in 1993 the team again achieved success in the national championship road race in germany. this was the start of the team’s 11 year domination and possession of the german champion’s jersey. many of the successful team riders that spent many years of their career with telekom would become german national champions – bernd gröne in 1993, jens heppner in 1994, bölts in 1990, 1995 and 1999, christian henn in 1996, jan ullrich in 1997 and 2001, erik zabel in 1998 and 2003, rolf aldag in 2000, danilo hondo in 2002 and finally andreas klöden in 2004.