Ralf Matzka

“My goal remains to have fun and success as a cyclist!”

Ralf showed his explosive qualities as a U23 rider with the Thüringer Energie Team, before he joined Team NetApp-Endura in the year 2012. While Ralf is still quite young, he is definitely very ambitious. He got five Top-10 placings in the 13-stage race Tour of Qinghai Lake in 2013 and placed tenth at Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt. He is part of our classics line-up and proved himself valuable on several occasions this year.

Born
VS-Schwenningen, GER
Date of Birth
24/08/1989
Height
1.77 m
Weight
69 kg
Speciality
Sprinter
UCI Rank
531
UCI Rank Team
6
UCI Points
14
UCI Points Team
801.4
Previous Teams
2008 - 2009 Team Ista
2010 Team Heizomat
2011 – 2012 Thüringer Energie Team
2013 - 2014 Team NetApp - Endura

Palmarès

2014
9th stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake
7th Nat. Championships Germany, RR
8th stage5 4 Jours de Dunkerque
5th stage 3 Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde

2013

9th stage 2 Arctic Race of Norway
9th stage 1 Arctic Race of Norway
8th stage 13 Tour of Qinghai Lake
4th stage 12 Tour of Qinghai Lake
4th stage 11 Tour of Qinghai Lake
3rd stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake
6th stage 1 Tour of Qinghai Lake
3rd stage 3 Szlakiem Grodòw Piastowskich
10th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn - Frankfurt
4th stage 1 Giro del Trentino, TTT

2012
2nd Baltic Chain Tour, stage 5
8th Course de Solidarnosc
4th Course de Solidarnosc, stage 3
2nd Course de Solidarnosc, stage 1
9th Neuseen Classics

2011
2nd An Post Ras, stage 7

2010
1st Flèche du Sud, stage 3

2008
1st Tour de Korea-Japan, stage 4
2nd Tour de Korea-Japan, Prologue ITT
4th Berner Rundfahrt
4th Rund um den Henninger Turm (U23)