Bert Grabsch

Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time trial world champion, having won the title in Varese, Italy on 25 September 2008.

He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the Individual Road Race, which he did not finish, and Individual Time Trial, where he finished thirteenth. In the same events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished 95th in the road race and 8th in the time trial.

Grabsch retired at the end of the 2013 season, after fifteen years as a professional.

Career achievements Major results

1998 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile 1999 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour 6th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 9th Overall Deutschland Tour 2000 1st Hel van het Mergelland 3rd Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 3rd Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm 5th GP Rudy Dhaenens 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 10th Overall Peace Race 2001 2nd Rund um Köln 2nd Giro del Mendrisiotto 3rd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 2 6th Overall Deutschland Tour 7th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Stage 5 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 2002 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos 10th Rund um Köln 2004 6th LUK Challenge Chrono Bühl 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2005 1st Rund um die Hainleite 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial 10th HEW Cyclassics 2007

1st Stage 8 (ITT) Vuelta a España 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum 2008

1st Stage 4 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Tour of Austria 2009

1st Stage 4 (ITT) Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2011

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne 2012 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish