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.
.jpg) Brändle at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Brändle |
| Born | 7 December 1989 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
World Hour record
| |
Career
editIn 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]
Major results
edit- 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)
- 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
edit| 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 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "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.
External links
edit
Media related to Matthias Brändle at Wikimedia Commons
- Matthias Brändle at UCI
- Matthias Brändle at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Matthias Brändle at ProCyclingStats
- Matthias Brändle at CQ Ranking
- Matthias Brändle at CycleBase
- Matthias Brandle at Cycling Base
