Michel Koch

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Michel Koch Road cycling
Michel Koch (2016)
Michel Koch (2016)
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Date of birth October 15, 1991
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Track cycling, road cycling
End of career 2016
Last updated: November 21, 2017

Michel Koch (born October 15, 1991 in Wuppertal ) is a former German track and road cyclist .

career

In his youth, Michel Koch was a member of RV final spurt 08 Wuppertal . After the 2006 season he moved to RSC Cottbus. In 2007, he finished third in the points race at the German youth track championships . In 2009 he won a stage at the Cup of Grudziadz Town President in the junior class , was German champion in the individual time trial and on the track in the team pursuit . He also finished ninth in the road race at the European Championship and seventh in the individual time trial at the World Championship.

Between 2010 and 2012, Koch drove for the LKT Team Brandenburg . In his first year there, he finished second in the road race and in the individual time trial at the German championship in the U23 class. In 2012 he was again German champion in the team pursuit, this time in the elite class, together with Henning Bommel , Kersten Thiele and Yuriy Vasyliv . He also won the overall ranking of the cycling Bundesliga .

For the 2013 season, Koch moved to the Italian UCI ProTeam Cannondale Pro Cycling . He achieved his first top ten placements in a World Tour race in the two individual time trials of the Tour de Suisse 2013 . He contested his first Grand Tour with the Giro d'Italia in 2014 and finished the race in 152nd place overall. After his team's main sponsor, Cannondale , ended his involvement with Koch's Italian team at the end of the season, he signed a contract with the German Rad-net Rose team .

family

Michel Koch comes from a cycling enthusiast family. Both his grandfather and his parents were active cyclists. 1985 his mother Petra Stegherr became 14th of the Grande Boucle Féminine . His sister Franziska, who is ten years younger than him, has also been active as a cyclist.

successes

Street

2009
  • GermanyGermany German Champion - Individual Time Trial (Juniors)
2012
2014

train

2009
2012

Teams

Web links

Commons : Michel Koch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ radsportnbews.com from July 8, 2013: In the time trials I showed what I can do
  2. ↑ radsport-news.com from November 6, 2014: Despite strong performances, the third division is waiting
  3. ↑ Race day around the town hall. In: RP online. April 5, 2011, accessed July 18, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Koch, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German track and road cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal