Maloja Pushbikers

Maloja Pushbikers
Team information
UCI code	PBS
Registered	Germany
Founded	2014
Discipline(s)	Road ; Track ;
Status	Club (2014–2017); UCI Continental (2018); Club (2019); UCI Continental (2020-)
Bicycles	Fuji (2014–2019); Wiawis (2020–2023); Argon 18 (2024–2027)
Components	SRAM, FSA
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Christian Grasmann
Team manager(s)	Gregor Pavlic; Alex Kastenhuber; Marko Hladnik;
Team name history
2014–2017; 2018; 2019-	Maloja Pushbikers; WSA Pushbikers ; Maloja Pushbikers
	Maloja Pushbikers jerseyJersey
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Last updated March 23, 2024

Maloja Pushbikers (UCI Code: PBS) is a German professional cycling team founded in 2014 around team manager Christian Grasmann.

Grasmann, who was also active as a cyclist until the end of 2018, initially focused on track cycling before the organization cooperated with an Austrian UCI Continental team in road cycling in 2018 under the name WSA Pushbikers. In 2019, the team split and the Austrian team continued to ride under the name WSA KTM Graz. In 2020, the squad became a UCI Continental team for the first time in its current form.^[1]

Its title sponsor, Maloja, is a German clothing manufacturer, specialising in outdoor sports.

Team roster

As of 10 January 2024.^[2]

	Rider	Date of birth
Max Benz-Kuch (GER)		(2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 23)
Wolfgang Brandl (GER)		(1986-03-12) 12 March 1986 (age 38)
Roy Eefting (NED)		(1989-09-04) 4 September 1989 (age 34)
Filippo Fortin (ITA)		(1989-02-01) 1 February 1989 (age 35)
Claudio Imhof (CH)		(1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 33)
Moritz Malcharek (GER)		(1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 26)
Matias Malmberg (DEN)		(2000-08-31) 31 August 2000 (age 23)

	Rider	Date of birth
Martin Meiler (GER)		(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 26)
Felix James Meo (NZL)		(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 26)
Patrick Reißig (GER)		(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 29)
Daniel Schrag (GER)		(2003-04-03) 3 April 2003 (age 20)
Fabian Steininger (AUT)		(2000-09-12) 12 September 2000 (age 23)
Philip Weber (GER)		(1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 (age 25)
Jermaine Zemke (GER)		(2005-08-29) 29 August 2005 (age 18)

Major wins

2018: Stage 2b (ITT) Tour of Bihor, Jodok Salzmann; GP Kranj, Daniel Auer
2019: Stage 3b Cycling Tour of Szeklerland, Felix Ritzinger; V4 Special Series Vasarosnameny - Nyiregyhaza, Daniel Auer; Prologue Oberösterreichrundfahrt, Lukas Schlemmer
2022: Stage 2 Belgrade Banjaluka, Filippo Fortin
2023: Stage 1 In the footsteps of the Romans, Filippo Fortin; Stage 2 In the footsteps of the Romans, Filippo Fortin; Overall In the footsteps of the Romans, Filippo Fortin; Stage 1a Tour of Bulgaria, Filippo Fortin; Stage 1 Tour of Estonia, Filippo Fortin; Stage 3 Belgrade Banjaluka, Filippo Fortin; Stage 1 Tour de Taiwan, Roy Eefting

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References

↑ "Maloja Pushbikers 2020 mit deutscher Continental-Lizenz ausgestattet" [Maloja Pushbikers 2020 equipped with a German Continental license]. rad-net.de (in German). rad-net GmbH. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
↑ "Maloja Pushbikers". procyclingstats.com. ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

External links

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[1] "Maloja Pushbikers 2020 mit deutscher Continental-Lizenz ausgestattet" [Maloja Pushbikers 2020 equipped with a German Continental license]. rad-net.de (in German). rad-net GmbH. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[2] "Maloja Pushbikers". procyclingstats.com. ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

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