Brian Bach Vandborg is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was national U/23 champion in individual time trial

Individual time trial

An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 in 2002 and 2003 and in 2004 he signed his first professional contract with , with a length of two years. He won stage 4 of Tour de Georgia

Tour de Georgia

The Tour de Georgia is a U.S. professional cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and has been contested six times. It is one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe stage race events by the UCI, which is cycling's international governing body,...

 in 2005, his first professional victory, but the rest of his season was ruined due to a case of mononucleosis

Infectious mononucleosis

Infectious mononucleosis is an infectious, widespread viral...

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In 2006, Vandborg became a national champion by capturing the Danish Individual Time Trial Championship

2006 National Cycling Championships

Most of the 2006 national road cycling championships took place in June, although there were a few exceptions such as the Australian and American championships which take place in January and September respectively.-Jerseys:...

 ; he later finished fourth at the World Time Trial Championship

TT World Championships 2006

The Men's Individual Time Trial at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships took place on September 21, 2006, in the Austrian city of Salzburg. The race was part of the UCI Road World Championships...

. Vandborg moved to Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. It was the continuation of the 2004 U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, was its leader until July 2005...

 for the 2007 season. In 2009 he rode alongside Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso

Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...

 and Daniele Bennati

Daniele Bennati

Daniele Bennati is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train...

 at Liquigas

Liquigas

Liquigas-Cannondale is an Italian professional road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. The current title sponsor is Liquigas, a provider of liquified gas products in Italy. The second sponsor, Cannondale, is an American bicycle manufacturing company, whose sponsorship has led to a small...

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Palmarès

• Tour de l'Ain
  Tour de l'Ain
  Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié , is an annual late season professional cycling stage race held mid-August. The first Tour de l'Ain was held in 1989 and was organized by Dante Lavacca, Armand Peracca and Maurice Josserand. From 1989 to 1992 it was an amateur event. In 1993 it...
  
   - 1 stage (2007)
• Tour of Georgia - 1 stage (2005)
• National Time Trial Championship (2006)
  • 2nd (2005–2007)
  • 3rd (2003–2004)
• National Time Trial U23 Championship (2002–2003)
• 4th World Time Trial Championship (2006)

External links

• Official website.