Bert Grabsch
German cyclist (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Grabsch at the 2008 Sachsen Tour | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Bert Grabsch | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 49) Wittenberg, East Germany | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time-Trialist | ||||||||||||||
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1997–1998 | Agro-Adler Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||
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1999–2000 | Team Cologne | ||||||||||||||
2001–2006 | Phonak | ||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step[1] | ||||||||||||||
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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]