Marcus Ljungqvist

Marcus Ljungqvist

Personal information
Full name	Marcus Ljungqvist
Born	October 26, 1974 (1974-10-26) (age 37) Falun, Sweden
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	73 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Sky
Discipline	Road
Role	Sporting director
Amateur team(s)
1994 1995–1997	Team Isostar Team Wirsbo
Professional team(s)
1998–1999 2000–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006–2009	Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio Team Fakta Crédit Agricole Alessio-Bianchi Liquigas-Bianchi Team CSC
Managerial team(s)
2010–	Team Sky
Infobox last updated on February 27, 2010

Marcus Ljungqvist (born October 26, 1974 in Falun) is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998, and retired from racing after the 2009 season. He is now working for Team Sky as a sporting director^[1] and will be bringing some of his experience to the racers from inside the team car.

Career highlights

• 1998
  • Stage in Tour of Japan
• 1999
  • Stage in Tour de Langkawi
  • 131st Overall, Tour de France
• 2001
  • Stage in Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
  • Stage in Tour de Normandie
  • Stage in Tour of Rhodes
• 2002
  • Stage and Overall, Tour de Luxembourg
  • Paris–Camembert
  • Route Adélie
• 2004
  • Scandinavian Open Road Race
  • 132nd Overall, Tour de France
• 2005
  • Scandinavian Open Road Race
  • 125th Overall, Tour de France
  • 4th in World Road Championships
• 2006
  • Stage 2, Paris–Corrèze

References

1. ^ "Marcus Ljungqvist's profile at Team Sky". BSkyB. 2010-01-04. http://www.teamsky.com/profile/0,27291,17543_5776907,00.html. 

External links

• Official homepage
• Team CSC profile

Persondata
Name	Ljungqvist, Marcus
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1974-10-26
Place of birth	Falun, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death