Thomas Lövkvist
Thomas Lövkvist at the Eneco Tour 2009 | |
To person | |
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Full name | Karl Thomas Henry Lövkvist |
Nickname | Gotland |
Date of birth | April 4th 1984 |
nation | Sweden |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | All-rounder |
height | 1.86 m |
Racing weight | 70 kg |
End of career | 2014 |
Team (s) | |
2004 2005–2007 2008 2009 2010–2012 2013–2014 |
Fdjeux.com Française des Jeux Team Columbia Team Columbia - HTC Sky Procycling IAM Cycling |
Most important successes | |
Overall ranking of the Tour Méditerranéen |
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Last updated: September 3, 2016 |
Karl Thomas Henry Lövkvist , also Löfkvist , (born April 4, 1984 in Visby ) is a former Swedish cyclist .
Career
Lövkvist started his international career in 2004 with the French team fdjeux.com . Already this season he achieved a solo victory on the last stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, which also secured the overall standings. In the same year he won a stage of the junior stage race Tour de l'Avenir , which he finished second overall. He was also the Swedish champion in the individual time trial .
In 2005 Lövkist took fourth and eighth place in the ProTour competitions Poland Tour and Züri-Metzgete . After these successes, Lövkist was already seen in some cases as the upcoming Tour de France winner. His talent, diligence in training and racing intelligence were praised.
He was unable to meet these expectations in the following years, but achieved further successes. In 2006 he became Swedish road racing champion and in 2007 he won a stage of the Critérium International . In 2009 he won the Italian one-day race Monte Paschi Eroica through an attack on the finish line in Siena . At the Giro d'Italia 2009 he conquered the overall leader's Maglia Rosa for one day on the third stage and led the junior competition for a long time before breaking in on the 16th stage and losing 25 minutes. At the Tour de France 2010 he achieved his best placement in a Grand Tour as 17th . After two years of less success, he won the Mediterranean Tour in 2013 .
Lövkvist competed at the Olympic Games twice - in 2004 and 2008 . In 2004 in Athens he could not finish the road race and finished 33rd in the individual time trial , four years later in Beijing he was 37th in the road race.
At the end of 2014 he ended his career as a cyclist after he had to take a long break because of "overtraining" and became the sporting director of the newly founded Swedish Continental Team Tre Berg-Bianchi .
successes
2004
- Overall classification and one stage of the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- Swedish champion - time trial
- a stage Tour de l'Avenir
2006
2007
- a stage Critérium International
2008
- Young talent competition Tirreno – Adriatico
- Points assessment and young talent assessment Germany Tour
2009
- Monte Paschi Eroica
- Young talent competition Tirreno – Adriatico
- Giro d'Italia team time trial
- a stage Saxony tour
2013
- Overall ranking of the Tour Méditerranéen
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | 25th | - | 21st | - | - | - |
Tour de France | 61 | 63 | 64 | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | 54 | - | - | DNF | 52 | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2004 FDJeux.com
- 2005–2007 Française des Jeux
- 2008 Team Columbia
- 2009 Team Columbia-HTC
- 2010 Sky Professional Cycling Team
- 2011–2012 Sky ProCycling
- 2013-2014 IAM Cycling
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com of April 9, 2004: Ullrich leaves early - Lovkvist triumphs
- ↑ cyclismag.com of September 21, 2005: Thomas Lövkvist ( Memento of the original of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ radsport-news.com of May 13, 2009: http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_56634.htm
- ↑ radsport-news.com from May 25, 2009: Lövkvist experiences a break-in, Seeldraeyers in the white jersey
- ↑ Due to overtraining - Löfkvist ended his career. radsport-news.com, August 28, 2014, accessed August 29, 2014 .
- ↑ radsport-news.com from November 15, 2014: Lövkvist becomes team manager, Vuelta 2015 with a trip to Andorra
Web links
- Thomas Lövkvist in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Thomas Lövkvist in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Thomas Lövkvist in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Thomas Lövkvist in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lövkvist, Thomas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lövkvist, Karl Thomas Henry (full name); Löfkvist, Thomas (different spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Visby on Gotland, Sweden |