Marcel Sieberg (born 30 April 1982 in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former road racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[3] He turned professional in 2005.[4] He competed in the Tour de France a total of nine times.[5] For the majority of his career, he was one of André Greipel's lead-out men, having been teammates at both Team HTC–Columbia (2008–2010) and then later Lotto–Soudal (2011–2018). In that role he assisted Greipel to over 100 race wins.[5] However, in August 2018 it emerged that the pair would go their separate ways for 2019, with Sieberg signing an initial one-year deal with Bahrain–Merida, taking on a role as a lead-out man for another German sprinter, Phil Bauhaus.[4] He played a role in Bauhaus' stage wins at the 2020 Tour of Saudi Arabia and the 2021 Tour de Hongrie. In June 2021, his team announced that he would retire at the end of the season.[5]

Marcel Sieberg
Sieberg at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameMarcel Sieberg
Born (1982-04-30) 30 April 1982 (age 42)
Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Classics specialist
Domestique
Professional teams
2005Team Lamonta
2006Team Wiesenhof
2007Team Milram
2008–2010Team High Road
2011–2018Omega Pharma–Lotto
2019–2021Bahrain–Merida[1][2]

Major results

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1998
1st   Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Critérium Européens des Jeunes
2000
1st   Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1st   Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st   Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Overall Giro di Basilicata
7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2001
Tour de Berlin
1st Stages 1 & 4
6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2002
1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
2003
1st Dortmund-Wellinghofen
5th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23
2004
4th Overall Tour of South China Sea
1st Stage 3
2005
1st Ronde van Drenthe
2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2nd Omloop van het Houtland
4th Tour de Rijke
4th Delta Profronde
5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
6th Omloop der Kempen
6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
7th Ronde van Overijssel
9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2006
1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
3rd Münsterland Giro
5th Schaal Sels-Merksem
6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
2007
2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
4th Trofeo Cala Millor
4th Münsterland Giro
2008
2nd Profronde van Fryslan
3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum
7th Neuseen Classics
2009
3rd Trofeo Calvia
2010
5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
2011
7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2013
4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
2014
6th Overall Tour of Qatar
2015
5th Münsterland Giro
2016
3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
7th Paris–Roubaix
2018
7th Heistse Pijl

Grand Tour results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline[6]
Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
  Giro d'Italia DNF
  Tour de France 119 139 132 DNF 145 150 169 DNF DNF
 /  Vuelta a España 122

References

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  1. ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Bauhaus and Sieberg join forces at Bahrain-Merida for 2019". cyclingnews.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Marcel Sieberg plans to retire at the end of 2021 after 17 years in pro peloton". Team Bahrain Victorious. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Marcel Sieberg - Grand tour starts". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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