Matti Breschel
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{{Infobox Cyclist
| ridername = Matti Breschel
| image = Matti Breschel.jpg
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| fullname = Matti Breschel
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| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1984|8|31}}
| country = {{DEN}}
| height = 1.81m
| weight = 61 kg
| currentteam = Team CSC
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Sprinter
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| amateuryears = ''until'' 2004
| amateurteams = Team PH
| proyears = 2005-
| proteams = Team CSC
| majorwins =
| updated = [[January 15]], [[2007]]
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'''Matti Breschel''' (born [[31 August]] [[1984]] in [[Ballerup]]) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] professional [[road bicycle racer]] who currently rides for [[UCI ProTour]] outfit [[Team CSC]].
==Career==
He got his breakthrough with small Danish [[Team PH]], finishing 6th at the U/23 Cycling World Championship in [[Verona]] in 2004 where he helped fellow Dane [[Mads Christensen]] finish 3rd. He also won the bronze medal at the Danish National [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Championship during the summer of 2004 as well.
He turned professional for the 2005 season in Denmark based Team CSC, where he signed a two-year contract. At the press conference, regarding his choice to join Team CSC in October 2004, he stated that he simply wished to adjust to the rigors of professional cycling, saying "''I hope to get in the team, but in the beginning I just want to learn the game and to learn the races. Somewhere I know that I'm in for a beating."''<ref name="csc">[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/oct04/oct21news Matti Breschel signs for CSC] by CyclingNews.com, October 21, 2004</ref> Under tutelage of seasoned veteran [[Lars Michaelsen]],<ref>"Matti i mester- lære", [[Ekstra Bladet]], December 10, 2004</ref> Breschel would start the season in the [[Tour of Qatar]], where the two riders finished side by side, Breschel conceding the final victory to Michaelsen. They would ride a number of classics and smaller races together, and Breschel finished in a number of secondary placings, just missing the victory podiums.
For the start of the 2006 season, he once again showed himself in Tour of Qatar, finishing the best young rider of the race for the second year in a row. He showed his good form in March with a third place finish in [[Le Samyn]], being beaten only by [[Philippe Gilbert]] in the bunch sprint of the peloton, and a few days later he sprinted his way to second place at stage 2 of the [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] where he was second only to world class sprinter [[Robbie McEwen]]. For the third, and last, stage of the race, Breschel would once more sprint against McEwen, with the winner taking the overall victory of the race, this time with the effect that both riders crashed. Breschel broke his [[vertebrae]] in two places and McEwen was de-classed in the race.<ref>[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/mar06/mar06news2 Injured Breschel blames McEwen] by CyclingNews.com, March 6, 2006</ref>
After recovering he won his first victory as a professionel in stage 2 of [[Danmark Rundt]] in August 2007. This was the first Danish stage win in five years of this national tour.
On June 8, 2008, Matti Breschel won the Philadelphia International Championship in Philadelphia, PA.
== Career highlights ==
{{palmares start}}
* '''2001'''
** National Road U19 Championship
* '''2004'''
** U/23 [[Giro del Canavese]]
** Ringerike GP, stage 2
** 3rd, Danish [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Championship
** 6th, U/23 [[Cycling World Championship]]
** 6th, U/23 [[Paris-Roubaix]]
* '''2005'''
** 2nd, Stage 3 and 2nd, overall, [[Tour of Qatar]]
** 3rd, Danish [[Bicycling terminology#open road race|Road Racing]] Championship
* '''2006'''
** 2nd, Stage 2 and 3rd, overall, [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]]
** 3rd, [[Le Samyn]]
* '''2007'''
** 3rd, Stage 18, [[Giro d'Italia]]
** Winner, Stage 2, [[Danmark Rundt]]
** Winner, Stage 2, [[Tour of Ireland]]
* '''2008'''
** Winner, [[Philadelphia International Championship|Philadelphia International]]
{{palmares end}}
==Footnotes==
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== External links ==
* {{da icon}} [http://www.feltet.dk/matti/content.php?content.4.php Official homepage]
* [http://www.team-csc.com/person_profiles.asp?p_id=71 Team CSC profile].
{{Team CSC}}
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