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Heinrich Haussler will race for Australia in the future

July 07, 2010 - Filed under: TestTeam

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Cervélo TestTeam's Heinrich Haussler, who has thus far held dual citizenship-German and Australian-has decided to give up his German passport and will compete in the future with an Australian license. The administrative process is under way and will soon be concluded.

Haussler grew up in Australia as the son of an Australian mother and a German father. He moved to his father's home country at the age of 14 to have better possibilities to pursue his sport while attending school, and has since been riding with a German license.

"It was not an easy decision to give up my German citizenship, but I came to a point in my life where I decided to follow my feelings. I had the lucky situation that I was the owner of two passports, but I feel more Australian and therefore I made the final decision to ride in the future for the country where I grew up," said Haussler. "It was definitely a hard choice. Germany is still really important to me and I have many friends here. I would also like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all the people who have supported me along the way so far, especially the German national cycling federation."

After changing his license, Haussler plans to stay on in Freiburg (GER), where he has an excellent environment for a professional cyclist.

3 responses for this Entry

Justin Werner says:

July 26, 2010

What are you talking about "Aussie_Pride"? Australia has the current road racing world champion and in the UCI world rankings for 2010 is the fourth highest ranked nation. In 2009, Australia finished the third highest ranked nation. Both years Australia is/was ranked above Germany.

Aussie_Pride says:

July 10, 2010

Not good enough to guarantee a place as a German rider, Haussler has to ride for a country that has to beg and scrape to even form a second-rate team. It says it all really.

Neil says:

July 07, 2010

Fantastic News!!!

One of the gutsiest & classiest riders in the peloton might now become the next Australian world champion - in Australia.

Chapeu!