Raphael Freienstein
Raphael Freienstein (2016) | |
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Date of birth | April 8, 1991 |
nation | Germany |
discipline | Road / mountain bike / cross-country |
End of career | 2017 |
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2004–2008 2009 2010–2011 2014 |
RV 1906 Bann RSC Felsenland Athletics Club 1892 Weinheim FV Olympia Ramstein |
Last updated: September 30, 2018 |
Raphael Freienstein (born April 8, 1991 in Marburg ) is a German racing cyclist .
Career
Raphael Freienstein has been active as a cyclist since 2004, on the road , mountain bike and in cyclo-cross races . From 2012 he drove for various Continental teams with breaks . At the German road championships in 2012 , he finished ninth in the elite road race .
In 2016 Freienstein moved to Team Kuota . There he achieved his greatest international success in May 2016 when he won the second stage of the Flèche du Sud . In the overall ranking of the tour, he finally came in second.
In 2017 he won two German championship titles: in the team time trial of the German road championships and in the hill climb . He also won the overall ranking of the cycling Bundesliga in 2017 . He then ended his international career as an active player because he did not succeed in getting a contract with a WorldTeam or Professional Continental Team .
Freienstein then moved to Australia to complete his degree in International Management . In Victoria , he joined parallel to studying regional team Inform-Make Racing on for which he most significant Australian racing series National Road Series won and thus a starting place at UCI World Tour -race Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race secured.
Raphael Freienstein is the son of the former racing cyclist and current trainer Thomas Freienstein .
successes
- 2016
- a stage of the Flèche du Sud
- 2017
- German champion - mountain
- German champion - team time trial
- Overall ranking Rad-Bundesliga
Teams
- 2012 Team Heizomat
- 2013 Team Heizomat
- 2015 Charter Mason Giant Racing Team
- 2016 Team Kuota Lotto
- 2017 Team Lotto – Kern House
Web links
- Raphael Freienstein in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Raphael Freienstein in the rad-net.de database
- Raphael Freienstein in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Freienstein second at Flèche du Sud. In: rad-net.de. May 8, 2016, Retrieved May 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Freienstein wins the Rad-Bundesliga before Huppertz tied on points. In: radsport-news.com. September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Bundesliga overall winner Freienstein ends career. In: radsport-news.com. November 11, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Freienstein gives teammates a start in the Cadel Evans Race. In: radsport-news.com. January 8, 2019, accessed January 8, 2019 .
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SURNAME | Freienstein, Raphael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |