Fredrik Ludvigsson (born 28 April 1994) is a Swedish former professional road cyclist. He is the younger brother of fellow cyclist Tobias Ludvigsson.

Biography

2014 season

In March Ludvigsson was 10th overall and fifth in the young rider classification at the Tour de Normandie. In April he was fifth overall in the Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux in Belgium. Ludvigsson the finished 10th overall and won the young rider classification at the Circuit des Ardennes in France. He was 23rd in La Côte Picarde, and finished seventh in the U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Ludvigsson finished 29th in the Rund um Köln. He rode into 16th place overall in the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan in May.

Fredrik Ludvigsson

In June Ludvigsson did not finish the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs and came 27th in the Memorial Van Coningsloo before coming 50th overall and 23rd in the young rider classification at the Ronde de l'Oise stage race in France. He finished 44th overall at the Oberösterreich-Rundfahrt in Austria, before travelling to Sweden to compete at the 2014 national road cycling championships where he was 15th in the individual time trial and fourth in the road race. In August he began as a stagiaire at the Dutch UCI ProTeam for the remainder of their season. Ludvigsson did not finish the Tour Alsace or the Antwerpse Havenpijl but came 77th overall and 40th in the young rider classification at the Arctic Race of Norway. He then had some mediocre results in one day races in the 2014 UCI Europe Tour and finished his season with a 75th place at the Gooikse Pijl in Belgium. This was partly due to an injury in his leg, which was operated on after the Gooikse Pijl.

Fredrik Ludvigsson

2015 season

Ludvigsson joined the now German with a two-year contract for the 2015 season.

Fredrik Ludvigsson

2016 season

On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.

Major results

2011

National Junior Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

2012

2nd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

7th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors

1st Mountains classification

10th Overall GP Général Patton

2013

1st Overall Boucle de l'Artois

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2 (ITT) 2nd Overall Tour of Estonia 1st Young rider classification 4th Hadeland GP 5th Overall Tour de Normandie 2014 4th Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes 1st Young rider classification 10th Overall Tour de Normandie 2017 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2018 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

References

External links

Fredrik Ludvigsson profile at Giant-Alpecin

Swedish male cyclists

Living people

1994 births

People from Jönköping

Sportspeople from Jönköping County