Personal information | |
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Full name | Alexander Wetterhall |
Nickname | Ikea [1] |
Born | Gislaved, Sweden | 12 April 1986
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Disciplines | Road Mountain biking |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur teams | |
2008 | Team Cyclesport.se |
2008 | Pezula Racing (stagiaire) |
2009 | MagnusMaximusCoffee.com |
2010 | Team Sprocket |
2010 | Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire) |
2019 | Tre Berg Cykelklubb |
Professional teams | |
2011–2012 | Endura Racing |
2013 | NetApp–Endura |
2014 | Firefighters Upsala CK [2] |
2015–2017 | Team Tre Berg–Bianchi |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Alexander Wetterhall (born 12 April 1986) is a Swedish road bicycle racer and mountain biker.
Born in Gislaved, Wetterhall was born with dysmelia of his feet, which needed several surgeries to be corrected. [3]
He first competed as a professional in 2011, competing for Endura Racing prior to the squad's merger with Team NetApp for the 2013 season. [4] He was the winner of the Swedish National Time Trial Championships in 2009, [5] and 2016. Wetterhall is also a former winner of the Rás Tailteann, [6] and the Ronde van Drenthe races. [7]
For the 2014 season, Wetterhall joined the new Firefighters Upsala CK team. [2] In November 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the new Swedish outfit Team Tre Berg–Bianchi for the 2015 season. [8]
Source: [9]
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