Casper Pedersen

Not to be confused with Kasper Pedersen.

Casper Pedersen
Pedersen at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships
Personal information
Full nameCasper Philip Pedersen
Born (1996-03-15) 15 March 1996 (age 28)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
Disciplines
RoleRider
Professional teams
2015–2016Riwal Platform
2017Team Giant–Castelli
2018Aqua Blue Sport[1]
2019–2022Team Sunweb[2][3][4]
2023–Soudal–Quick-Step
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
Paris–Tours (2020)
Medal record
Representing  Denmark
Men's track cycling
European Track Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Madison
Men's road bicycle racing
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Herning Under-23 road race

Casper Philip Pedersen (born 15 March 1996) is a road and track cyclist from Denmark, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[5]

In 2015, he competed at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's omnium. He won the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Grenchen, Switzerland.[6] In September 2018, Team Sunweb announced that Pedersen would join them on a three-year deal from 2019, initially with a role as a domestique in the Flanders classics and the team's sprint train.[7] In 2020, he won his first race with the team at Paris–Tours in a two-man sprint with Benoît Cosnefroy.[8] In 2023, he moved to Soudal–Quick-Step, and won the Figueira Champions Classic that February.

  1. ^ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Riders | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". www.soudal-quickstepteam.com. Soudal–Quick-Step.
  6. ^ "Team pursuit results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Ny kontrakt: Dansk cykeltalent skal med på Team Sunwebs sprinttog" [New contract: Danish cycling talent will participate in Team Sunweb's sprints]. DR.dk (in Danish). 12 September 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  8. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (11 October 2020). "Casper Pedersen wins Paris-Tours". CyclingNews. Retrieved 11 October 2020.