Sven Krauß (born 6 January 1983) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Team Gerolsteiner in 2008.
Tour de France 2008 During stage 13 of the Tour de France on Krauß hit a traffic island in the fast final 10 km of the stage causing him to crash heavilyChute Sven Krauss - YouTube Accessed 07-19-2008 with sufficient force to shatter the frame of the bike. He recovered sufficiently well to complete the stage in last position on a spare bike. The incident was caught on film and posted to numerous video sharing websites.Sven Krauss crash - Dailymotion Accessed 07-19-2008
In 2013, Krauß became manager of the Continental team Bergstraße-Jenatec.
Major results
Oberösterreich-Rundfahrt - 1 stage (2010) Rund um Düren (2010) Cinturón a Mallorca - 1 stage (2010) Regio-Tour - 1 stage (2005) Thüringen Rundfahrt - 1 stage (2003) 2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (2003) Ster Elektrotoer - 1 stage (2002) World U19 Pursuit Championship (2001) U17 Road Race Champion (1999) 2nd (1998)
References
External links Personal website Profile at official website