Max Walscheid

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Max Walscheid
Rund um Koln 2016 089.jpg
Walscheid at the 2016 Rund um Köln.
Personal information
Full nameMaximilian Richard Walscheid
NicknameMax
Born (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 31)
Neuwied, Germany
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Jayco–AlUla
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Time trialist
Amateur teams
2009VC Neuwied '81
2010–2011Das Rad Koblenz
2011Carboo4U 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
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
GP de Denain (2022)
Münsterland Giro (2018)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay

Maximilian Richard "Max" Walscheid (born 13 June 1993) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [5]

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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 MaillotAlemania.PNG 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 Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
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 Jersey light blue.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 8
2021
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
UEC European Road Championships
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team relay
5th Time trial
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 Bronze medal uci.svg Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg 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
2024
5th Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2018201920202021202220232024
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ——— 124 —— 127
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —— 134 121 DNF —
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 156 137 ————
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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