Max Walscheid Explained
| Max Walscheid |
| Fullname: | Maximilian Richard Walscheid |
| Nickname: | Max |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Neuwied, Germany |
| Height: | 1.99 m |
| Weight: | 92 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2009 |
| Amateurteam1: | VC Neuwied '81 |
| Amateuryears2: | 2010–2011 |
| Amateurteam2: | Das Rad Koblenz |
| Amateuryears3: | 2011 |
| Proyears1: | 2012–2014 |
| Proyears2: | 2015 |
| Proyears3: | 2015 |
| Proteam3: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears4: | 2016–2019 |
| Proteam4: | [1] |
| Proyears5: | 2020–2021 |
| Proteam5: | [2] [3] |
| Proyears6: | 2022–2023 |
| Proteam6: | [4] |
| Proyears7: | 2024– |
| Majorwins: | One-day races and Classics GP de Denain (2022)
Münsterland Giro (2018)
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| Show-Medals: | no |
Maximilian Richard "Max" Walscheid (born 13 June 1993) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[5]
Career
Walscheid was born in Neuwied. On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of 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.
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 (5 pro wins)
Tour of Hainan
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017 (1)
1st Stage 5 Danmark Rundt
5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2018 (2)
1st Münsterland Giro
1st Stage 3 Tour de Yorkshire
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Scheldeprijs
- 2019 (1)
1st Omloop van het Houtland
2nd Scheldeprijs
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Münsterland Giro
- 2020 (2)
Tour de Langkawi
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 8
- 2021
1st Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
UEC European Road Championships
2nd Team relay
5th Time trial
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Nokere Koerse
7th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 2022 (1)
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
- 2024 (1)
1st Omloop van het Houtland
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Okolo Slovenska
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Münsterland Giro
10th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
10th ElfstedenraceGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish | |
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Notes and References
- News: Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 November 2018. 5 January 2019.
- Web site: NTT Pro Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Team Qhubeka Assos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279. 2 January 2021.
- News: Cofidis sign Walscheid and Villella. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 November 2021. 22 January 2022.
- Web site: Team Jayco–AlUla. UCI. 5 January 2024.
- Web site: Irish Independent. John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car. 23 January 2016.
- Web site: 2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List . 22 August 2018 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- Web site: 107th Tour de France: Startlist . ProCyclingStats . 27 August 2020.
- Web site: HELE PELOTON DOET WHEELIES [BIZAR RECORD!] TOUR DE FRANCE 2021 #14 ]. YouTube . Tour de Tietema . 13 July 2021 . en.
