Maximilian Schachmann (born 9 January 1994) is a German cyclist,[4][5][6][7] who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[8]
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| Full name | Maximilian Schachmann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 January 1994 Berlin, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Thüringer Energie Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Development Team Giant–Shimano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | AWT–GreenWay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Quick-Step Floors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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In 2012, he was nominated Germany's 'Cyclist of the Year'. He rode in the 2018 Giro d'Italia,[9] where he won stage 18.[10]
Early life
editSchachmann was born in Berlin and grew up on the outskirts of the city. His school was 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) away from his home and since buses only ran once an hour, he took the bicycle to school, igniting his interest in pursuing cycling as a career.[11]
Career
edit2017–2018: Quick-Step Floors
editSchachmann turned professional in 2017 with Quick-Step Floors. He had to end his season early after a crash on stage 5 of the Tour de Pologne.[12]
In 2018, Schachmann had a break-out season. After an eighth-place finish at the Flèche Wallonne, he went to his first Grand Tour, starting the 2018 Giro d'Italia. Here, he won the stage to Prato Nevoso. He added a bronze medal in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships to his record as well as a stage win and third overall at the Deutschland Tour.[13]
2019–present: Bora–Hansgrohe
edit2019
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For 2019, Schachmann moved to German squad Bora–Hansgrohe.[13] In March, he won a stage of the Volta a Catalunya.[14] At the Tour of the Basque Country, Schachmann won the stage-one time trial to take the overall lead, before securing two more stage wins on stages 3 and 4.[15] He then competed in the Ardennes classics, placing fifth at both the Amstel Gold Race and the Flèche Wallonne and then claimed third place at Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[16]
On 30 June, Schachmann won the German National Road Race Championships, coming in first in a Bora–Hansgrohe 1–2–3 finish during a demanding race in extreme heat of up to 40 °C (104 °F), where only 15 of 190 starters reached the finish line.[17] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[18] During the stage-13 time trial, he was on his way to post a good time, when he crashed near the end of the course. While he finished the stage, he was later diagnosed with multiple fractures to his hand and had to abandon the Tour.[19]
2020
editAt the beginning of the 2020 season, Schachmann placed second to Remco Evenepoel at the Volta ao Algarve.[20] In March 2020, Schachmann won Paris–Nice in an edition shortened by one stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He won the first stage and then held on to an eventual lead of 18 seconds over Tiesj Benoot to become the fifth German winner of the event, and the first since Tony Martin in 2011.[21][22]
Schachmann continued in good form following the return to racing in August, taking third place at Strade Bianche.[23] At Il Lombardia, he suffered an accident when a car entered the race course 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) from the finish. He continued to the finish, where he placed seventh, but fractured his collarbone in the incident.[24] Despite the incident, Schachmann was announced as part of Bora–Hansgrohe's Tour de France octet.[25]
2021
editIn March, he successfully defended his title at Paris–Nice, taking the race lead over Primož Roglič after a crash.[26] He had a strong remainder of the spring season as well, placing third in the Amstel Gold Race and fourth in the Tour de Suisse. In June, he won the German National Road Race Championships.[27] The following month, he placed 10th in the Road race at the Summer Olympics.
Major results
edit- 2011
- 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2012
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 9th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2013
- 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2014
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2015
- 2nd
Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 3rd
Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 8th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 2016
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour Alsace
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 7th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stage 3
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 4th Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 10th Le Samyn
- 2018 (3 pro wins)
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 18
- Held
after Stages 1–5
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
- 2nd Classic de l'Ardèche
- 3rd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2019 (6)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 (ITT), 3 & 4
- 1st
- 10th Overall Tour of California
- 2020 (2)
- 1st
Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 3rd Strade Bianche
- 7th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
Combativity award Stage 13 Tour de France- 2021 (2)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Road race, Olympic Games
- 10th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2022
- 2nd Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Stage 3 Sibiu Cycling Tour
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2024
- 2nd Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Renewi Tour
- 9th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 9th GP Miguel Induráin
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | |
 Tour de France
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— | — | DNF | 57 | — | 46 | — | ||
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | ||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||
| Race | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
 Paris–Nice
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— | — | — | 1 | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Volta a Catalunya
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99 | 68 | 12 | NH | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country
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— | — | 10 | 27 | — | — | 13 | ||
| Tour de Romandie
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19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Suisse
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— | — | — | NH | 4 | 10 | 14 | — | |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 35 | 3 | DNF | 9 | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | 73 | 7 | — | — | |
| Classic | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Strade Bianche | — | DNF | 29 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | 105 | — | 5 | NH | 3 | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | 115 | 8 | 5 | — | 10 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ a b "BORA – hansgrohe". Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Maximilian Schachmann". EuroSport. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Maximilian Schachmann". Cyclingdatabase. Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Maximilian Schachmann". Rad-net. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Maximilian Schachmann sait tout faire". DirectVelo. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Schachmann gewinnt Bergankunft – Yates bangt um Gesamtsieg". Der Spiegel (in German). 24 May 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ "Immer weiter bergauf" (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Quick-Step's Schachmann calls end to 2017 season – News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Bora-Hansgrohe sign Schachmann on two-year deal". cyclingnews.com. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Catalunya stage 5: Schachmann wins solo; Lopez leads overall". VeloNews. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (11 April 2019). "Tour of the Basque Country: Schachmann wins another on stage 4". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Schachmann Dritter bei Lüttich-Bastogne-Lüttich" (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Berliner Radprofi Schachmann ist deutscher Straßenmeister" (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Schachmann out of Tour de France with broken hand after TT crash". cyclingnews.com. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Volta ao Algarve stage 5: Remco Evenepoel tops Rohan Dennis to win TT and secure overall". VeloNews. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ McLaughlin, Luke (14 March 2020). "Max Schachmann triumphs at Paris-Nice as Nairo Quintana takes final stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Schachmann holt Gesamtsieg bei Paris-Nizza". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (2 August 2020). "Schachmann: It was a tricky, dangerous Strade Bianche". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "Maximilian Schachmann taken down by car in Il Lombardia". cyclingnews.com. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (24 August 2020). "Bora-Hansgrohe confirm injured Schachmann, Buchmann and Mühlberger to start Tour de France". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (14 March 2021). "Max Schachmann overhauls Primoz Roglic on final stage of Paris-Nice". CyclingNews. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Schachmann wins German men's road title". 20 June 2021.
External links
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- Max Schachmann at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Max Schachmann at ProCyclingStats
- AWT Greenway Profile
