{{short description|Dutch road cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Michel Kreder | image = Isbergues - Grand Prix d'Isbergues, 20 septembre 2015 (B070).JPG | caption = Kreder in 2015. | fullname = Michel Kreder | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|08|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = The Hague, Netherlands | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = All-rounder | amateuryears1 = 2006–2007 | amateurteam1 = Unibet–Davo | proyears1 = 2008–2009 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2008}} | proyears2 = 2010–2013 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2010}} | proyears3 = 2014 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AJW|2014}} | proyears4 = 2015–2016 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ROO|2015}} | proyears5 = 2017–2018 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|ABS|2017}} | proyears6 = 2019 | proteam6 = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|NLC|2019a}}}} | majorwins = }} '''Michel Kreder''' (born 15 August 1987) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140635|title=Michel Kreder|date=1 January 2019|accessdate=19 June 2019|work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref> who rode professionally between 2008 and 2019.

==Career== Following a four-year stint with {{UCI team code|GRS|2013|nolink=yes}}, Kreder signed with {{UCI team code|AJW|2014|nolink=yes}} for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.<ref name="Wanty">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michel-kreder-leaves-garmin-sharp-for-team-wanty-groupe-gobert|title=Michel Kreder leaves Garmin Sharp for Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=17 October 2013|accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/23770/maaskant-weg-bij-garmin-sharp-michel-kreder-dicht-bij-verlenging.html|language=Dutch|title=Maaskant weg bij Garmin-Sharp, Michel Kreder dicht bij verlenging|trans-title=Maaskant to UnitedHealthcare, Michel Kreder to Accent Jobs-Wanty |work=Wielerflits|publisher=Wielerflits.nl|date=20 October 2013|accessdate=24 October 2013}}</ref> However, in September 2014 it was announced that Michel, Raymond and Wesley Kreder would all sign for the new {{UCI team code|ROO|2015}} for 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/sport/3870291/vier-kreders-wielerploeg-roompot-orange-cycling.html |title=Vier Kreders naar wielerploeg Roompot Orange Cycling|date=5 September 2014|website=NU.nl|language=Dutch |trans-title=Four Kreders to Roompot Orange Cycling cycling team |accessdate=12 September 2014}}</ref> In October 2016 {{UCI team code|ABS|2017}} announced that Kreder would be part of their inaugural squad for the 2017 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/howard-and-denifl-headline-second-round-of-signings-for-aqua-blue-sport/ |title=Howard and Denifl headline second round of signings for Aqua Blue Sport|date=19 December 2016 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life== Kreder was born, raised, and resides in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.<ref name="slipstreamsports">{{cite news|url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/michel-kreder|title=Michel Kreder at Garmin-Sharp|date=28 December 2012|accessdate=6 January 2013|work={{UCI team code|GRS|2012b}}|publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC|location=Boulder, Colorado|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128110214/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/garmin-slipstream-pro-team/michel-kreder|archivedate=28 November 2012}}</ref> He comes from a family of professional cyclists; his cousin Wesley Kreder and his younger brother Raymond Kreder also competed professionally.

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2004 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Stage 4 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 5th Overall Tour des Pyrénées ;2008 : 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace : 5th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell : 6th De Vlaamse Pijl : 8th Overall Olympia's Tour : 9th Overall Circuito Montañés ::1st Stage 3 ;2009 : 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy : 4th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers : 4th Rund um Düren : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 8th Overall Circuito Montañés ::1st Stage 1 : 8th Overall Tour de Bretagne : 8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes : 10th Overall Circuit de Lorraine ::1st Stage 4 : 10th Ronde van Drenthe ;2010 : 2nd GP Miguel Induráin : 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya : 10th Paris–Bourges ;2011 : 1st Stage 2 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe : 6th Coppa Bernocchi : 10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 10th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2012 : 1st 20px Madison, National Track Championships (with Raymond Kreder) : 1st Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe : 2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Nokere Koerse : 8th Clásica de Almería ;2013 : 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ::1st Stage 4 ;2014 : 4th La Drôme Classic : 6th Volta Limburg Classic : 10th Giro dell'Emilia ;2016 : 6th Nokere Koerse ;2017 : 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway : 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie : 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |colspan=8 rowspan=2 {{N/A|Did not contest during his career}} |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |152 |— |96 |DNF |— |— |— |128 |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website|http://www.seginternational.com/individual/michelkreder/news}} * {{Procyclingstats}} * {{cycling archives|17869}} * [http://www.cyclingbase.com/Michel-Kreder.html Cycling Base: Michel Kreder] * [http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=4561 Cycling Quotient: Michel Kreder]

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