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| 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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One-day races and Classics
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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 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | 124 | — | |
| — | — | 134 | 121 | DNF | |
| 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
 
