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Alexander Wetterhall
Alexander Wetterhall (born 12 April 1986) is a Swedish road bicycle racer and mountain biker.
Wetterhall, competing in the time trial, at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Wetterhall |
| Nickname | Ikea[1] |
| Born | 12 April 1986 Gislaved, Sweden |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Disciplines | Road Mountain biking |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008 | Team Cyclesport.se |
| 2008 | Pezula Racing (stagiaire) |
| 2009 | MagnusMaximusCoffee.com |
| 2010 | Team Sprocket |
| 2010 | Cervélo TestTeam (stagiaire) |
| 2019 | Tre Berg Cykelklubb |
| Professional teams | |
| 2011–2012 | Endura Racing |
| 2013 | NetApp–Endura |
| 2014 | Firefighters Upsala CK[2] |
| 2015–2017 | Team Tre Berg–Bianchi |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Career edit
Born in Gislaved, Wetterhall was born with dysmelia of his feet, which needed several surgeries to be corrected.[3]
He first competed as a professional in 2011, competing for Endura Racing prior to the squad's merger with Team NetApp for the 2013 season.[4] He was the winner of the Swedish National Time Trial Championships in 2009,[5] and 2016. Wetterhall is also a former winner of the Rás Tailteann,[6] and the Ronde van Drenthe races.[7]
For the 2014 season, Wetterhall joined the new Firefighters Upsala CK team.[2] In November 2014 he was announced as part of the squad for the new Swedish outfit Team Tre Berg–Bianchi for the 2015 season.[8]
Major results edit
Source: [9]
- 2004
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Mountain Bike Championships
- 2007
- 1st Team relay, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 2008
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Cross-country
- 3rd Team relay
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st Overall Rás Tailteann
- 1st Stage 1 Ringerike GP
- 2nd Västboloppet
- 4th Lincoln International GP
- 2011
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Paris–Troyes
- 8th Tallinn–Tartu GP
- 10th Tartu GP
- 2013
- 1st Ronde van Drenthe
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 2016
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 9th Overall East Bohemia Tour
References edit
- ^ . NetApp–Endura. NetApp Deutschland GmbH. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Alexander Wetterhall klar för Firefighters Upsala" [Alexander Wetterhall ready for Firefighters Upsala]. P4 Uppland (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ^ Kaggestad, Johan (2013). Flandern rundt 2013 [Tour of Flanders 2013] (Television broadcast) (in Norwegian). TV 2.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (28 October 2012). "NetApp-Endura reveal 2013 jersey". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (25 June 2009). . Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Cromwell, Gerard (31 May 2010). "Wetterhall holds rivals at bay to secure Ras". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (9 March 2013). "Alexander Wetterhall solos to Ronde van Drenthe victory". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
- ^ . Bianchi (company). 15 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Alexander Wetterhall". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
External links edit
- Official website
- . Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
- Alexander Wetterhall at UCI
- Alexander Wetterhall at Cycling Archives
- Alexander Wetterhall at ProCyclingStats
- Alexander Wetterhall at Cycling Quotient