Bert Grabsch
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.JPG) Grabsch at the 2008 Sachsen Tour | |||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bert Grabsch | ||||||||||||
| Born |
19 June 1975 Wittenberg, East-Germany | ||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-Trialist | ||||||||||||
| Amateur team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Agro-Adler Brandenburg | ||||||||||||
| Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 2001–2006 2007–2011 2012–2013 |
Team Cologne Phonak T-Mobile Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step[1] | ||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||
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Vuelta a España, 1 stage World Time-Trial Championships (2008) National Time Trial Championships (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) Sachsen-Tour (2008) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975 in Wittenberg) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013.[2] He is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch, and is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on 25 September 2008.
He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Individual Road Race, which he did not finish, and Individual Time Trial, where he finished thirteenth.[3]
Grabsch retired at the end of the 2013 season, after fifteen years as a professional.[2]
Palmares
- 1998
- 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour
- 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1999
- 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour
- 6th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2000
- 1st Hel van het Mergelland
- 3rd Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 3rd Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th GP Rudy Dhaenens
- 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 10th Overall Peace Race
- 2001
- 2nd Rund um Köln
- 2nd Giro del Mendrisiotto
- 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 7th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 2002
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 10th Rund um Köln
- 2004
- 6th LUK Challenge Chrono Bühl
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2005
- 1st Rund um die Hainleite
- 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
- 10th HEW Cyclassics
- 2007
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 1st Stage 8 (ITT) Vuelta a España
- 2nd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 2008
- 1st
World Time Trial Championships - 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st
Overall Sachsen-Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 2009
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2011
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2012
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
Competing in the 2012 London Olympics Time Trial
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | |||||||
| Tour | 81 | 103 | 107 | 105 | 134 | ||
| Vuelta |
WD = withdrew
References
- ↑ Atkins, Ben (19 September 2011). "Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 5 January 2012. "Among his challengers, Cancellara himself has picked out two Germans as the main competition, according to Sporza; both of whom currently ride for HTC-Highroad, and both of whom will be transferring to Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2012."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Westemeyer, Susan (28 October 2013). "Grabsch retires after 15 year-career". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ Olympic results
External links
Media related to Bert Grabsch at Wikimedia Commons
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Fabian Cancellara |
World Time Trial Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Fabian Cancellara |
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's time trial}}
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