Mathias Møller Nielsen (born 19 March 1994 in Gentofte) is a Danish amateur road and track cyclist. He helped his Danish squad claim a gold medal in the men's junior team pursuit at the 2012 European Track Cycling Championships in Anadia, Portugal, and later represented his nation Denmark at the

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in London. At the peak of his early sporting career, Nielsen currently rides for the Blue Water Cycling Team and Team Trefor-Blue Water. Nielsen qualified for the Danish squad in the men's team pursuit at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. He and his teammates Michael Mørkøv,

Rasmus Quaade Rasmus Christian Quaade (born 7 January 1990) is a Danish former road and track bicycle racer. He also competed professionally from 2009 to 2021 for the Blue Water Cycling (two spells), , , , , , and squads. Quaade was also the subject for a ...

, and

Casper von Folsach Casper von Folsach (born 30 March 1993) is a Danish road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team pursuit for the national team. Major results ;2011 : 1st Time tr ...

surpassed the Spaniards by a short distance gap for a fifth-place finish in their final match at 4:02.671.

Career highlights

;2011 : National Junior Track Championships,

Ballerup Ballerup is a Danish town, seat of the Ballerup Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. There are approximately 25 schools in Ballerup Municipality. Ballerup has its own educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of ...

::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Madison : 9th National Junior Time Trial Championships ;2012 : European Under-23 Track Championships (Team pursuit), Anadia (POR) :

UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...

(Team pursuit), Glasgow (GBR) : 2nd National Junior Track Championships (Team pursuit),

;2013 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall, Tour of Berlin U23, Berlin (GER) : 1st Stage 1,

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Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

(SVK)

References

External links

Denmark Olympic Team Profile

* 1994 births Living people Danish male cyclists Danish track cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Denmark People from Gentofte Municipality Cyclists from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-cycling-bio-stub