Casper Philip Pedersen (born 15 March 1996) is a road and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from Denmark, who currently rides for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...

. In 2015, he competed at the

2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2015. They took place in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (part of the Paris Metropolitan Area) at the Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines from 18–22 ...

in the men's omnium. He won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the

2015 UEC European Track Championships The 2015 UEC European Track Championships was the sixth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland, between 14 and 18 October. The Event was organised by ...

in Grenchen, Switzerland. In September 2018, announced that Pedersen would join them on a three-year deal from 2019, initially with a role as a

domestique In road bicycle racing, a domestique is a rider who works for the benefit of their cycling team, team and leader, rather than trying to win the race. In French, ''domestique'' translates as "servant".However, in French, the term used is ''équip ...

in the Flanders classics and the team's sprint train. In 2020, he won his first race with the team at

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

in a two-man sprint with Benoît Cosnefroy. In 2023, he moved to , and won the Figueira Champions Classic that February.

Major results

Road

;2014 : 2nd

Paris–Roubaix Juniors Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...

;2015 : 3rd Scandinavian Race Uppsala ;2016 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 7th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 ;2017 (1 pro win) : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships : 1st GP Horsens : 1st Stage 2

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

: 2nd Fyen Rundt : 2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

::1st Stage 1 : 10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites ;2018 : 5th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk () is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for ...

::1st

Young rider classification ;2020 (1) : 1st

;2021 : 6th Overall

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska (; ) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages. History Okolo Slovenska ...

;2023 (1) : 1st Figueira Champions Classic : 3rd Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

: 4th Trofeo Calvia ;2025 : 4th E3 Saxo Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2013 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships ;2014 : 1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Omnium, UCI World Junior Championships : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London ;2015 : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

, UEC European Championships ;2016 : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong ;2017 : UCI World Cup ::1st

, Cali ::2nd Madison, Los Angeles (with

Julius Johansen Julius Johansen (born 13 September 1999) is a Danish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won gold at the 2017 UCI Ro ...

) ::2nd

, Manchester : 2nd Silver medal europe

Madison, UEC European Championships (with

Niklas Larsen Niklas Larsen (born 22 March 1997) is a Danish professional track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a bronze medal. Major r ...

)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Casper Philip 1996 births Danish male cyclists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Danish track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Denmark Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Copenhagen 21st-century Danish sportsmen