Grégory Rast (born 17 January 1980 in Cham) is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Post Swiss Team, Phonak, Astana, Team RadioShack and Trek–Segafredo teams.[2] He was the winner of the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 2004 and 2006.[3] Rast now works as a directeur sportif for the Lidl–Trek team.[4] His sporting career began with RMV Cham-Hagendorn.[5]
.jpg) Rast at the 2007 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Grégory Rast |
| Born | 17 January 1980 Cham, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lidl–Trek |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2000 | Post Swiss Team (stagiaire) |
| 2002 | Phonak (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2001 | Post Swiss Team |
| 2003–2006 | Phonak |
| 2007–2009 | Astana |
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2018 | RadioShack–Nissan[1] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2019– | Trek–Segafredo (directeur sportif) |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Major results
edit- 2002
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 3rd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd La Côte Picarde
- 4th Grand Prix de Waregem
- 9th GP Kranj
- 2003
- 8th Trofeo Alcudia
- 8th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2004
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2005
- 3rd Paris–Bourges
- 7th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
- 2006
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Giro del Piemonte
- 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 6th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 9th GP Ouest France-Plouay
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Trofeo Calvia
- 2008
- 1st Grand Prix Istanbul
- 5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 6th Overall Tour of Poland
- 7th Trofeo Sóller
- 9th Brabantse Pijl
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 (Team time trial) Tour de France
- 1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Sprints classification Tour de Romandie - 2010
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2011
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 2012
- 8th Road race, Olympic Games
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2014
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial) Tour of Alberta
References
edit- ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Gregory Rast to retire at the end of the season". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Trek-Segafredo Men". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Post Swiss Team 2001. Däniken: Impressio AG. 2001. p. 23.
External links
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Media related to Grégory Rast at Wikimedia Commons- Profile at Team Radioshack official website
- Grégory Rast at trap-friis.dk
- Palmares at Cycling Base Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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