Felix Großschartner

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

Felix Großschartner
Großschartner in 2019
Personal information
Born (1993-12-23) 23 December 1993
Wels, Austria
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
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
Stage races
Tour of Turkey (2019)

One-day races and Classics

Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs (2023)
National Road Race Championships (2022)
National Time Trial Championships (2022)

Career

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–present)

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]

Major results

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

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 78 27 42
A yellow jersey Tour de France 63 53 23
A red jersey Vuelta a España 36 9 10
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Paris–Nice 10 12 9 73 DNF 54
Tirreno–Adriatico Has not contested during his career
Volta a Catalunya 92 18 NH
Tour of the Basque Country 46 OTL DNF
Tour de Romandie 4 28
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

  1. "Felix Großschartner". cccsport.eu. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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