at end of the 2006 UCI ProTour season. References External links 1971 births Living people Austrian male cyclists Austrian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the