# Phonak (cycling team)

Phonak (UCI team code: PHO) was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005. It won one race – Santiago Botero's victory in the Tour de Romandie – and came second in the team ranking on the 2005 ProTour circuit.

## History

A sponsor, iShares (subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors) signed a three-year contract in June 2006 to become the team's title sponsor from 2007. The team's name was to be iShares. Andy Rihs, owner of Phonak Hearing Systems, said on 15 August 2006 that the deal had been called off after the team's leader, Floyd Landis, tested positive for high levels of testosterone, and that the team would disband at the end of 2006.
During 2004 Phonak concentrated on supporting Tyler Hamilton in the Tour de France. He crashed and withdrew and was later suspended for blood doping. Hamilton was not the last rider removed for doping, leading Phonak to stop sponsorship after 2006.
The riders accused of doping in 2004 were Hamilton, Santiago Pérez, Oscar Camenzind, Fabrizio Guidi (who was cleared) and Sascha Urweider.
On 5 August 2006 Phonak dismissed Floyd Landis after confirmation that a urine sample taken after his Stage 17 win twice tested positive for synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules. His 2006 Tour de France win was erased from the books by the Union Cycliste Internationale on September 20, 2007.

## Team rankings

Phonak won the team classification at:
* 2006 Giro d'Italia – Trofeo Fast Team and Trofeo Super Team (points)
* 2006 Volta a Catalunya
* 2006 Tour of Qatar
* 2006 Paris–Nice
* 2006 Tour de Georgia

## Final roster

| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Santiago Botero (COL) | Santiago Botero (COL) | (1972-10-27)October 27, 1972 |
| Aurélien Clerc (SUI) | Aurélien Clerc (SUI) | (1979-08-26)August 26, 1979 |
| Martin Elmiger (SUI) | Martin Elmiger (SUI) | (1978-09-23)September 23, 1978 |
| Luis Fernández (ESP) | Luis Fernández (ESP) | (1980-01-19)January 19, 1980 |
| Bert Grabsch (GER) | Bert Grabsch (GER) | (1975-06-19)June 19, 1975 |
| Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) | Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) | (1972-04-13)April 13, 1972 |
| Ignacio Gutiérrez (ESP) | Ignacio Gutiérrez (ESP) | (1977-12-01)December 1, 1977 |
| José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) | José Enrique Gutiérrez (ESP) | (1974-06-18)June 18, 1974 |
| Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) | (1980-12-09)December 9, 1980 |
| Robert Hunter (RSA) | Robert Hunter (RSA) | (1977-04-22)April 22, 1977 |
| Nicolas Jalabert (FRA) | Nicolas Jalabert (FRA) | (1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 |
| Floyd Landis (USA) | Floyd Landis (USA) | (1975-10-14)October 14, 1975 |
| Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) | Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP) | (1972-10-14)October 14, 1972 |
| Jonathan McCarty (USA) | Jonathan McCarty (USA) | (1982-01-24)January 24, 1982 |
| | Rider | Date of birth |
| Axel Merckx (BEL) | Axel Merckx (BEL) | (1972-08-08)August 8, 1972 |
| Koos Moerenhout (NED) | Koos Moerenhout (NED) | (1973-11-05)November 5, 1973 |
| Alexandre Moos (SUI) | Alexandre Moos (SUI) | (1972-12-22)December 22, 1972 |
| Steve Morabito (SUI) | Steve Morabito (SUI) | (1983-01-30)January 30, 1983 |
| Uroš Murn (SLO) | Uroš Murn (SLO) | (1975-02-09)February 9, 1975 |
| Víctor Hugo Peña (COL) | Víctor Hugo Peña (COL) | (1974-07-10)July 10, 1974 |
| Grégory Rast (SUI) | Grégory Rast (SUI) | (1980-01-17)January 17, 1980 |
| Michael Schär (SUI) | Michael Schär (SUI) | (1986-09-29)September 29, 1986 |
| Florian Stalder (SUI) | Florian Stalder (SUI) | (1982-09-13)September 13, 1982 |
| Johann Tschopp (SUI) | Johann Tschopp (SUI) | (1982-07-01)July 1, 1982 |
| Sascha Urweider (SUI) | Sascha Urweider (SUI) | (1980-09-18)September 18, 1980 |
| David Vitoria (SUI) | David Vitoria (SUI) | (1984-10-15)October 15, 1984 |
| Steve Zampieri (SUI) | Steve Zampieri (SUI) | (1977-06-04)June 4, 1977 |

## Major wins
### 2000

    Berner Rundfahrt, Lukas Zumsteg
    GP Winterthur, Pierre Bourquenoud
    Vorarlberg GP, Matthias Buxhofer
    Wartenberg-Rundfahrt, Matthias Buxhofer
    Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
    Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli

### 2001

    GP de Genève, Roger Beuchat
    Stage 3 & 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
    Stage 4 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Bert Grabsch
    Stage 5a Deutschland Tour, Matthias Buxhofer
    Tour du Jura, Roger Beuchat
    Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Bert Grabsch
    Stage 4a Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jean Nuttli
    Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
    Switzerland Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli
    Giro del Mendrisiotto, Alexandre Moos
    Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli

### 2002

    Clásica de Almería, Massimo Strazzer
    Stausee Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
    Stage 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Juan Carlos Domínguez
    Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Óscar Pereiro
    Stage 2, 3a & 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
    Prologue Giro d'Italia, Juan Carlos Domínguez
    Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Alexandre Moos
    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
    Belarus Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov
    Overall Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind
       Stage 2, Oscar Camenzind
    Circuito de Getxo, Martin Elmiger
    Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Bert Grabsch
    Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Alexandre Usov
    Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov

### 2003

    Trofeo Cala Bona, Alexandre Usov
    Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
    Stage 1 Clasica Alcobendas, Alexandre Usov
    Stage 3b Tour de Picardie, Juan Carlos Domínguez
    Stage 2b Bayern Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
    Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Martin Elmiger
    Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Óscar Pereiro
    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider
    Stage 3 Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind

### 2004

    Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Alexandre Usov
    Berner Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
    Overall Tour de Romandie, Tyler Hamilton
       Stage 3 Alexandre Moos
       Stage 5 Tyler Hamilton
    GP Krka, Uroš Murn
    Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon, Martin Elmiger
    Classique des Alpes, Óscar Pereiro
    Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, José Enrique Gutiérrez
    Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Niki Aebersold
    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
    Slovenia Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn
    Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Marco Fertonani
    Olympic Games, Time Trial, Tyler Hamilton
    Stage 8 Vuelta a España, Tyler Hamilton
    Stage 14, 15 & 21 Vuelta a España, Santiago Pérez
    Stage 20 Vuelta a España, José Enrique Gutiérrez

### 2005

    Doha GP, Robert Hunter
    Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Robert Hunter
    Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Uroš Murn
    Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Robert Hunter
    Stage 1 Tour de Georgia, Robert Hunter
    Stage 3 Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
    Overall Tour de Romandie, Santiago Botero
       Prologue, Óscar Pereiro
       Stage 5, Santiago Botero
    Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Team Time Trial
    Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Alexandre Moos
    Stage 3 & 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Santiago Botero
    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger
    Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
    Stage 16 Tour de France, Óscar Pereiro
    Rund um die Hainleite, Bert Grabsch

### 2006

    Overall Tour of California, Floyd Landis
       Stage 3, Floyd Landis
    Overall Paris–Nice, Floyd Landis
    Overall Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
       Stage 3, Floyd Landis
    Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas, Aurélien Clerc
    Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Steve Morabito
    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
    Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
    Overall Tour de Wallonie, Fabrizio Guidi
       Stage 2 & 4, Fabrizio Guidi
    Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Fabrizio Guidi

## National champions
### 2001

    Switzerland Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli

### 2002

    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
    Belarus Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov

### 2003

    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider

### 2004

    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
    Slovenia Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn

### 2005

    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger

### 2006

    Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast