Gabriel Rasch

Ole Gabriel Rasch (born 8 April 1976) is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam .

Career Rasch was born in Hole, Norway. For his first three professional contracts, Rasch was a teammate of countryman Thor Hushovd, and he has credited Hushovd with helping him break into the professional ranks. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2003.

Rasch left at the end of the 2012 season, and was scheduled to join the new team for the 2013 season. However, it was later announced that Rasch was joining instead. It was announced in October 2013, that Rasch would retire from cycling during the 2014 season, to become a directeur sportif with . Rasch completed his professional career with a 117th-place finish in Paris–Roubaix.

Major results

2000 7th Overall Tour de l'Ain 8th Overall Tour de Slovaquie 2001 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 9th Overall Ringerike GP 2002 2nd Overall Ringerike GP 2003

6th Mi-Août 3 2004 3rd Overall Ringerike GP 2005 5th Overall Tour de Slovaquie 7th Overall Rás Tailteann 7th Overall Ringerike GP 2006 1st Overall Ringerike GP 1st GP Möbel Alvisse 2nd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca 2nd Druivenkoers 3rd Overall Tour de la Somme 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 7th Colliers Classic 8th Overall Roserittet 9th GP Herning 2007 1st Overall Gjøvik GP 1st Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour 1st Stage 3 3rd Overall Ringerike GP 4th Overall Paris–Corrèze 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum 8th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes 2008 5th Tro-Bro Léon 6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge 2011 1st Overall Ringerike GP 7th Overall Tour of Qatar 10th Overall Tour de Picardie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish