Rasmus Quaade Explained

Rasmus Quaade
Fullname:Rasmus Christian Quaade
Birth Date:1990 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Valby, Denmark
Height:1.88 m
Weight:77 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Time trial specialist
Proyears1:2009
Proteam1:Blue Water–Cycling for Health
Proyears2:2010
Proyears3:2011
Proyears4:2012
Proteam4:Blue Water Cycling[1]
Proyears5:2013–2014
Proyears6:2015
Proyears7:2016
Proyears8:2017
Proyears9:2018
Proyears10:2019–2021
Proteam10:[2] [3] [4]
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2011, 2014)

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),,,,,, and squads.

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

Road

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 Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
  • 2nd Chrono Champenois
    2012
  • 1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 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

    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 Aguascalientes
  • 3rd Manchester
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
    2014
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
  • 3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
    2015
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
    2016
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
  • 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Blue Water støtter Quaade. Danish. Henrik Axel. Buchter. Cykelmagasinet.dk. Cykelmagasinet. 31 December 2011. 20 January 2012. Bluewater signs Quaade.
    2. News: La Riwal presenta gli ultimi cinque acquisti e annuncia un nuovo cosponsor. Italian. Riwal present their last five signings and announces a new cosponsor. Cicloweb.it. Cicloweb. 18 October 2018. 24 January 2019.
    3. Web site: Riwal Readynez Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 9 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200109011337/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14023/1001495/266. 9 January 2020.
    4. Web site: Riwal Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 23 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223183748/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15827/1001495/276. 23 February 2021.
    5. News: Danish DVD doc Moon Rider: "An honest and heartbreaking" look at a young rider's struggles (+ video trailer). Simon. MacMichael. road.cc. 25 November 2012.