from 2004, the team changed its name to t-mobile. jan ullrich returned to the team. the team achieved a great number of success, among which was steffan wesemanns win in the ronde van vlaanderen. coming up to the 2004 tour de france, kloden became german road race champion and ullrich won the tour de suisse and raced the 2004 tour de france as team leader, while vinokourov did not ride the tour de france for the team. jan ullrich finished fourth, while andreas klöden was the best placed rider of the team in second place. t-mobile team won the team classification, as the overall strongest team of the 2004 tour. in the spring season of 2005, vinokourov won the liège–bastogne–liège classic race. ullrich, as the team leader, finished 3rd overall in the 2005 tour de france. alexandre vinokourov rode in support, and finished fifth as he won two stages, including the final stage on the champs-elysees. italian rider giuseppe guerini also won a stage and t-mobile team matched their 2004 feat by once again winning the team classification in 2005. zabel won the paris–tours for the third time at the end of the season.