Gabriel Rasch

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Gabriel Rasch

| image = Gabriel Rasch, Mendrisio 2009 - Men Elite.jpg

| caption = Rasch at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships.

| full_name = Ole Gabriel Rasch

| nickname = Gabba{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/09/bikes-and-tech/eurobike-tech-three-new-pieces-from-castelli_190810|title=Three new pieces from Castelli|first=Nick|last=Legan|date=2 September 2011|access-date=2 January 2012|work=VeloNews|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|4|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hole, Norway

| height = 1.84 m

| weight = 73 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|SKY}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider (retired)
Directeur sportif

| ridertype = Classics specialist

| amateuryears1 = 2002

| amateurteam1 = Team Krone

| amateuryears2 = 2003

| amateurteam2 = Ringerike

| amateuryears3 = 2003

| amateurteam3 = Team Fakta (stagiaire)

| amateuryears4 = 2005

| amateurteam4 = {{UCI team code|TCO|2005}}

| amateuryears5 = 2006–2007

| amateurteam5 = {{UCI team code|TMB|2006}}

| proyears1 = 2008

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}

| proyears2 = 2009–2010

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}

| proyears3 = 2011

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2011}}

| proyears4 = 2012

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2012}}

| proyears5 = 2013–2014

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}}

| manageyears1 = 2014–2022

| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,30514_9264301,00.html |title=Top 10 for Thomas and Wiggins |work={{UCI team code|SKY|2014}} |publisher=BSkyB |date=13 April 2014 |access-date=14 April 2014 |quote=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. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415111536/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,30514_9264301,00.html |archive-date=15 April 2014 }}

| manageyears2 = 2023–

| manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|UXT|2022}}

| majorwins =

}}

Ole Gabriel Rasch (born 8 April 1976) is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|SKY}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260|title=Team Ineos|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=11 May 2020}}

Career

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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rasch-thanks-hushovd-for-pro-contracts |title = Rasch thanks Hushovd for pro contracts}} He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=3192 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Norway |access-date=6 April 2015 |work=Cycling Archives}}

Rasch left {{UCI team code|FDJ|2012|nolink=yes}} at the end of the 2012 season, and was scheduled to join the new {{UCI team code|IAM|2013}} team for the 2013 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-transfert-tschopp-et-rasch-signent-chez-iam-cycling-26732.html|title=Tschopp et Rasch signent chez IAM Cycling|language=fr|trans-title=Tschopp and Rasch sign with IAM Cycling|first=Alexandre|last=Mignot|work=Cyclism'Actu|publisher=Swar-Agency|date=9 August 2012|access-date=11 August 2012}} However, it was later announced that Rasch was joining {{UCI team code|SKY|2013}} instead.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9557539/Team-Sky-snap-up-Norwegian-rider-Gabriel-Rasch-as-first-signing-of-2013.html|title=Team Sky snap up Norwegian rider Gabriel Rasch as first signing of 2013|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group|date=21 September 2012|access-date=24 September 2012}} It was announced in October 2013, that Rasch would retire from cycling during the 2014 season, to become a directeur sportif with {{UCI team code|SKY|2014|nolink=yes}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/541056/gabriel-rasch-to-switch-to-sports-director-role-at-sky-after-2014-classics.html|title=Gabriel Rasch to switch to sports director role at Sky after 2014 classics|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media|date=31 October 2013|access-date=4 January 2014}} Rasch completed his professional career with a 117th-place finish in Paris–Roubaix.

Personal life

Rasch currently resides in Monaco.[http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/sport/sykkel/article2851119.ece Hushovd flytter til Monaco]

Major results

;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 20px 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=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2008 ! scope="col" \| 2009 ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \|— \|— \| style="text-align:center;" \|DNF \|— \| style="text-align:center;" \|151
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \|colspan=5 {{N/A\|Did not contest during his career}}
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| style="text-align:center;" \|86 \| style="text-align:center;" \|101 \|— \|— \| style="text-align:center;" \|118

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

|—

| style="text-align:center;" |DNF

|—

| style="text-align:center;" |151

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

|colspan=5 {{N/A|Did not contest during his career}}

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

| style="text-align:center;" |86

| style="text-align:center;" |101

|—

| style="text-align:center;" |118

class="wikitable" \|+ Legend
scope="row" \| — \| Did not compete
scope="row" \| DNF \| Did not finish

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

References

External links

[https://www.teamineos.com/staff/gabriel-rasch Team Ineos profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703052739/https://www.teamineos.com/staff/gabriel-rasch |date=2019-07-03 }}
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Category:1976 births

Category:Living people

Category:Norwegian male cyclists

Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic cyclists for Norway

Category:Sportspeople from Buskerud

Category:Directeur sportifs

Category:People from Hole, Norway