Rasch at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ole Gabriel Rasch |
| Nickname | Gabba |
| Born | 8 April 1976 |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Cycling career | |
| Sport | Cycling |
| Current team | Uno-X Mobility |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002 | Team Krone |
| 2003 | Ringerike |
| 2003 | Team Fakta (stagiaire) |
| 2005 | Team Sparebanken Vest |
| 2006–2007 | Maxbo–Bianchi |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Crédit Agricole |
| 2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
| 2011 | Garmin–Cervélo |
| 2012 | FDJ–BigMat |
| 2013–2014 | Team Sky |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2014–2022 | Team Sky |
| 2023– | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
Ole Gabriel Rasch (born 8 April 1976) is a Norwegian former road bicycle racer, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Uno-X Mobility.
Rasch was born in Hole, Norway. For his first three professional contracts, Rasch was a teammate of countryman Thor Hushovd, and he has credited Hushovd with helping him break into the professional ranks. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 2003.
Rasch left FDJ–BigMat at the end of the 2012 season, and was scheduled to join the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season. However, it was later announced that Rasch was joining Team Sky instead. It was announced in October 2013, that Rasch would retire from cycling during the 2014 season, to become a directeur sportif with Team Sky. Rasch completed his professional career with a 117th-place finish in Paris–Roubaix.
Rasch currently resides in Monaco.
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | DNF | — | 151 | |
| Did not contest during his career | |||||
| 86 | 101 | — | — | 118 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
After working hard early on alongside Christian Knees (65th) and Salvatore Puccio (112th), Gabriel Rasch (117th) completed what was the final race of his career before moving on to become a Sports Director with the team.
Media related to Gabriel Rasch at Wikimedia Commons