{{short description|Road bicycle racer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Marcel Sieberg | image = Marcel Sieberg 2016.jpg | caption = Sieberg at the 2016 Tour of Britain | fullname = Marcel Sieberg | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|4|30}} | birth_place = Castrop-Rauxel, West Germany | height = {{convert|1.98|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb st|abbr=on}} | currentteam = {{ubl|{{UCI team code|TUD}}|{{UCI team code|TUU}}}} | discipline = Road | role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Directeur sportif}} | ridertype = {{ubl|Sprinter|Classics specialist|Domestique}} | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2005 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|3CG|2005}} | proyears2 = 2006 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WIE|2006}} | proyears3 = 2007 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MRM|2007}} | proyears4 = 2008–2010 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|THR|2008a}} | proyears5 = 2011–2018 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|OLO|2011}} | proyears6 = 2019–2021 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|BMT|2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html|title=Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team|work=Merida Bikes|publisher=Merida Industry Co., Ltd.|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101111509/https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html|archive-date=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-bahrain-mclaren/|title=2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=26 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279|title=Bahrain Victorious|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101044146/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | manageyears1 = 2022 | manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|DSM men|2022}} ''(men)'' | manageyears2 = 2022 | manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|DSM women|2022}} ''(women)'' | manageyears3 = 2022 | manageteam3 = {{UCI team code|DSU|2022}} | manageyears4 = 2023– | manageteam4 = {{UCI team code|TUD|2023}} | manageyears5 = 2023– | manageteam5 = {{UCI team code|TUU|2023}} | majorwins = }} '''Marcel Sieberg''' (born 30 April 1982) is a German former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2021 for six different teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bauhaus-and-sieberg-join-forces-at-bahrain-merida-for-2019/ |title=Bauhaus and Sieberg join forces at Bahrain-Merida for 2019|date=7 August 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Retirement">{{cite web |url=https://bahraincyclingteam.com/marcel-sieberg-plans-to-retire-at-the-end-of-2021-season-after-17-years-in-pro-peloton/ |title=Marcel Sieberg plans to retire at the end of 2021 after 17 years in pro peloton |date=8 June 2021 |website={{UCI team code|TBV|2021}} | access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> Since his retirement, Sieberg has worked as a directeur sportif for the {{UCI team code|DSM men|2022}} squads and its {{UCI team code|DSU|2022}}, and {{UCI team code|TUD|2023}} and its development team, {{UCI team code|TUU|2023}}.
Born in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Sieberg was, for the majority of his career, one of André Greipel's lead-out men, having been teammates at both {{UCI team code|THR|2010}} (2008–2010) and then later {{UCI team code|LTS|2018}} (2011–2018). In that role he assisted Greipel to over 100 race wins,<ref name="Retirement"/> and then took on a similar role for compatriot Phil Bauhaus over the final three years of his career at {{UCI team code|TBM|2021}} (2019–2021), assisting stage wins for Bauhaus at the 2020 Tour of Saudi Arabia and the 2021 Tour de Hongrie.<ref name="Retirement"/> Individually, he took two professional victories – the 2005 Ronde van Drenthe and the 2006 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens.<ref>{{cite news|first=Susan|last=Westemeyer|url=https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2006/german_future_sieberg|title=The future of German Cycling: The Young Guns|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Knapp Communications|date=30 November 2006|accessdate=11 May 2025|quote=He was eagerly looking forward to the Spring Classics, which he sees as his speciality, having won the Ronde von Drenthe in 2005.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2006/sep06/gpjefscherens06|title=40th GP Jef Scherens Leuven - 1.1 - Results - 183 km|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Knapp Communications|date=3 September 2006|accessdate=11 May 2025}}</ref>
==Major results== Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=376|title=Marcel Sieberg|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=11 May 2025}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1998 : 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st Stage 2 Critérium Européens des Jeunes ;2000 : 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 1st 20px Overall Trofeo Karlsberg : 1st 20px Overall Driedaagse van Axel : 1st Overall Giro di Basilicata : 7th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2001 : Tour de Berlin ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin : 9th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux ;2003 : 1st Dortmund-Wellinghofen : 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23 ;2004 : 4th Overall Tour of South China Sea ::1st Stage 3 ;2005 : 1st Ronde van Drenthe : 2nd Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 2nd Omloop van het Houtland : 4th Tour de Rijke : 4th Delta Profronde : 5th Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt : 6th Omloop der Kempen : 6th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 7th Ronde van Overijssel : 9th Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2006 : 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 3rd Münsterland Giro : 5th Schaal Sels : 6th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 10th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ;2007 : 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 4th Trofeo Cala Millor : 4th Münsterland Giro ;2008 : 2nd Profronde van Fryslan : 3rd Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 7th Neuseen Classics ;2009 : 3rd Trofeo Calvia ;2010 : 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 6th Grand Prix d'Isbergues ;2011 : 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens ;2013 : 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer ;2014 : 6th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2015 : 5th Münsterland Giro ;2016 : 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 7th Paris–Roubaix ;2018 : 7th Heistse Pijl {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour results timeline=== Sieberg contested eleven Grand Tours during his career, including nine starts at the Tour de France.<ref name="Retirement"/>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |colspan=18 align="center"|'''Grand Tour general classification results timeline'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/marcel-sieberg/statistics/grand-tour-starts |title=Marcel Sieberg - Grand tour starts|website=Pro Cycling Stats |access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | 119 | — | — | — | 139 | 132 | DNF | 145 | 150 | 169 | DNF | DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|gold}}/{{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | — | — | 122 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |}
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