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Full name | Maximilian Richard Walscheid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Max | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Neuwied, Germany | 13 June 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Team Jayco–AlUla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Maximilian Richard "Max" Walscheid (born 13 June 1993) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Cofidis. [5]
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]
Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 124 | — | — | 127 |
Tour de France | — | — | 134 | 121 | DNF | — | |
Vuelta a España | 156 | 137 | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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