Pascal Ackermann

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Pascal Ackermann
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Ackermann at the 2018 Deutschland Tour
Personal information
Born (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)
Kandel, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb) [1]
Team information
Current team Israel–Premier Tech
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2004–2012RV Edelweiß Kandel
2011Carboo4U Radsport Team Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland
2012Team CompressionX–Radshop Weigenand Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland
Professional teams
2013–2016 Rad-Net Rose Team
2017–2021 Bora–Hansgrohe [2] [3] [4]
2022–2023 UAE Team Emirates
2024– Israel–Premier Tech
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2019)
3 individual stages (2019, 2023)
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2020)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018)
Eschborn–Frankfurt (2019)
London–Surrey Classic (2018)
Brussels Cycling Classic (2018)
GP de Fourmies (2018, 2019)
Clásica de Almería (2019, 2020)
Bredene Koksijde Classic (2019, 2022)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Men's track cycling
European Championships (junior)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Anadia Omnium
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Anadia Team sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Anadia Madison
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Doha Under-23 road race
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Plouay Elite road race
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Alkmaar Elite road race

Pascal Ackermann (born 17 January 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel Premier Tech Academy. [5]

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Career

Born in Kandel, Ackermann joined the Rad-Net Rose Team team in 2013, and spent four seasons with the team. In August 2016 Bora–Hansgrohe announced that Ackermann would join them for the 2017 season. [6] In 2018, he took 9 wins, including the London–Surrey Classic and the German national championships. [7] His first pro win was stage five of the Tour de Romandie in April.

In May 2019, he competed in the Giro d'Italia, [8] where he won the second and fifth stages, [9] [10] and became the first German rider to win the points classification in the Giro d'Italia. [11] He also won Eschborn–Frankfurt only 11 days before the start of the Giro. In total, he took 13 victories that year.

In October 2020, he entered in the Vuelta a España, [12] where he won the ninth and eighteenth stages. [13] [14]

After five seasons with Bora–Hansgrohe, Ackermann signed a two-year contract with UAE Team Emirates from the 2022 season. [15] He won his third stage of the Giro d'Italia in 2023 on stage 11. [16]

The following season, he joined Israel–Premier Tech on a two year contract. [17]

Major results

Road

2011
1st Stage 3 Int. 3-Etappenfahrt der Rad-Junioren
2012
Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 3
2015
1st Stage 2 Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
2nd Neuseen Classics
8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
8th Münsterland Giro
2016
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Road race, National Under-23 Championships
Tour de Berlin
1st Stages 3b & 4
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
3rd Münsterland Giro
4th Road race, National Championships
4th Overall Tour of Estonia
1st Young rider classification
6th Kattekoers
7th Rund um Köln
2017
1st Jersey red.svg Sprints classification, Tour of the Alps
4th Road race, UEC European Championships
5th Scheldeprijs
2018 (9 pro wins)
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Road race, National Championships
1st London–Surrey Classic
1st Brussels Cycling Classic
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
Tour de Pologne
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 2 Tour of Guangxi
2nd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
2nd Scheldeprijs
3rd Handzame Classic
5th Münsterland Giro
2019 (13)
1st Eschborn–Frankfurt
1st Clásica de Almería
1st Bredene Koksijde Classic
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Gooikse Pijl
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 5
Tour of Guangxi
1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
Tour de Pologne
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour
1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia
1st Jersey red.svg Points classification, Volta ao Algarve
2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
2nd Münsterland Giro
2nd Nokere Koerse
2nd Primus Classic
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Championships
2020 (8)
1st Clásica de Almería
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 9 & 18
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Jersey orange.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1 & 2
Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st Stages 2 & 3b
1st Stage 1 UAE Tour
2nd Road race, National Championships
2nd Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
2nd Trofeo de Playa de Palma–Palma
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Championships
6th Brussels Cycling Classic
2021 (6)
Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
1st Jersey white.svg Points classification
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
Sibiu Cycling Tour
1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 3
2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
3rd Classic Brugge–De Panne
4th Elfstedenronde
5th Eschborn–Frankfurt
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
6th Scheldeprijs
9th Münsterland Giro
2022 (2)
1st Bredene Koksijde Classic
1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
8th Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia
9th Nokere Koerse
2023 (2)
1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
2nd Bredene Koksijde Classic
2024
4th Brussels Cycling Classic
4th Nokere Koerse
5th Rund um Köln

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour20192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 122 82
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 131 111

Track

2011
1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Team sprint, UCI World Junior Championships
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Kilo
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Team sprint
2nd Keirin
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team sprint, UEC European Junior Championships
2012
UEC European Junior Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Omnium
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Madison (with Domenic Weinstein)
National Junior Championships
1st MaillotAllemania.svg Points race
2nd Team sprint
2nd Madison (with Domenic Weinstein)
2nd Scratch, National Championships
2013
National Championships
2nd Scratch
2nd Team sprint
2014
3rd Madison, National Championships (with Marco Mathis)

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