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Full name | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nacka, Sweden | 17 May 1980||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Astana Qazaqstan Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road Mountain biking (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2000–2002 | Crescent | ||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Siemens-Cannondale | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Cannondale-Vredestein | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Full Dynamix-IT | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Fuji–Servetto | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Garmin–Transitions | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2014 | Astana | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff (born 17 May 1980) is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. [1] Kessiakoff turned to road racing in 2009, having had a successful career as a professional mountain biker for many years, winning the Swedish national championship 4 times, and finishing third at the 2006 World Mountain biking championships. He twice represented Sweden at the Olympics. Kessiakoff retired in 2014. [2]
Mountain biking
Road racing
Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Giro d'Italia | 50 | — | — | — | 90 | — |
Tour de France | — | — | — | 40 | DNF | — |
Vuelta a España | 72 | — | 34 | 61 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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