Marc Hester

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Marc Hester
Personal information
Full nameMarc Hester Hansen
Born (1985-06-28) 28 June 1985 (age 38)
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010Team Post Danmark
2016Sorø BC
Professional teams
2005 Team GLS
2007Team Löwik Meubelen
2009 Team Designa Køkken
2011 Christina Watches–Onfone
2012 Forsikring–Himmerland [1]
2013 Christina Watches–Onfone
2014Firefighters Upsala CK
2015 ONE Pro Cycling
2017 WIGGINS

Marc Hester Hansen (born 28 June 1985) is a Danish professional bicycle racer.

Contents

Hester rode for Firefighters Upsala CK for the 2014 season. [2] In December 2014 Hester was announced as part of the inaugural squad for the ONE Pro Cycling team for the 2015 season. [3]

Major results

2005
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2006
9th Overall Mainfranken Tour
2007
2nd PWZ Zuidenveld Tour
2011
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Jens-Erik Madsen)
2012
1st MaillotDinamarca.svg Scratch, National Track Championships
1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Iljo Keisse)
2014
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Andreas Müller)
2015
3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Alex Rasmussen)
2019
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Jesper Mørkøv)
2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Lasse Norman Hansen)
2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Theo Reinhardt)
2020
3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Andreas Graf)

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References

  1. "Team Concordia Forsikring-Himmerland (VPC) - DEN". UCI Continental Circuits . Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  2. "Marc Hester skifter til svensk/amerikansk team" [Marc Hester switches to Swedish / American team]. Cykling Danmark (in Danish). Danmarks Cykle Union. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. Cary, Tom (9 December 2014). "England wicketkeeper Matt Prior launches UCI Continental team ONE Pro Cycling". telegraph.co.uk . Retrieved 9 December 2014.