 Walscheid at the 2016 Rund um Köln. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maximilian Richard Walscheid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Max | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1993 Neuwied, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type |
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| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | VC Neuwied '81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Das Rad Koblenz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Carboo4U Radsport Team Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Team Raiko–Stölting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Team Kuota–Lotto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Team Giant–Alpecin (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Team Giant–Alpecin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | NTT Pro Cycling[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Cofidis[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Team Jayco–AlUla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maximilian Richard "Max" Walscheid (born 13 June 1993) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis.[5]
Career
Walscheid was born in Neuwied. On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[6]
In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8]
During the 2021 Tour de France he won a Wheelie contest which the YouTube channel Tour de Tietema hosted.[9] The wheelie contest was repeated in the 2022 Tour de France during the first rest day and he won thanks to a wheelie of 1420 meters.[10]
Major results
- 2014
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 9th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 2015
- 1st Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic
- 8th Omloop van het Houtland
- 10th Velothon Berlin
- 2016
- Tour of Hainan
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
- 1st
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt
- 5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2018
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Yorkshire
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Scheldeprijs
- 2019
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Münsterland Giro
- 2020
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 8
- 1st
- 2021
- 1st
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - UEC European Road Championships
- 2nd
Team relay - 5th Time trial
- 2nd
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Nokere Koerse
- 7th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 2022
- 1st Grand Prix de Denain
- 2nd Nokere Koerse
- 3rd Münsterland Giro
- 4th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 10th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 2023
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - 3rd
Team relay, UEC European Road Championships - 6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 6th Clásica de Almería
- 6th Elfstedenronde
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 8th Scheldeprijs
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | 124 | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — | 134 | 121 | DNF |
 Vuelta a España |
156 | 137 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ↑ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ↑ "Cofidis sign Walscheid and Villella". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "Team Jayco–AlUla". UCI. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ↑ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
- ↑ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
- ↑ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ↑ "HELE PELOTON DOET WHEELIES 😂 [BIZAR RECORD!] | TOUR DE FRANCE 2021 #14". YouTube. Tour de Tietema. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ↑ PELOTON DOET WHEELIES 😂 [BIZAR RECORD] | TOUR DE FRANCE 2022 #9, retrieved 14 July 2022
External links
- Max Walscheid at UCI
- Max Walscheid at Cycling Archives
- Max Walscheid at ProCyclingStats
- Max Walscheid at Cycling Quotient
- Max Walscheid at CycleBase
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