Felix Großschartner
Felix Großschartner (born 23 December 1993) is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[5]
Großschartner in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1993 Wels, Austria |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2011 | Oberösterreich |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2015 | RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein |
| 2015 | Tinkoff–Saxo (stagiaire) |
| 2016–2017 | CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice[1] |
| 2018–2022 | Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3][4] |
| 2023– | UAE Team Emirates |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Career
Born in Wels, Großschartner turned professional in 2012 with RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein. In 2016, he joined UCI Professional Continental team CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice. With this team, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[6]
Bora–Hansgrohe (2018–present)
In September 2017, Großschartner signed a contract to ride for the Bora–Hansgrohe team in the 2018 season.[7] In April 2019, Großschartner took his first overall stage race victory at the Presidential Tour of Turkey, having won the summit finish to the ski resort south of Kartepe.[8][9] In August 2019, he was named in the start list for the Vuelta a España.[10] In August 2020, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France.[11] He achieved his best result in a Grand Tour later that season, by finishing the Vuelta a España in ninth place overall.[12] He was again selected by Bora–Hansgrohe as their primary general classification contender for the 2021 Vuelta a España, and he finished in tenth place overall.[13]
In 2022, Großschartner took his first senior national championship titles, winning both the Austrian National Road Race Championships and the Austrian National Time Trial Championships.[14]
Major results
- 2012
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Szeklerland
- 2013
- 10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 10th Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2015
- 1st Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 1st Mountains classification, Tour of Austria
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
- 5th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
- 7th Giro del Belvedere
- 8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 8th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 1st Stage 2
- 9th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 10th GP Izola
- 2016
- 4th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 7th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 4th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 10th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 10th Overall Paris–Nice
- 10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2019
- 1st Overall Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 4th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 5th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
- 8th Overall Tour of California
- 2020
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2021
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Alps
- 4th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | 78 | 27 | — | — | 42 | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | 53 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 36 | 9 | 10 | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 10 | 12 | 9 | 73 | DNF |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | Has not contested during his career | ||||||
| Volta a Catalunya | 92 | 18 | — | — | NH | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | 46 | — | — | OTL | |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | 4 | — | 28 | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | 53 | 61 | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | 28 | DNF | — | — | NH | — | 7 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| OTL | Outside time limit |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
References
- ^ "Felix Großschartner". cccsport.eu. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Team - UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "BORA - hansgrohe closes 2018 roster with the signing of Felix Großschartner". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Long, Jonny (20 April 2019). "Felix Grossschartner claims stage five victory and overall lead in Tour of Turkey 2019". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Long, Jonny (21 April 2019). "Caleb Ewan wins Tour of Turkey stage six as Grossschartner claims overall victory". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (9 November 2020). "Vuelta a España standings: Final results from the 2020 race". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (5 September 2021). "Primoz Roglic wins the Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Felix Großschartner und Christina Schweinberger fixieren Double mit Straßenerfolgen" [Felix Großschartner and Christina Schweinberger fix double with road successes]. RadsportVerband.at (in German). Austrian Cycling Federation. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
External links
- Felix Großschartner at Bora–Hansgrohe (in German and English)
- Felix Großschartner at UCI
- Felix Großschartner at Cycling Archives
- Felix Großschartner at ProCyclingStats
- Felix Großschartner at CQ Ranking
- Felix Großschartner at CycleBase