Rasmus Quaade

Rasmus Quaade

Quaade at the 2014 Paris–Arras Tour
Personal information
Full name	Rasmus Christian Quaade
Born	(1990-01-07) 7 January 1990 (age 34) Valby, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trial specialist
Professional teams
2009	Blue Water–Cycling for Health
2010	Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water
2011	Concordia Forsikring–Himmerland
2012	Blue Water Cycling[1]
2013–2014	Team TreFor
2015	Cult Energy Pro Cycling
2016	Stölting Service Group
2017	Team Giant–Castelli
2018	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019–2021	Riwal Readynez[2][3][4]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2011, 2014)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2011 Copenhagen Under-23 time trial Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit World Championships 2014 Cali Team Pursuit 2013 Minsk Team pursuit 2016 London Team pursuit European Elite Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit

Rasmus Christian Quaade (born 7 January 1990) is a Danish former road and track bicycle racer. He also competed professionally from 2009 to 2021 for the Blue Water Cycling (two spells), Team Designa Køkken–Blue Water, Team TreFor–Blue Water, Cult Energy Pro Cycling, Stölting Service Group, Team Giant–Castelli, BHS–Almeborg Bornholm and Riwal Readynez squads.

Quaade was also the subject for a documentary film, following him in the leadup to the 2011 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, called Moon Rider.^[5]

Major results

Road

2009

2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

4th Chrono Champenois

9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

2010

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Chrono Champenois

2011

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

2nd Chrono Champenois

2012

1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Chrono Champenois

5th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

2013

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Chrono Champenois

6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

2014

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Chrono Champenois

3rd Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

2015

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Time trial, European Games

5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2016

9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

2017

3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise

1st Stage 3

3rd Overall Flèche du Sud

3rd Scandinavian Race Uppsala

7th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites

7th Overall Okolo Jižních Čech

10th Skive–Løbet

2018

1st Duo Normand (with Martin Toft Madsen)

1st Classic Loire-Atlantique

2nd Overall Danmark Rundt

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Overall Paris–Arras Tour

7th Hafjell GP

8th Sundvolden GP

9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2019

1st Fyen Rundt

1st Duo Normand (with Mathias Norsgaard)

3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

3rd Hafjell GP

4th Chrono des Nations

Track

2011

2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

3rd Team pursuit, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali

2012

1st Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow

2013

Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

2nd Aguascalientes

3rd Manchester

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

2014

2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

3rd Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London

2015

3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

2016

3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

References

1. Buchter, Henrik Axel (31 December 2011). "Blue Water støtter Quaade" [Bluewater signs Quaade]. Cykelmagasinet.dk (in Danish). Cykelmagasinet. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
2. "La Riwal presenta gli ultimi cinque acquisti e annuncia un nuovo cosponsor" [Riwal present their last five signings and announces a new cosponsor]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
3. "Riwal Readynez Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
4. "Riwal Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
5. MacMichael, Simon (25 November 2012). "Danish DVD doc Moon Rider: "An honest and heartbreaking" look at a young rider's struggles (+ video trailer)". road.cc.

External links

• Official website
• Moon Rider official website
• Rasmus Quaade at UCI
• Rasmus Quaade at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Rasmus Quaade at ProCyclingStats
• Rasmus Quaade at Cycling Quotient
• Rasmus Quaade at CycleBase
• Rasmus Quaade at UCI