Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013.[2] He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on 25 September 2008.
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| Full name | Bert Grabsch | |||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1975 Wittenberg, East Germany | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-Trialist | |||||||||||||
| Amateur team | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Agro-Adler Brandenburg | |||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Team Cologne | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Phonak | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | T-Mobile Team | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1] | |||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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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] In the same events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 95th in the road race and 8th in the time trial.[4][5]
Grabsch retired at the end of the 2013 season, after fifteen years as a professional.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
- 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
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 8 (ITT) Vuelta a España
- 2nd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Sachsen-Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 2011
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Competing in the 2012 London Olympics Time Trial
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Giro d'Italia | |||||||
| Tour de France | 81 | 103 | 107 | 105 | 134 | ||
| Vuelta a España |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
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.
- Westemeyer, Susan (28 October 2013). "Grabsch retires after 15 year-career". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bert Grabsch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 June 2010.
- "London 2012 Men's Individual Road Race". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- "London 2012 Men's Individual Time Trial". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
External links
Media related to Bert Grabsch at Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Grabsch at the International Olympic Committee
- Bert Grabsch at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
| 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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