Gabriel Rasch
 Rasch at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ole Gabriel Rasch |
| Nickname | Gabba[1] |
| Born | 8 April 1976 Hole, Norway |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002 | Team Krone |
| 2003 | Ringerike |
| 2003 | Team Fakta (stagiaire) |
| 2005 | Team Sparebanken Vest |
| 2006–2007 | Maxbo–Bianchi |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Garmin–Cervélo |
| 2012 | FDJ–BigMat |
| 2013–2014 | Team Sky |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2014–2022 | Team Sky[2] |
| 2023– | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
Ole Gabriel Rasch (born 8 April 1976) is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[3]
Career
[edit]Rasch was born in Hole, Norway. For his first three professional contracts, Rasch was a teammate of countryman Thor Hushovd, and he has credited Hushovd with helping him break into the professional ranks.[4] He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2003.[5]
Rasch left FDJ–BigMat at the end of the 2012 season, and was scheduled to join the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[6] However, it was later announced that Rasch was joining Team Sky instead.[7] It was announced in October 2013, that Rasch would retire from cycling during the 2014 season, to become a directeur sportif with Team Sky.[8] Rasch completed his professional career with a 117th-place finish in Paris–Roubaix.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Rasch currently resides in Monaco.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2000
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 8th Overall Tour de Slovaquie
- 2001
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Ringerike GP
- 2002
- 2nd Overall Ringerike GP
- 2003
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Mi-Août 3
- 2004
- 3rd Overall Ringerike GP
- 2005
- 5th Overall Tour de Slovaquie
- 7th Overall Rás Tailteann
- 7th Overall Ringerike GP
- 2006
- 1st Overall Ringerike GP
- 1st GP Möbel Alvisse
- 2nd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
- 2nd Druivenkoers
- 3rd Overall Tour de la Somme
- 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 7th Colliers Classic
- 8th Overall Roserittet
- 9th GP Herning
- 2007
- 1st Overall Gjøvik GP
- 1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Ringerike GP
- 4th Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 8th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 2008
- 5th Tro-Bro Léon
- 6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2011
- 1st Overall Ringerike GP
- 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 10th Overall Tour de Picardie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | DNF | — | 151 |
 Tour de France
|
Did not contest during his career | ||||
 Vuelta a España
|
86 | 101 | — | — | 118 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ Legan, Nick (2 September 2011). "Three new pieces from Castelli". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Top 10 for Thomas and Wiggins". Team Sky. BSkyB. 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
After working hard early on alongside Christian Knees (65th) and Salvatore Puccio (112th), Gabriel Rasch (117th) completed what was the final race of his career before moving on to become a Sports Director with the team.
- ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Rasch thanks Hushovd for pro contracts".
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Mignot, Alexandre (9 August 2012). "Tschopp et Rasch signent chez IAM Cycling" [Tschopp and Rasch sign with IAM Cycling]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar-Agency. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Team Sky snap up Norwegian rider Gabriel Rasch as first signing of 2013". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (31 October 2013). "Gabriel Rasch to switch to sports director role at Sky after 2014 classics". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Hushovd flytter til Monaco
External links
[edit]
- Team Ineos profile Archived 2019-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Gabriel Rasch at ProCyclingStats
- Gabriel Rasch at Cycling Archives (archived)
