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 worked for as a sporting director from 2010 until 2013. He finished 4th in the road race at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships, which is the best placement ever for a Swedish rider.

Career achievements

Major results

1996

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1998

1st Stage 2 Tour of Japan

3rd Overall Tour of Sweden

1999

1st Stage 11 Tour de Langkawi

2000

7th Hel van het Mergelland

10th Overall Tour of Sweden

2001

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 3 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1st Stage 3 Tour of Rhodes

2nd Boucles de l'Aulne

3rd Overall Tour de Normandie

1st Stage 5

4th GP Aarhus

10th Overall Danmark Rundt

2002

1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1st Stage 2

1st Paris–Camembert

1st Route Adélie

6th Overall Tour of Rhodes

6th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

7th GP de Fourmies

7th Overall Tour of Sweden

8th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

8th Rund um den Henninger Turm

2004

1st Scandinavian Open Road Race

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

5th E3 Harelbeke

2005

4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

2006

1st Stage 2 Paris–Corrèze

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Grand Prix Herning

5th Brabantse Pijl

6th E3 Harelbeke

2007

2nd Overall Tour of Ireland

2nd Monte Paschi Eroica

2009

1st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Official homepage

Team CSC profile

1974 births

Living people

Swedish male cyclists

Olympic cyclists for Sweden

Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

People from Falun

Sportspeople from Dalarna County

Marcus Ljungqvist