 Thurau at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Björn Thurau |
| Born | 23 July 1988 Frankfurt am Main, West Germany |
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2010 | Team Bergstrasse |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei |
| 2008–2009 | Elk Haus–Simplon |
| 2011 | Team NSP |
| 2012–2014 | Team Europcar[1] |
| 2015 | Bora–Argon 18[2] |
| 2016 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
| 2017 | Kuwait–Cartucho.es |
| 2018 | Holdsworth |
| 2019 | Vito–Feirense–PNB |
Björn Thurau (born 23 July 1988) is a German former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019. He is the son of former cyclist Dietrich Thurau.
After retiring, Thurau was a presenter for Global Cycling Network's German-language YouTube channel. He left in February 2021.[3]
In September 2021 he was banned from cycling for doping offences, and his results dating back to December 2010 were stripped.[4][5]
YouTube Encyclopedic
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Amstel Gold Race -- Björn Thurau: "Auf den letzten 30 km sind mir die Lichter ausgegangen"
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Dietrich "Didi" Thurau + Atlanta Killinger über Björn Thurau 1988 HR Radsport
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Giro Italia 2014 - Team Europcar - Presentation
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Major results
- 2006
- 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2009
- 4th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 7th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
20119th Overall Paris–Corrèze10th Overall Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour20124th Overall Mi-Août Bretonne6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen20131st
Mountains classification Tour de Luxembourg10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni20141st Mountains classification Tour de Suisse20173rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake[6]
References
- ^ "Team Europcar (EUC) – FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Björn Thurau signs for Bora". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Global Cycling Network launches new German-language channel GCN auf Deutsch". Discovery Channel. Discovery, Inc. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
New GCN auf Deutsch Presenter and former WorldTour rider Björn Thurau said [...]
- ^ "Former professional cyclist Björn Thurau banned for more than nine years". Spiegel (in German). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (25 September 2021). "Former German cyclist suspended for nine years over anti-doping violations". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Yonathan Monsalve wins 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake". cyclingnews.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Björn Thurau.
- Björn Thurau at ProCyclingStats
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