Pedersen at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Casper Philip Pedersen |
| Born | 15 March 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Soudal–Quick-Step |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2016 | Riwal Platform |
| 2017 | Team Giant–Castelli |
| 2018 | Aqua Blue Sport[1] |
| 2019–2022 | Team Sunweb[2][3][4] |
| 2023– | Soudal–Quick-Step |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics Paris–Tours (2020) | |
Medal record | |
Casper Philip Pedersen (born 15 March 1996) is a road and track cyclist from Denmark, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[5]
In 2015, he competed at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's omnium. He won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland.[6] In September 2018, Team Sunweb announced that Pedersen would join them on a three-year deal from 2019, initially with a role as a domestique in the Flanders classics and the team's sprint train.[7] In 2020, he won his first race with the team at Paris–Tours in a two-man sprint with Benoît Cosnefroy.[8] In 2023, he moved to Soudal–Quick-Step, and won the Figueira Champions Classic that February.
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | 92 | 111 | — | — | DNF | |
| 103 | — | — | — | 140 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Riders | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". soudal-quickstepteam.com. Soudal–Quick-Step.
- ^ "Team pursuit results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Ny kontrakt: Dansk cykeltalent skal med på Team Sunwebs sprinttog" [New contract: Danish cycling talent will participate in Team Sunweb's sprints]. DR.dk (in Danish). 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 October 2020). "Casper Pedersen wins Paris-Tours". CyclingNews. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- Casper Pedersen at UCI
- Casper Pedersen at Cycling Archives
- Casper Pedersen at ProCyclingStats
- Casper Pedersen at Cycling Quotient
- Casper Pedersen at CycleBase
- Casper Pedersen at InterSportStats