Max Sciandri

Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the BMC Racing Team as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola team in the 1990s.[1] Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas.[2] In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the Movistar Team as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.[1]

Max Sciandri

Sciandri in 1997
Personal information
Full name	Maximilian Sciandri
Born	(1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 Derby, England
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1989	Viscontea-Titanbonifica
1990–1991	Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
1992–1993	Motorola
1994–1995	GB–MG Maglificio
1996	Motorola
1997–1999	Française des Jeux
2000	Linda McCartney Racing Team
2001–2003	Lampre–Daikin
2004	Team CSC
Managerial teams
2011–2018	BMC Racing Team
2019–	Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1995) Giro d'Italia 3 individual stages (1991, 1992, 1994) Stage races Tour of Britain (1992) One-day races and classics Giro della Romagna (1989, 1990) Wincanton Classic (1995) Giro del Lazio (2000)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Road race