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Charles Wegelius

Key Stats

Nationality: British
Born: April 26, 1978
Hometown: Yorkshire, England
Height: 5-foot-9
Weight: 137 pounds
Strengths: climbing
Turned Pro: 1999

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2008
1st, TTT Coppi e Bartali

2007
1st, team time trial, Giro d’Italia

2005
2nd, stage 4 Vuelta a Aragon,
3rd, Vuelta a Aragon

2004
5th, British road race championships

2002
3rd, stage 4, Tour de Suisse

Biography

Wegelius got his start in 1999 as a stagiaire with the Linda McCartney squad. He joined Mapei-Quick Step in 2000, then moved to De Nardi in 2003 before joining Liquigas in 2005, then shifted to Silence-Lotto in 2009.