Max Sciandri

Max Sciandri

Sciandri in 1997
Personal information
Full name	Maximilian Sciandri
Born	(1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 Derby, England
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1989	Viscontea-Titanbonifica
1990–1991	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
1992–1993	Motorola
1994–1995	GB–MG Maglificio
1996	Motorola
1997–1999	Française des Jeux
2000	Linda McCartney Racing Team
2001–2003	Lampre–Daikin
2004	Team CSC
Managerial teams
2011–2018	BMC Racing Team
2019–	Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1995) Giro d'Italia 3 individual stages (1991, 1992, 1994) Stage races Tour of Britain (1992) One-day races and classics Giro della Romagna (1989, 1990) Wincanton Classic (1995) Giro del Lazio (2000)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Road race

Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the BMC Racing Team as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola team in the 1990s. Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas. In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the Movistar Team as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.

Major results

1989

1st Giro della Romagna

2nd Giro del Lazio

1990

Vuelta a Aragón

1st Stages 2, 3a, 4, 5 & 6

1st Giro della Romagna

1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami

3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1991

1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia

3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 1a

3rd Overall Settimana Siciliana

1992

1st Overall Kellogg's Tour

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 5 Tour de Romandie

2nd Paris–Camembert

1993

1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Giro del Veneto

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Coppa Placci

1st Stage 2 Settimana Sciliana

3rd UCI Road World Cup

3rd Milan–San Remo

3rd Giro di Lombardia

5th Tour of Flanders

5th Amstel Gold Race

1994

1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino

2nd Giro del Lazio

7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

8th Gent–Wevelgem

1995

1st Stage 11 Tour de France

1st Leeds International Classic

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 3a Three Days of De Panne

7th Clásica de San Sebastián

8th UCI Road World Cup

9th Tour of Flanders

1996

1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice

2nd Leeds International Classic

3rd Road race, Olympic Games

4th Milan–San Remo

4th Giro del Veneto

1997

2nd Paris–Tours

2nd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

6th Rochester International Classic

7th UCI Road World Cup

9th Brabantse Pijl

1998

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1st Stages 1 & 5

3rd Tre Valli Varesine

6th Clásica de San Sebastián

1999

2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies

4th Coppa Sabatini

8th Clásica de San Sebastián

8th Milano–Torino

2000

1st Giro del Lazio

1st Stage 5 Rapport Tour

2001

4th Giro del Lazio

7th Tour of Flanders

7th Giro di Lombardia

7th Classic Haribo

External links

• Max Sciandri at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Max Sciandri