Rasmus Christian Quaade (born 7 January 1990) is a Danish former road and track bicycle racer. He also competed professionally from 2009 to 2021 for the Blue Water Cycling (two spells), Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water, Team TreFor–Blue Water, Cult Energy Pro Cycling, Stölting Service Group, Team Giant–Castelli, BHS–Almeborg Bornholm and Riwal Readynez squads.
Quaade at the 2014 Paris–Arras Tour | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rasmus Christian Quaade |
| Born | 7 January 1990 Valby, Denmark |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines | |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trial specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | Blue Water–Cycling for Health |
| 2010 | Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water |
| 2011 | Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland |
| 2012 | Blue Water Cycling[1] |
| 2013–2014 | Team TreFor |
| 2015 | Cult Energy Pro Cycling |
| 2016 | Stölting Service Group |
| 2017 | Team Giant–Castelli |
| 2018 | BHS–Almeborg Bornholm |
| 2019–2021 | Riwal Readynez[2][3][4] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Medal record | |
Quaade was also the subject for a documentary film, following him in the leadup to the 2011 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, called Moon Rider.[5]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2009
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Chrono Champenois
- 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2010
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 2011
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2nd Chrono Champenois
- 2012
- 1st
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Chrono Champenois
- 5th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Chrono Champenois
- 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 3rd Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Time trial, European Games
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2016
- 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
- 3rd Scandinavian Race Uppsala
- 7th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 7th Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
- 10th Skive–Løbet
- 2018
- 1st Duo Normand (with Martin Toft Madsen)
- 1st Classic Loire-Atlantique
- 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 7th Hafjell GP
- 8th Sundvolden GP
- 9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2019
- 1st Fyen Rundt
- 1st Duo Normand (with Mathias Norsgaard)
- 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 3rd Hafjell GP
- 4th Chrono des Nations
Track
edit- 2011
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
- 2012
- 1st
Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
- 2013
- Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2014
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2015
- 3rd
- 2016
- 3rd
Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 3rd
References
edit- ^ Buchter, Henrik Axel (31 December 2011). "Blue Water støtter Quaade" [Bluewater signs Quaade]. Cykelmagasinet.dk (in Danish). Cykelmagasinet. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "La Riwal presenta gli ultimi cinque acquisti e annuncia un nuovo cosponsor" [Riwal present their last five signings and announces a new cosponsor]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Riwal Readynez Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Riwal Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ MacMichael, Simon (25 November 2012). "Danish DVD doc Moon Rider: "An honest and heartbreaking" look at a young rider's struggles (+ video trailer)". road.cc.
External links
edit- Official website
- Moon Rider official website
- Rasmus Quaade at UCI
- Rasmus Quaade at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Rasmus Quaade at ProCyclingStats
- Rasmus Quaade at Cycling Quotient
- Rasmus Quaade at CycleBase
- Rasmus Quaade at UCI