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

Career

Walscheid was born in Neuwied. On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

2020 Tour de France The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in F ...

. During the

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he won a Wheelie contest which the YouTube channel Tour de Tietema hosted. The wheelie contest was repeated in the

2022 Tour de France The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard () won the general clas ...

during the first rest day and he won thanks to a wheelie of 1420 meters.

Major results

;2014 : 1st MaillotAlemania

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th Overall

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 ;2015 : 1st Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 5th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic : 8th Omloop van het Houtland : 10th Velothon Berlin ;2016 :

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 a ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 5

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: 5th Omloop van het Houtland ;2018 : 1st

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries ...

: 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

;2020 : Tour de Langkawi ::1st Jersey light blue

Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 8 ;2021 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team relay,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: UEC European Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Team relay ::5th Time trial : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 7th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

: 7th

Bredene Koksijde Classic The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from 2 ...

;2022 : 1st

Grand Prix de Denain Grand Prix de Denain is a professional cycle road race held in Denain, France. For 10 years from 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...

: 2nd

: 3rd

: 4th Classic Brugge–De Panne : 7th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 10th

Trofeo Playa de Palma The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * 1993 births Living people German male cyclists People from Neuwied Cyclists from Rhineland-Palatinate UCI Road World Champions (elite men) {{Germany-cycling-bio-1990s-stub