Matti Breschel

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Matti Breschel Road cycling
Matti Breschel (2014)
Matti Breschel (2014)
To person
Date of birth August 31, 1984
nation DenmarkDenmark Denmark
discipline Street
End of career 2019
Most important successes
silver World Championship - Road Race 2010
bronze World Championship - Road Race 2008
a stage Vuelta a España 2008
Overall ranking of the Tour of Luxembourg 2014
Last updated: November 7, 2019

Matti Breschel (born August 31, 1984 in Ballerup ) is a former Danish cyclist .

Cycling career

After Breschel finished third at the Danish elite road championships in 2004 and finished sixth in the U23 road race at the 2004 World Championships in Verona, he received his first contract with an international cycling team at the UCI ProTeam CSC .

In the course of his career, Breschel won several international races, primarily in the sprint, including the mass sprint of the final stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 . At the 2008 World Championships in Varese , Italy , he was third behind the solo winners Alessandro Ballan and Damiano Cunego , who won the sprint of the pursuers before him. In 2009 he became the Danish road racing champion . At the beginning of the 2010 season he won the semi-classic Dwars door Vlaanderen . At the 2010 World Championships , he won the silver medal behind Thor Hushovd , who won the sprint of the front field before Breschel. At the Tour of Luxembourg in 2014, he achieved the only overall victory in an international stage race .

At the end of the 2019 season, Breschel ended his career as a racing cyclist.

Awards

In December 2010 Matti Breschel was voted “Cyclist of the Year” in Denmark.

Others

Matti Breschel left home at the age of 17 to work as a model in New York.

successes

2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013
2014
2015

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 120 - - - - - DNF - - - - - DNF
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - 139 - - - - - DNF - - -
Red jersey Vuelta a España - 48 68 - DNF 159 - - - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Ostanek: 10 of the biggest names who will retire in 2019. In: cyclingnews.com. November 7, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Breschel voted Denmark's cyclist of the year. In: radsport-news.com , December 22, 2010
  3. ↑ The Peloton's next top model. In: cyclingnews.com , May 17, 2007 (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Breschel, Matti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Ballerup