Maurice Ballerstedt (born 16 January 2001) is a German professional

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, who last rode for

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Biography

Ballerstedt emerged as a strong junior rider in 2019, his second year in the junior ranks (under-19). He finished second overall in the

Course de la Paix Juniors The Peace Race Juniors, officially known as the Course de la Paix Juniors, is a junior (ages 17-18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Czech Republic. It is part of the UCI Junior Nations' Cup, and is the junior version of the Peace Race ...

, and third in both the

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and the

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, all events in the UCI Junior Nations' Cup. In August, despite back pain, he won the silver medal in the European Junior Road Championships time trial, finishing behind solo winner Andrii Ponomar. In 2020 and 2021, he rode as an under-23 rider for the Jumbo–Visma Development Team. In 2021, he won the general classification of the

Tour du Pays de Montbéliard The Tour du Pays de Montbéliard is a multi-day road bicycle race held annually in the French Department of Doubs. The race was initially on the French national amateur calendar, having replaced the . In 2021, it was added to the UCI Europe Tour ...

after winning the final stage. He also finished second in the German Under-23 National Time Trial Championships and tenth in the European Under-23 Time Trial Championships. Ballerstedt turned professional with

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Alpecin–Fenix in 2022, signing a contract through 2024. In his first season as a professional, he won the German Under-23 National Time Trial Championships. He was also part of the German team that won the mixed relay at the

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Major results

;2018 : 3rd Overall Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt ;2019 : 1st GP Luxembourg : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Time trial ::9th Road race : 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall

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::1st Stage 3b ( TTT) : 3rd

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: 10th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

Juniors ;2020 : 8th Overall

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;2021 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Kreiz Breizh Elites Kreiz Breizh Elites is a French stage cycling race held annually in Bretagne. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...

: National Under-23 Road Championships ::2nd

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::5th Road race : 8th

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: 10th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2022 : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team relay ::9th Road race : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st

::5th Road race ;2023 : 8th

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;2024 : 2nd Ronde van Limburg

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 2001 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists from Berlin 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-cycling-bio-stub