Matthias Brändle
.jpg) Brändle at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Brändle |
| Born |
7 December 1989 Hohenems, Austria |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek–Segafredo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008 | Team Ista |
| 2009 | Elk Haus |
| 2010–2011 | Footon–Servetto–Fuji |
| 2012 | Team NetApp |
| 2013–2016 | IAM Cycling[1] |
| 2017– | Trek–Segafredo |
| Major wins | |
| |
Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.
Career
In 2012, he rode for Team NetApp.[2] He was the 2009, 2013 and 2014 Austrian National Time Trial Champion and won two consecutive stages of the 2014 Tour of Britain.[3]
In October 2014, he followed in the footsteps of his agent Tony Rominger by setting a new hour record, breaking the month-old record set by 43-year-old Jens Voigt under new regulations introduced by the UCI in June 2014 allowing the use of modern track pursuit racing bicycles.[4][5][6] The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis.[7]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[8] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.[9]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
- 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 3rd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
- 5th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 5th Rund um Köln
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
- 2010
- 1st GP Judendorf–Strassengel
- 8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2011
- 1st
Sprints classification Tour de Romandie - 2012
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino
- 9th Rund um Köln
- 2013
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Sprints classification Tour de Romandie
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour de l'Ain - 1st Tour du Jura
- 2nd Polynormande
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 4th Tour de Berne
- 2014
- World Hour record: 51.852 km
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 1st Tour de Berne
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2015
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
- 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2017
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Belgium
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
90 | — | 111 | — | — | — | DNF |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | 156 | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | 155 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Stokes, Shane (28 November 2011). "Matthias Brändle leaves Geox TMC for NetApp". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "Brändle claims second successive win at Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ↑ "'Now or never' as Brändle tackles Voigt's Hour Record". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Brändle breaks Voigt's hour record". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Austria's Matthias Brändle sets a new hour record of 51.85 kilometres". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ↑ "Rohan Dennis sets new Hour Record". cyclingnews.com. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
External links
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Media related to Matthias Brändle at Wikimedia Commons - Matthias Brändle at Cycling Archives
- Matthias Brandle's profile on Cycling Base
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jens Voigt |
UCI hour record (51.852 km) 30 October 2014 – 8 February 2015 |
Succeeded by Rohan Dennis |
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