the telekom team signed all the promising cyclists that were coming from germany at that time and who were becoming successful. these included jens heppner and christian henn in 1992, erik zabel, rolf aldag and steffen wesemann in 1993 and jan ullrich in 1994. many of these riders would ride for more than ten years with the team. olaf ludwig also signed in 1993 and finished his career with the team. in 1994, zabel won the first uci road world cup victory in the history of the team, the paris–tours.