Sven Erik Bystrøm

Sven Erik Bystrøm
Bystrøm in 2015.
Personal information
Full name Sven Erik Bystrøm
Born (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992
Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current team UAE Team Emirates
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2012–2014 Team Øster Hus–Ridley
Professional team(s)
2014 Team Katusha (stagiaire)
2015–2017 Team Katusha
2018– UAE Team Emirates

Sven Erik Bystrøm (born 21 January 1992 in Haugesund) is a Norwegian road bicycle racer riding for UAE Team Emirates. He was 2014 Under-23 World Road Race Champion.

He signed with the Continental level Team Øster Hus–Ridley in 2012. He signed for Team Katusha as a trainee from August 2014, with a full professional contract from 2015. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[1] He also started the 2017 Vuelta a Espana but crashed out with a broken shoulder on stage 7.[2]

From 2018 he will ride for UAE Team Emirates on a two year contract.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
1st Overall Grenland Grand Prix
1st Stage 2
2nd Ringerike Grand Prix Juniors
2010
1st Stage 3 Regio-Tour
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2012
1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
2014
1st Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2nd Ringerike GP
3rd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
2015
1st Young rider classification Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
2016
7th Le Samyn
8th Overall Tour of Qatar
2017
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 141 DNF 113
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ http://cyclingpub.com/article/2870/Sven+Erik+Bystr%C3%B8m+out+of+Vuelta+a+Espa%C3%B1a%2C+World+Championships+in+doubt
  3. ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bystrom-joins-kristoff-in-move-to-uae-team-emirates-news-shorts/


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