Felix Großschartner
_(cropped).jpg) 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 XRG |
| 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
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Felix Großschartner (born 23 December 1993) is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[5]
Career
[edit]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 (2018–2022)
[edit]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]
UAE Team Emirates (2023–present)
[edit]In August 2022, he signed a two-year contract with UAE Team Emirates starting in 2023.[15] In his first year with the team, he notably finished second overall at the Deutschland Tour and third in the Bretagne Classic.[16]
Major results
[edit]- 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 (2 pro wins)
- 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 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Alps
- 4th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2022 (2)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2023
- 1st
Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs - 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
- 3rd Bretagne Classic
- 3rd Giro della Toscana
- 4th Overall Saudi Tour
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 2024 (1)
- Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
- 4th Overall Tour of Austria
- 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
General classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 78 | 27 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 31 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 63 | — | 53 | 23 | |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 36 | 9 | 10 | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice
|
— | — | 10 | 12 | 9 | 73 | DNF | 54 | 30 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
Has not contested during his career | ||||||||
 Volta a Catalunya
|
92 | 18 | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 130 |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | 46 | — | — | OTL | DNF | — | |
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | — | 4 | — | 28 | — | 62 | |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | — | — | 53 | 61 | — | — | — | 21 |
| 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
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. 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.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (10 August 2022). "Großschartner joins Pogacar's supporting cast at UAE Team Emirates". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (3 September 2023). "Valentin Madouas wins Bretagne Classic-Ouest France". CyclingNews. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
[edit]
- Felix Großschartner Archived 2 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine at Bora–Hansgrohe (in German and English)
- Felix Großschartner at UCI
- Felix Großschartner at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Felix Großschartner at ProCyclingStats
- Felix Großschartner at CQ Ranking
- Felix Großschartner at CycleBase
