Batmönkhiin Maral-Erdene ( mn, Батмөнхийн Марал-Эрдэнэ; born 15 October 1994) is a Mongolian professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Nusantara Cycling Team.

Career

Early life

Maral-Erdene was born in 1994 in the province of Khövsgöl in Mongolia. His grandfather is a cycling coach who organizes cycling competitions in the province. Maral-Erdene's grandfather encourages his children and grandchildren to develop cycling in their home province which led to Maral-Erdene taking up the sport in 2007.

Professional career

Maral-Erdene started his professional cycling career with teams in China before moving to the Malaysia-based in 2016 which joins more UCI-sanctioned competition. From March 2016, Mongolian cycling-figure Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh serves as his coach whom he idolized since childhood.

Major results

;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2014 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Time trial, Asian Under-23 Road Championships ;2015 : National Road Championships ::4th Time trial ::5th Road race ;2016 : Asian Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Gold medal asia

Time trial ::10th Road race : National Road Championships ::1st Mongolia_NC

Time trial ::5th Road race : 1st Mountains classification,

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

I : 2nd Road race,

World University Cycling Championship The World University Cycling Championship is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which was first held in 1978 in Antwerp, Belgium. Before 1978 ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour de Filipinas The Le Tour de Filipinas is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Luzon, Philippines since 1955 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is held in April every year. While the course changes every year, the tour traditionally end ...

;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Mongolia_NC

Time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Tochigi The Tour de Tochigi is a road cycling race held annually since 2017. It is part of UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ...

: 5th Overall

Tour of Xingtai The Tour of Xingtai is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 2017. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

: 6th Time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st Mongolia_NC

Road race ::1st Mongolia_NC

Time trial : Asian Road Championships ::4th Team time trial ::6th Time trial : 6th Overall

Tour of Quanzhou Bay Tour of Quanzhou Bay is a men's multi-day cycling race which takes place in China. It is rated as a 2.2 event on UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Uni ...

;2019 : 1st Stage 4

Tour of Thailand The Tour of Thailand, officially the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Thailand. It was classified by the International Cycling Union as a 2.2 category race as ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Ijen Tour de Ijen is a men's cycle race which takes place in Indonesia. Initiated as a stage race in 2012, the Tour de Ijen is rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...

: 2nd

Oita Urban Classic The Oita Urban Classic is a one-day road cycling race held on the street circuit around the Oita Stadium on Kyushu Island, Japan. It is sanctioned by UCI as a category 1.2 race of UCI Asia Tour since 2018. The Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium is ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : Asian Road Championships ::4th Team time trial ::6th Time trial ;2022 : National Road Championships ::1st Mongolia_NC

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 2nd Silver medal asia

Team time trial, Asian Road Championships ;2023 : National Road Championships ::1st Mongolia_NC

Time trial ::5th Road race : 1st Stage 2

Tour of Poyang Lake The Tour of Poyang Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in China. It is contested in September near Lake Poyang, in the Jiangxi province. Created in 2010, it generally attracts a large number of riders from UCI Continental The UCI ...

: 7th Overall

Tour de Kumano The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia T ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maral-Erdene, Batmonkhiin Mongolian male cyclists Living people 1994 births People from Khövsgöl Province Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Mongolia 21st-century Mongolian people