Ole Gabriel Rasch (born 8 April 1976) is a Norwegian former

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 works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Rasch was born in

Hole, Norway Hole is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Ringerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vik. Hole is located around lake Tyrifjorden and extends to the woodland around Osl ...

. 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.

Personal life

Rasch currently resides in

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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 Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it turn ...

;2002 : 2nd Overall

;2003 : 1st MaillotNoruega

Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Mi-Août 3 ;2004 : 3rd Overall

;2005 : 5th Overall Tour de Slovaquie : 7th Overall

Rás Tailteann Rás Tailteann (; "Tailteann Race"), often shortened to the Rás, is an annual international cycling stage race, held in Ireland. Traditionally held in May, the race returned after a hiatus in 2022 as 5 day event held in June. By naming the rac ...

: 7th Overall

;2006 : 1st Overall

: 1st

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: 2nd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca : 2nd

Druivenkoers Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 3rd Overall Tour de la Somme : 4th Overall

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône ...

: 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 7th Colliers Classic : 8th Overall Roserittet : 9th GP Herning ;2007 : 1st Overall Gjøvik GP : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall

Paris–Corrèze Paris–Corrèze was a road bicycle race held annually in France, usually between a department near Paris and the department of Corrèze. It was created by Laurent Fignon and Max Mamers. It was first held in 2001 and since 2005 it has been organi ...

: 6th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 8th Overall

Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

: 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ;2008 : 5th

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( en, Tour of Léon, french: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established ...

: 6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge ;2011 : 1st Overall

: 7th Overall Tour of Qatar : 10th Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a se ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Team Ineos profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasch, Gabriel 1976 births Living people Norwegian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Norway People from Buskerud Directeur sportifs People from Hole, Norway Sportspeople from Viken (county)