Matthias Brändle
.jpg) Brändle at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthias Brändle |
| Born |
7 December 1989 Hohenems, Austria |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | IAM Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008 | Team Ista |
| 2009 | Elk Haus |
| 2010–2011 | Footon–Servetto–Fuji |
| 2012 | Team NetApp |
| 2013– | IAM Cycling |
| Major wins | |
World Hour record
| |
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Infobox last updated on 25 June 2016 | |
Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer for UCI world tour team IAM Cycling.[1]
Career
In 2012, he rode for Team NetApp.[2] He was the 2009, 2013 and 2014 Austrian National Time Trial Champion and won two consecutive stages of the 2014 Tour of Britain.[3]
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.[4][5][6] The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis.[7]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[8] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.[9]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2007
- 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 2008
- 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 2009
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 5th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 5th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt U23
- 5th Rund um Köln
- 9th UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2010
- 1st GP Judendorf-Strassengel
- 8th Overall Tour De Langkawi
- 2011
- 1st
Sprints Classification Tour de Romandie - 2012
- 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino
- 9th Rund um Köln
- 2013
- 1st National Time Trial 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
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 5 & 6
- 1st Tour de Berne
- 4th National Road Race Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2015
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
- 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 2016
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
90 | — | 111 | — | — | — | WD |
 Tour |
— | — | — | — | — | 156 | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 155 | — | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ 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.
"IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
2. Stokes, Shane (28 November 2011). "Matthias Brändle leaves Geox TMC for NetApp". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 12 January 2012. 3. "Brändle claims second successive win at Tour of Britain". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014. 4. "'Now or never' as Brändle tackles Voigt's Hour Record". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 5. "Brändle breaks Voigt's hour record". cyclingnews.com. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014. 6. "Austria’s Matthias Brändle sets a new hour record of 51.85 kilometres". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
7. "UCI world tour team iam cycling" http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-iam-to-join-the-worldtour-in-2015
External links
-
Media related to Matthias Brändle at Wikimedia Commons - Matthias Brändle profile at Cycling Archives
- Matthias Brandle's profile on Cycling Base
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jens Voigt |
UCI hour record (51.852 km) 30 October 2014 – 8 February 2015 |
Succeeded by Rohan Dennis |