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Marco Haller (cyclist)

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Marco Haller
Haller, wearing the Austrian national road race champion's jersey at the 2015 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMarco Haller
Born (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRed Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
One-day races
Amateur teams
2004–2005RC ÖAMTC Tappler Grafenstein
2006–2009RLM Kostel's Radshop Grafenstein
Professional teams
2010Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol
2011Adria Mobil
2012–2019Team Katusha[2]
2020–2021Bahrain–McLaren[3][4]
2022–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championship (2015)[5]
Hamburg Cyclassics (2022)

Marco Haller (born 1 April 1991) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[6] A sprinter, Haller has taken six victories during his professional career, including wins at the 2015 Austrian National Road Race Championships and the 2022 Hamburg Cyclassics.

Career

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Early career

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Born in St. Veit an der Glan,[7] Haller took four stage victories at the 2009 Tour de l'Abitibi, a junior race in Canada, and he also won a bronze medal in the road race at the UCI Junior World Championships in Moscow.[8] He rode for UCI Continental team Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol in 2010, before moving to Adria Mobil the following year.[8] During his season with Adria Mobil, Haller took a second-place finish at the Poreč Trophy, and recorded a fifth-place finish in the final sprint of the under-23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Denmark.[8]

Team Katusha (2012–2019)

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2012–2014

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Following his high placing in Denmark, Haller moved up to UCI World Tour level for the 2012 season, joining Team Katusha.[8] He took his first win with the team later that year, at the Tour of Beijing, in a mass sprint where he had the upper hand on established sprinters such as Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre–ISD) and Elia Viviani (Liquigas–Cannondale).[9] The following year, Haller won the mountains classification at the Three Days of De Panne, and placed seventh in the general classification at both the Tour des Fjords and the Arctic Race of Norway.[10] In 2014, Haller won the final stage of his home tour, the Tour of Austria in Vienna.[11]

2015

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Haller finished in third place in the Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie,[12] before he won the general classification at the Tour des Fjords.[13] He finished second on the opening stage, having led out teammate Alexander Kristoff for the stage win in Norheimsund.[14] Haller was part of the lead-out when Kristoff took further wins on the following two stages, before Haller moved into overall contention with a fifth-place stage finish on stage four.[15] On the final stage, Haller was one of a quartet of riders that went clear of the field inside the final 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), and with a 15-second gap at the finish, Haller won the race by 12 seconds.[13] The following month, he won the Austrian National Road Race Championships for the first time in his career, resulting in him wearing the national champion's jersey at his first Tour de France start.[16] During the race, he got into the breakaway on stage 16 and was caught by the bunch before the last climb of the day together with Adam Hansen.[17]

2016–2019

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Haller took no further wins over the next three years, his closest such result was a second-place finish on the final stage of the 2018 Dubai Tour, being outsprinted by Elia Viviani. With Haller starting his 2019 season in Australia, he contested the Bay Classic Series criterium races in early January, winning the opening race on New Year's Day,[18] on his way to winning the series overall. He rode the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career,[19] where he was involved in an incident following stage 12, when a fan attempted to take a bidon out of his mouth; Haller angrily confronted the fan, who apologised for his actions.[20] Haller took no further top-five placings during the season, with his best result being seventh at the Scheldeprijs.[21]

Bahrain–McLaren (2020–2021)

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Haller at the 2020 Tour de France

After eight seasons riding for Team Katusha–Alpecin, and with the team having been taken over by Israel Start-Up Nation due to financial issues, Haller joined Bahrain–Merida – later renamed Bahrain–McLaren – for the 2020 season.[22] Like 2019, he started his season in Australia, recording a best of result of eighth place at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race,[23] prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced suspension of racing. The following year, Haller finished second to Patrick Konrad at the Austrian National Road Race Championships,[24] and he placed sixth overall at the Deutschland Tour.

Bora–Hansgrohe (2022–present)

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Haller left Team Bahrain Victorious after two seasons, signing a deal in August 2021 with Bora–Hansgrohe for the 2022 season.[25] He took his first victory with the team at that year's Tour of Norway, winning the fourth stage of the race in a bunch sprint in Kristiansand.[26] Later in the year, Haller took victory in the Hamburg Cyclassics; he was part of a quintet that got clear inside the final 20 kilometres (12 miles), and with support from teammate Patrick Konrad, Haller outsprinted Wout van Aert and Quinten Hermans to the finish line.[27]

No podium finishes followed in 2023 and the early part of 2024, although Haller did record a sixth-place finish at the Paris Olympics in the road race – the best such result for a male Austrian rider – having been a part of the lead group in the second half of the race and missed out on a bronze medal (won by Christophe Laporte) in the final sprint.[28][29]

Major results

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Source: [30]

2008
1st Stage 3 Po Stajerski
2009
1st Stage 1 Course de la Paix Juniors
Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Stages 1, 4, 5 & 6
3rd Road race, UCI Junior World Championships
4th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2011
2nd Poreč Trophy
5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2012 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
2013
1st Mountains classification, Three Days of De Panne
7th Overall Tour des Fjords
1st Stage 3 (TTT)
7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
10th Le Samyn
2014 (1)
1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2015 (2)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour des Fjords
1st Young rider classification
3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2016
4th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
2018
10th Scheldeprijs
2019
1st Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1
7th Scheldeprijs
9th Eschborn–Frankfurt
2020
8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2021
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Deutschland Tour
10th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
2022 (2)
1st Hamburg Cyclassics
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2024
6th Road race, Olympic Games

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 116 — — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 126 162 155 — 148 143 127 86 78 85
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 118 — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marco Haller - Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ Ostanek, Dani (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  6. ^ "BORA - HANSGROHE". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Marco Haller ¦ Humanomed". www.humanomed.at. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  8. ^ a b c d Hood, Ed (24 October 2012). "Marco Haller Interview: Austrian talent winning WorldTour races at 21 years of age". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  9. ^ Atkins, Ben (12 October 2012). "Tour of Beijing: Marco Haller takes first professional win on stage four to Chang Ping". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  10. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (11 August 2013). "Hushovd wins inaugural Arctic Race of Norway". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Peter Kennaugh completes overall victory at Tour of Austria as Marco Haller wins final stage". Sky Sports. Sky UK. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  12. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (19 March 2015). "Nizzolo wins sprint at GP Nobili". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b Quénet, Jean-François (31 May 2015). "Tour des Fjords: Boasson Hagen wins final stage". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  14. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (27 May 2015). "Kristoff wins Tour des Fjords opener". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  15. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (30 May 2015). "Tour des Fjords: Kragh Andersen wins in Sandnes". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  16. ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  17. ^ "Five talking points from stage 16 of the Tour de France - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  18. ^ "Marco Haller start 2019 met zege in Australisch criterium" [Marco Haller starts 2019 with victory in Australian criterium]. WielerFlits.nl (in Dutch). WielerFlits BV. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  19. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  20. ^ Ballinger, Alex (23 May 2019). "Watch: Swearing Marco Haller confronts fan who tries to rip bidon from his mouth". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  21. ^ Windsor, Richard (10 April 2019). "Fabio Jakobsen sprints to second consecutive Scheldeprijs title". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  22. ^ "Bahrain-Merida announce six new signings, including Pello Bilbao, Eros Capecchi and Marco Haller". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Haller in the top ten at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". Bahrain–McLaren. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Three wins at national championships". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  25. ^ "Hindley, Higuita and Haller sign for Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  26. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (27 May 2022). "Tour of Norway: Marco Haller wins stage 4". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  27. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (21 August 2022). "Haller beats Van Aert to win BEMER Cyclassics". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  28. ^ "Haller schrammt an Sensation vorbei" [Haller narrowly misses sensation]. Österreichischer Rundfunk (in German). 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  29. ^ Rindl, Joe (3 August 2024). "Evenepoel survives late puncture to win second gold". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  30. ^ "Marco Haller". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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