Bert Grabsch

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Bert Grabsch
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Grabsch at the 2008 Sachsen Tour
Personal information
Full nameBert Grabsch
Born (1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 48)
Wittenberg, East Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-Trialist
Amateur team
1997–1998Agro-Adler Brandenburg
Professional teams
1999–2000Team Cologne
2001–2006 Phonak
2007–2011 T-Mobile Team
2012–2013 Omega Pharma–Quick-Step [1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2007)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (2008)
National Time Trial Championships
(2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg Germany
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Varese Elite Men's Time Trial

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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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 MaillotAlemania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 8 (ITT) Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2008
1st Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st MaillotAlemania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Sachsen-Tour
1st Stage 4
1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of Austria
2009
1st MaillotAlemania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2011
1st MaillotAlemania.PNG 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 Bert Grabsch, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012.jpg
Competing in the 2012 London Olympics Time Trial
Grand Tour 20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 61
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 81 103 104 105 134 169 125
Jersey gold.svg / Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 101 88 86 DNF DNF 136
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. Atkins, Ben (19 September 2011). "Fabian Cancellara tips Tony Martin and Bert Grabsch for time trial gold". VeloNation. 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. 1 2 Westemeyer, Susan (28 October 2013). "Grabsch retires after 15 year-career". Cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. 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.
  4. "London 2012 Men's Individual Road Race". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  5. "London 2012 Men's Individual Time Trial". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2014.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by World Time Trial Champion
2008
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