Marcus Ljungqvist (born October 26, 1974, in Falun) is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998, and retired from racing after the 2009 season. He worked for Team Sky as a sporting director[1] from 2010 until 2013. He finished 4th in the road race at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships, which is the best placement ever for a Swedish rider.
 Ljungqvist at the 2008 E3 Harelbeke | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marcus Ljungqvist |
| Born | October 26, 1974 Falun, Sweden |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider Sporting director |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1994 | Team Isostar |
| 1995–1997 | Team Wirsbo |
| Professional teams | |
| 1998–1999 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio |
| 2000–2002 | Team Fakta` |
| 2003 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2004 | Alessio–Bianchi |
| 2005 | Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2006–2009 | Team CSC |
| Managerial team | |
| 2010–2013 | Team Sky |
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 1996
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1998
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan
- 3rd Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1999
- 1st Stage 11 Tour de Langkawi
- 2000
- 7th Hel van het Mergelland
- 10th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 2001
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 3 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Rhodes
- 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th GP Aarhus
- 10th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2002
- 1st
Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Paris–Camembert
- 1st Route Adélie
- 6th Overall Tour of Rhodes
- 6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 7th GP de Fourmies
- 7th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2004
- 1st Scandinavian Open Road Race
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th E3 Harelbeke
- 2005
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2006
- 1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix Herning
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 6th E3 Harelbeke
- 2007
- 2nd Overall Tour of Ireland
- 2nd Monte Paschi Eroica
- 2009
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
131 | — | — | — | — | 132 | 125 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 114 | 53 | 43 |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Marcus Ljungqvist's profile at Team Sky". BSkyB. 2010-01-04. Archived from the original on 2010-12-30.
External links
edit
  | This biographical article relating to Swedish cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |