Casper Pedersen
 Pedersen at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Casper Philip Pedersen |
| Born | 15 March 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team DSM |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2016 | Riwal Platform |
| 2017 | Team Giant–Castelli |
| 2018 | Aqua Blue Sport[1] |
| 2019– | Team Sunweb[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Medal record | |
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[]
Road[]
- 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
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
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2020
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 2021
- 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 92 | 111 |
 Vuelta a España
|
103 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track[]
- 2013
- 3rd
Omnium, UCI Juniors Track World Championships - 2014
- 1st
Omnium, UCI Juniors Track World Championships - 3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
- 2015
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships - 2016
- 2nd
Team pursuit, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong - 2017
- 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st
Team pursuit, Cali - 2nd Madison, Los Angeles (with Julius Johansen)
- 1st
- 2nd Team pursuit, 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Manchester
- 2nd
Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Niklas Larsen)
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
External links[]
- Casper Pedersen at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Danish male cyclists
- Living people
- Danish track cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Denmark
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Copenhagen