Moritz Kretschy
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| Born | 14 May 2002 Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel Premier Tech Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2020 | Junioren Schwalbe Team Sachsen[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2023 | Rad-Net Rose Team[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Israel Premier Tech Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Moritz Kretschy (born 24 November 2004) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Israel Premier Tech Academy.
In 2019, he won the team pursuit at the UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. In the final, he and his teammates set a new world record.[3] Earlier that season, he won the bronze medal in the same event at the European Junior Championships. The following year, he became European champion in the junior points race.[4]
For his debut in the under-23 category, he joined UCI Continental team Rad-Net Rose Team in 2021.[5] His first result of note was a third place in the Grand Prix Velo Alanya in 2022.
In 2023, he became a double German national under-23 champion in both the road race and the time trial. The same year, he finished eighth in the Tour Alsace, and especially sixth in the under-23 road race at the World Championships. After thse performances, he joined Israel Premier Tech Academy in 2024. Regularly promoted to thir professional team, he notably finished 8th in the 2024 Tour du Rwanda and second in the 2025 Tour de Taiwan.[6] In May 2025, he won two stages of the Alpes Isère Tour.
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2020
- 1st
National Junior Hill-climb Championships - 4th Overall Visegrad 4 Juniors
- 2022
- 3rd Grand Prix Velo Alanya
- 2023
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 6th Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 8th Overall Tour Alsace
- 2024
- 1st National Under-23 Hill-climb Championships
- 9th Overall Tour du Rwanda
- 2025
- 1st Karlie Krit
- 1st Stages 2 & 4 Alpes Isère Tour
- 2nd Overall Tour de Taiwan
Track
[edit]- 2019
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships - 3rd
Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Championships - 2020
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Points race - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 1st
References
[edit]- ^ "Moritz Kretschy". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "Rad-Net Rose Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 22 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Moritz Kretschy gewinnt WM-Titel für Venusberg". rsv54.de (in German). 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Kretschy Junioren-Europameister im Punktefahren". static.rad-net.de (in German). 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Moritz Kretschy wird mit dem Team rad-net Rose Deutscher Meister". rsv54.de (in German). 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Kretschy bei Tour du Rwanda in Top-Ten". rad-net.de (in German). 26 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Moritz Kretschy at UCI
- Moritz Kretschy at Cycling Archives
- Moritz Kretschy at ProCyclingStats
- Moritz Kretschy at Cycling Quotient
- Moritz Kretschy at CycleBase
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