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Personal information | |
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Full name | Sven Krauß |
Born | Herrenberg, West Germany | 6 January 1983
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
2004–2008 | Gerolsteiner |
Sven Krauß (born 6 January 1983) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for Team Gerolsteiner in 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 heavily [1] 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. [2]
In 2013, Krauß became manager of the Continental team Bergstraße-Jenatec. [3]