External links
- Bjoern Koerdt at ProCyclingStats
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 July 2004 Leeds, England [1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Picnic PostNL |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2023–2024 | CC Étupes |
| Professional teams | |
| 2024 | Team Picnic PostNL (stagiaire) |
| 2025– | Team Picnic PostNL |
Bjoern Koerdt (born 20 July 2004) is a British cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL.
He is from Bramhope near Otley in Yorkshire and attended Bramhope Primary School. He began competing at five years-of-age, and won the Under-12 Yorkshire Cyclo-cross Championship in 2014 as a ten year-old. The following summer he raised money for a children’s hospice by riding to the top of Alpe d'Huez, completing the 110km stage, in 5 hours 51 minutes the day before the professional riders at the Tour De France. [2] [3] He later attended St Mary's Menston Catholic Voluntary Academy in Menston, West Yorkshire. [4]
In November 2022, he was named as part of the British U23 team to compete at the Cyclo-cross European Championships in Belgium. [5]
He began riding for French team CC Étupes in 2023, and that season secured his first top-five finish on the continent at the Puyloubier Grand Prix. [6]
During the 2024 season he had victories at the Boucle de l'Artois and Tour du Charollais. For the 2025 season he signed for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL a two-year professional contract after a brief spell as a stagiaire from August 2024. [7] [8]
His father, Lars, is a German engineer who also cycled competitively. [3]
