Maurice Ballerstedt
 Ballerstedt in 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maurice Ballerstedt | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 2001 Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2014 | RSV Blankenfelde | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | SC Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | LV Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Jumbo–Visma Development Team[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Alpecin–Fenix | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Maurice Ballerstedt (born 16 January 2001) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[3]
Biography
[edit]Ballerstedt emerged as a strong junior rider in 2019, his second year in the junior ranks (under-19). He finished second overall in the Course de la Paix Juniors, and third in both the Saarland Trofeo and the Grand Prix Général Patton, all events in the UCI Junior Nations' Cup.[4] In August, despite back pain, he won the silver medal in the European Junior Road Championships time trial, finishing behind solo winner Andrii Ponomar.[4]
In 2020 and 2021, he rode as an under-23 rider for the Jumbo–Visma Development Team.[5] In 2021, he won the general classification of the Tour du Pays de Montbéliard after winning the final stage.[6] He also finished second in the German Under-23 National Time Trial Championships and tenth in the European Under-23 Time Trial Championships.
Ballerstedt turned professional with UCI ProTeam Alpecin–Fenix in 2022, signing a contract through 2024.[7][8] In his first season as a professional, he won the German Under-23 National Time Trial Championships. He was also part of the German team that won the mixed relay at the 2022 European Road Championships.
Major results
[edit]- 2018
- 3rd Overall Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt
- 2019
- 1st GP Luxembourg
- UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2nd
Time trial - 9th Road race
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 3rd Overall LVM Saarland Trofeo
- 1st Stage 3b (TTT)
- 3rd GP Général Patton
- 10th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
- 2020
- 8th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix
- 2021
- 1st
Overall Tour du Pays de Montbéliard
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Kreiz Breizh Elites
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 8th Egmont Cycling Race
- 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2022
- UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Team relay - 9th Road race
- 1st
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 5th Road race
- 1st
- 2023
- 8th Elfstedenronde
- 2024
- 2nd Ronde van Limburg
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — |
| Tour de France
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— | — |
 Vuelta a España
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143 | 126 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jumbo - Visma Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Jumbo-Visma Development Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Alpecin–Fenix". UCI. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Maurice Ballerstedt, le médaillé qui prévoyait d'abandonner" (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Jumbo-Visma announce new development team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Stage 3 - Tour du Pays de Montbéliard". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Route: Maurice Ballerstedt s'engage avec Alpecin-Fenix jusqu'en 2024". cyclismactu.net (in French). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Ballerstedt unterschreibt bei Alpecin-Fenix". rad-net.de (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Maurice Ballerstedt at UCI
- Maurice Ballerstedt at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Maurice Ballerstedt at ProCyclingStats
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