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Matthias Brändle
Austrian racing cyclist
Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Brändle is a seven-time winner of the Austrian National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021), and also won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.
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Brändle at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Brändle |
| Born | (1989-12-07) 7 December 1989 (age 34) Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008 | Team Ista |
| 2009 | Elk Haus |
| 2010–2011 | Footon–Servetto–Fuji |
| 2012 | Team NetApp |
| 2013–2016 | IAM Cycling[1] |
| 2017–2018 | Trek–Segafredo |
| 2019–2022 | Israel Cycling Academy[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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In 2012, he rode for Team NetApp.[4] In 2014, Brändle won two consecutive stages of the Tour of Britain.[5]
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.[6][7][8] The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis.[9]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[10] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.[11]
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2008
- 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 4th Chrono Champenois
- 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
- 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2009 (1 pro win)
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 1st Under-23 time trial
- 1st
- 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 (1)
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino
- 9th Rund um Köln
- 2013 (1)
- 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 (3)
- World Hour record: 51.852 km
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Tour de Berne
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2015 (2)
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
- 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2016 (2)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 2017 (2)
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Danmark Rundt
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2018
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2019 (3)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Estonia
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Duo Normand (with Patrick Gamper)
- 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2022
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
More information Grand Tour, Giro d'Italia ...
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
90 | — | 111 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 126 | 130 | 147 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | — | 156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
— | 155 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 158 | — | — | — | — |
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- "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- "Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- 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.
Media related to Matthias Brändle at Wikimedia Commons
- Matthias Brändle at UCI
- Matthias Brändle at Cycling Archives
- Matthias Brändle at ProCyclingStats
- Matthias Brändle at CQ Ranking
- Matthias Brändle at CycleBase
- Matthias Brandle at Cycling Base
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More information Records ...
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| Preceded by | UCI hour record (51.852 km) 30 October 2014 – 8 February 2015 | Succeeded by |
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