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    Casper Pedersen

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    Not to be confused with Kasper Pedersen.

    Casper Pedersen
    2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 96.jpg
    Pedersen at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
    Personal information
    Full nameCasper Philip Pedersen
    Born (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 26)
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Team information
    Current teamTeam DSM
    Disciplines
    • Road
    • Track
    RoleRider
    Professional teams
    2015–2016Riwal Platform
    2017Team Giant–Castelli
    2018Aqua Blue Sport[1]
    2019–2022Team Sunweb[2][3]
    2023–Quick-Step Floors
    Major wins
    One-day races and Classics
    Paris–Tours (2020)
    Medal record
    Representing  Denmark
    European Track Championships
    Bronze medal – third place 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit
    Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Madison

    Casper Philip Pedersen (born 15 March 1996) is a road and track cyclist from Denmark, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM.[4]

    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.[5] 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.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8]

    Major results[edit]

    Road[edit]

    2014
    2nd Paris–Roubaix Juniors
    2015
    3rd Scandinavian Race Uppsala
    2016
    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
    2017
    1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    1st GP Horsens
    1st Stage 2 Flèche du Sud
    2nd Fyen Rundt
    2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
    3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
    1st Stage 1
    10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
    2018
    5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
    2020
    1st Paris–Tours
    2021
    6th Overall Okolo Slovenska

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

    Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021
    A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — —
    A yellow jersey Tour de France — 92 111
    A red jersey Vuelta a España 103 — —
    Legend
    — Did not compete
    DNF Did not finish

    Track[edit]

    2013
    3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Omnium, UCI Juniors World Championships
    2014
    1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium, UCI Juniors World Championships
    3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
    2015
    3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    2016
    2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
    2017
    UCI World Cup
    1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Cali
    2nd Silver medal blank.svg Madison (with Julius Johansen), Los Angeles
    2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Manchester
    2nd Silver medal europe.svg Madison (with Niklas Larsen), UEC European Championships

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "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.
    2. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
    3. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
    4. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
    5. ^ "Team pursuit results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
    6. ^ "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.
    7. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
    8. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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