# Linus Gerdemann

Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who won a stage in the 2007 Tour de France and led the general classification for two days, wearing the yellow jersey.
After failing to find a contract for 2013, Gerdemann joined MTN–Qhubeka for the 2014 season. In 2015 he rode for Danish professional continental team Cult Energy-Vital Water. Early 2017, Gerdemann announced his retirement.

## Career

After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for Team CSC after a recommendation from Dennis Kraft, signing on for a 2-year contract. In his first year as a pro, he won the 7th stage of the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse and had the leader's jersey in Four Days of Dunkirk.
In late 2005 he agreed to a contract with rival UCI ProTour T-Mobile Team, starting from 2006. This got Team CSC owner Bjarne Riis to release Gerdemann from his contract at the end of 2005.
On Saturday 14 July 2007 he secured his biggest victory in his career, the seventh stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-en-Bresse to Le Grand-Bornand. The stage win gave him the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, as well as the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. He was also awarded the combativity award for this stage.
In March 2008 he sustained injuries from a crash in the Tirreno–Adriatico and was unable to race in the 2008 Tour de France or the Beijing summer Olympics. He came back from his injuries to win the Deutschland Tour in August 2008.
Gerdemann also won the Tour of Luxembourg in 2011 and 2015.

## Major results
### 2003

    6th Overall Tour de Berlin

### 2004

    National Under-23 Road Championships
       1st Road race
       3rd Time trial
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Berlin
    4th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
    6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
    7th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23

### 2005

    1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
    2nd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
    3rd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
    5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

### 2006

    6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    7th Overall Tour de Suisse
    7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    8th Trofeo Calvià

### 2007

    Tour de France
       1st Stage 7
       Held after Stages 7–8
    6th Gran Premio di Lugano
    9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    9th Milano–Torino

### 2008

    1st Overall Deutschland Tour
       1st Stage 1
    1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Stage 3a
    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    3rd Monte Paschi Eroica
    7th Overall Sachsen Tour
    9th Gran Premio di Lugano

### 2009

    1st Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
    1st Großen Preis der Stadt Dessau-Roßlau
    5th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche
    7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2010

    1st Trofeo Inca
    1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
    9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 2011

    1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 2
    4th Overall Tour of Britain
    10th Overall Eneco Tour

### 2012

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Tour de Pologne
    8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

### 2014

    Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 4
    5th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

### 2015

    1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 2
    4th Rund um Köln
    5th Gran Premio di Lugano
    8th Classica Corsica

### 2016

    10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León