Robert Bengsch
Robert Bengsch at the Saxony Tour 2008 . | |
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Date of birth | October 6, 1983 |
nation | Germany |
discipline | train |
Most important successes | |
German Champion Madison 2007 |
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Last updated: August 14, 2008 |
Robert Bengsch (born October 6, 1983 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) is a former German racing cyclist with a focus on track cycling .
Athletic career
In 1999, Robert Bengsch won the overall ranking of the Critérium Européens des Jeunes junior race . In 2001 he became the German Junior Team Pursuit Champion , and at the Junior World Championship he won the silver medal in the same discipline. In 2004 he started on the track at the Olympic Games . In the 2005 season Bengsch won the team pursuit at the Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles . In the same year he won the silver medal in the single pursuit and bronze in the points race at the U23 European Championships in Fiorenzuela . Three times, in 2007, 2008 and 2011, he won the German championship in two-man team driving (Madison), together with Marcel Kalz . Bengsch also started regularly in six-day races , but without much success.
Robert Bengsch drove on the road in 2005 as a stagiaire for the ProTour team T-Mobile Team , but did not get a professional contract. The following year he won the silver medal in the individual time trial and in the road race at the World Military Championships in Chaam . In 2007 Bengsch won the one-day race around the Schafshöhe . In the 2008 season he won a stage in the Alsace Tour and won the overall standings.
At the end of the 2012/2013 winter season, Bensch announced his retirement from active cycling in order to continue the studies he had already started. He also acts as a spokesperson at cycling events.
successes
train
- 2001
- German champions - team pursuit (juniors) with Henning Bommel , Daniel Musiol and Florian Piper
- 2005
- Track Cycling World Cup Los Angeles - team pursuit with Robert Bartko , Leif Lampater and Henning Bommel
- 2007
- German champion - Madison with Marcel Kalz
- 2008
- German champions - team pursuit with Robert Bartko , Henning Bommel and Frank Schulz
- German champion - Madison with Marcel Kalz
- German champion - Omnium
- 2011
- Six-day race in Bremen with Robert Bartko
- German champion - Madison with Marcel Kalz
- German champion - Omnium
- 2012
- German champion - points race
- German champion - Madison with Marcel Kalz
Street
- 2008
- Overall ranking and one stage Tour Alsace
- 2010
- one stage Tour of Bulgaria
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bengsch is traveling for the last time ( memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on weser-kurier.de v. January 12, 2013
- ↑ Bengsch has collapsed: From the train to the edge of the track as a speaker. track cycling, August 26, 2014, accessed September 5, 2014 .
Web links
- Robert Bengsch in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Robert Bengsch (short information from six days of racing.info)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bengsch, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German track and road cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt (Oder) |