Matti Breschel
Matti Breschel ( born August 31, 1984 in Ballerup ) is a Danish cyclist.
Cycling career
Breschel was 2005 Professional at CSC. He could prove as an amateur in 2004 at the Danish road Radmeisterschaften third place, which he repeated in 2005. The road Cycling World Championships 2004 in Verona he made as a helper of his compatriot Mads Christensen, who was third, while the sixth overall. In his first professional race, the Tour of Qatar, he finished second behind his teammate Lars Michaelsen and won the ranking of the best young rider, which he decided in 2006 for themselves. His biggest success came Breschel at the Vuelta a España in 2008, when he won the final stage in Madrid in the sprint before Alyaksandr Ussau. In the fall of 2008, he was. At the World Championships in Varese, Italy third behind Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Ballan
As of 2011, he drove the Dutch team Rabobank and moved to Season 2013 back to Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank.
Awards
In December 2010, Matti Breschel was elected in Denmark for " cyclist of the year".
Others
Matti Breschel took off at the age of 17 years, from home to work in New York as a model.
Achievements
- A stage Post Danmark Rundt
- A stage in the Tour of Ireland
- Commerce Bank International Championship
- A stage Ster Elektrotoer
- Two stages, Post Danmark Rundt
- A stage in the Vuelta a España
- World Championships - Road Race
- A stage Tour of Catalonia
- A stage of Tour de Luxembourg
- A stage in the Tour de Suisse
- Danish Champion - Road Race
- A stage Post Danmark Rundt
- Dwars door Vlaanderen
- A stage Post Danmark Rundt
- World Championships - Road Race
- A stage Burgos Tour
- Two-stage Tour of Denmark
Team
- 2005-2007 Team CSC
- 2008 Team CSC- Saxo Bank
- 2009-2010 Saxo Bank
- 2011-2012 Rabobank
- 2013 Saxo - Tinkoff