What is Team Milram?
{{Infobox Cycling team | teamname=Team Milram | image= | code=MRM | base= {{ITA}} | founded=2006 | disbanded= | manager=Gianluigi Stanga | teammanager= | discipline=Road | status=ProTour | season=2006– | oldname=Team Milram | kitimage= }} [[File:Henninger Turm 2006 - Team Milram.jpg|thumb|[[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]] (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel]] [[File:Begleitfahrzeug milram.jpg|thumb|Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006]] '''Team Milram''' is an [[Italy|Italian]]-registered [[UCI ProTeam]] established in 2006. The team is often called a German team because its main sponsor is Milram, part of the [[Nordmilch]] company from the [[States of Germany|German state]] of [[Bremen (state)|Bremen]]. Milram took over the ProTeam licence of [[Domina Vacanze]]. [[Erik Zabel]] and [[Alessandro Petacchi]] are the team’s top cyclists. There are 25 other riders, mainly from Germany and Italy. Milram is the third team in the UCI ProTour with a German main sponsor. The team manager is led by Italian [[Gianluigi Stanga]], who has been a team manager in professional cycling since 1983. The directeurs sportifs (''Sports Directors'') are the Italians [[Vittorio Algeri]], [[Antonio Bevilacqua]] and [[Oscar Pellicioli]] . [[Gerry van Gerwen]] from the Netherlands is the commercial manager. Milram only joined the [[UCI ProTour]] in 2006. Since then they have won 88 podium positions (that is, finished a race either first, second, or third) (24 first, 29&nbsp;second, 35 third ). Team MILRAM reorganised itself for its second season. Five new riders joined and eight riders left the team. The most prominent new rider is [[Igor Astarloa]], 2003 World Champion from Spain. Additionally, the team added [[Brett Lancaster]], the up-and-coming riders [[Marcel Sieberg]] and [[Niki Terpstra]], as well as neo pro [[Sebastian Schwager]]. After breaking his kneecap in 2006, [[Alessandro Petacchi]] regained his top form and won some races. There is a MILRAM [[Continental Circuit]] Team, and those young riders and