Felix Großschartner

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Felix Großschartner
Großschartner in 2019
Personal information
Born (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993 (age 32)
Wels, Austria
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates XRG
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2011Oberösterreich
Professional teams
2012–2015RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein
2015Tinkoff–Saxo (stagiaire)
2016–2017CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice[1]
2018–2022Bora–Hansgrohe[2][3][4]
2023–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 TTT stage (2025)

Stage races

Tour of Turkey (2019)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2022) National Time Trial Championships (2022, 2024)

Felix Großschartner (born 23 December 1993) is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.[5]

Career

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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)

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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)

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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 finished second overall at the Deutschland Tour and third in the Bretagne Classic.[16]

Major results

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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 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) National Road Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice 4th Overall Tour of Austria 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2025 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Vuelta a España 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia 7th GP Miguel Induráin 10th Overall Tour of Austria 2026 6th Trofeo Serra Tramuntana 8th Figueira Champions Classic

General classification results timeline

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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 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
OTL Outside time limit
NH Not held
IP In progress

References

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  1. ^ "Felix Großschartner". cccsport.eu. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Team - UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  6. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  11. ^ "107th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  12. ^ Bonville-Ginn, Tim (9 November 2020). "Vuelta a España standings: Final results from the 2020 race". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  13. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (5 September 2021). "Primoz Roglic wins the Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Ryan, Barry (10 August 2022). "Großschartner joins Pogacar's supporting cast at UAE Team Emirates". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  16. ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (3 September 2023). "Valentin Madouas wins Bretagne Classic-Ouest France". CyclingNews. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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