Björn Thurau

Björn Thurau
Thurau at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameBjörn Thurau
Born (1988-07-23) 23 July 1988 (age 36)
Frankfurt am Main, West Germany
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2010Team Bergstrasse
Professional teams
2007Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
2008–2009Elk Haus–Simplon
2011Team NSP
2012–2014Team Europcar[1]
2015Bora–Argon 18[2]
2016Wanty–Groupe Gobert
2017Kuwait–Cartucho.es
2018Holdsworth
2019Vito–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]

Major results

2006
1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
2009
4th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
7th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
2011
9th Overall Paris–Corrèze
10th Overall Azerbaijan International Cycling Tour
2012
4th Overall Mi-Août Bretonne
6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2013
1st Mountains classification Tour de Luxembourg
10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2014
1st Mountains classification Tour de Suisse
2017
3rd Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake[6]

References

  1. ^ "Team Europcar (EUC) – FRA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Björn Thurau signs for Bora". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  3. ^ "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 [...]
  4. ^ "Former professional cyclist Björn Thurau banned for more than nine years". Spiegel (in German). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (25 September 2021). "Former German cyclist suspended for nine years over anti-doping violations". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Yonathan Monsalve wins 2017 Tour of Qinghai Lake". cyclingnews.com. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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