Magnus Bäckstedt
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Magnus Bäckstedt |
| Nickname | Big Magnus |
| Date of birth | January 30, 1975 (age 31) |
| Country |  Sweden |
| Height | 1.93 m |
| Weight | 94 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Liquigas |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996 1997 1998 1999-2001 2002-2003 2004 2005-present |
Collstrop Palmans GAN Crédit Agricole Team Fakta Alessio-Bianchi Liquigas |
| Major wins | |
| Paris-Roubaix 1 stage, Tour de France |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| December 12, 2006 | |
Magnus Bäckstedt (born January 30, 1975 in Linköping, Östergötland) is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Liquigas. His greatest achievement was winning the Paris-Roubaix in 2004. Since Bäckstedt stands at 193cms tall and weighs in at 94kgs, he is one of the biggest riders in professional cycling, and has earnt the nickname 'Big Magnus'.
Bäckstedt started his professional career in 1996 riding for Collstrop before moving to the Palmans team in 1997. It was in 1998 when, having switched to GAN, Bäckstedt made his breakthrough. He secured a seventh placing in Paris-Roubaix and later that year followed up on the success with victory on 19th stage of the 1998 Tour de France between Chaux-de-Fonds and Autun. GAN was renamed Crédit Agricole from the 1999 season and Backstedt would ride in the team until 2001 without re-creating the great results of 1998.
In 2002 and 2003 he rode for Team Fakta where he was the strongest rider in the 2003 season. When Team Fakta closed down he went to Alessio-Bianchi where he finally saw major success return with the win of the 2004 Paris-Roubaix. In 2005 he moved to Liquigas-Bianchi, and on the 7th stage of the 2005 Tour de France, from Lunéville to Karlsruhe, he was second.
[edit] Palmarès
- 2005
- Tour de France - 2nd, stage 7
- 2004
- Paris-Roubaix
- Gent-Wevelgem - 2nd place
- CSC Classic - 2nd place
- 2003
- Sweden National Time Trial Champion
- Giro d'Italia - Intergiro Competition Winner
- Sweden National Championships - 2nd place
- Nokere-Koerse - 2nd place
- GP d'Ouverture la Marseillaise - 2nd place
- 2002
- Sweden National Champion
- GP Fayt le Franc
- 2000
- Sweden National Championships - 2nd place
- 1998
- Tour de France - Stage 19 winner
- Tour of Sweden - 1 stage
- Four days of Dunkirk - Sprints Competition winner
- Postgiro - - 2nd overall; Stage 4B winner
- 1997
- GP D'Isbergues
- 1997
- Boland Bank Tour - 1st overall; 2 stage wins
- GP D'Isbergues - 2nd place
[edit] External links
| Riders on Liquigas |
| Michael Albasini | Dario Andriotto | Magnus Bäckstedt | Patrick Calcagni | Eros Capecchi | Kjell Carlström | Dario Cioni | Daniele Colli | Alberto Curtolo | Mauro Da Dalto | Danilo Di Luca | Francesco Failli | Stefano Garzelli | Enrico Gasparotto | Roman Kreuziger | Nicola Loda | Vladimir Miholjevic | Marco Milesi | Matej Mugerli | Vincenzo Nibali | Andrea Noè | Luca Paolini | Franco Pellizotti | Manuel Quinziato | Marco Righetto | Alessandro Spezialetti | Charles Wegelius | Stefano Zanini |
| Manager |
| Roberto Amadio |
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