Bert Grabsch
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| Full name | Bert Grabsch | ||||||||||||
| Born | June 19, 1975 Wittenberg, East-Germany |
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| Current team | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-Trialist | ||||||||||||
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| 1997–1998 1999–2000 2001–2006 2007–2011 2012– |
Agro-Adler Brandenburg Team Cologne Phonak T-Mobile Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step |
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| Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012 |
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Bert Grabsch (born June 19, 1975 in Wittenberg) is a German road bicycle racer racing for UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step.[1] 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 September 25, 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.[2]
[edit] Palmares
- 1998
- 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour
- 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1999
- 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour
- 2000
- 1st Hel van het Mergelland
- 2001
- 1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
- 2002
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2005
- 1st Rund um die Hainleite
- 2007
- 1st
National Time Trial Champion - 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
- 2008
- 1st
World Time Trial Champion - 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st
Overall Sachsen-Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria
- 2009
- 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2011
- 1st National Time Trial Champion
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria (ITT)
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Giro | |||||||
| Tour | 81 | 103 | 107 | 105 | 134 | ||
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WD = withdrew
[edit] References
- ^ Atkins, Ben (19 September 2011). "Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9840/Fabian-Cancellara-tips-Tony-Martin-and-Bert-Grabsch-for-time-trial-gold.aspx. 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."
- ^ Olympic results
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| Preceded by Fabian Cancellara |
World Time Trial Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Fabian Cancellara |
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