# Max Walscheid

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German cyclist (born 1993)

Max Walscheid Walscheid at the 2016 Rund um Köln. Personal information Full name Maximilian Richard Walscheid Nickname Max Born (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 33) Neuwied, Germany Height 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight 92 kg (203 lb) Team information Current team Lidl–Trek Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Sprinter Time trialist Amateur teams 2009 VC Neuwied '81 2010–2011 Das Rad Koblenz 2011 Carboo4U Radsport Team Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland Professional teams 2012–2014 Team Raiko–Stölting 2015 Team Kuota–Lotto 2015 Team Giant–Alpecin (stagiaire) 2016–2019 Team Giant–Alpecin[1] 2020–2021 NTT Pro Cycling[2][3] 2022–2023 Cofidis[4] 2024–2025 Team Jayco–AlUla[5] 2026– Lidl–Trek[6][7] Major wins One-day races and Classics GP de Denain (2022) Münsterland Giro (2018) Omloop van the Houtland (2019, 2024)[8] Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Germany World Championships 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay European Championships 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay 2024 Limburg Mixed team relay 2023 Drenthe Mixed team relay

**Maximilian Richard "Max" Walscheid** (born 13 June 1993) is a German professional [cyclist](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) who rides for [UCI WorldTeam](/source/UCI_WorldTeam) [Lidl–Trek](/source/Lidl%E2%80%93Trek_(men's_team)).[9][10]

## Personal life

Walscheid is one of the hosts of the cycling podcast *Radio RTW*, alongside Richard Weinzheimer and Tobias Knaup.[11][12] The podcast is released weekly and features stories from cycling, including topics such as training methods, equipment and developments in the WorldTour.[13][14]

## Career

Walscheid was born in [Neuwied](/source/Neuwied). On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[15]

In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the [Vuelta a España](/source/2018_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).[16] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the [2020 Tour de France](/source/2020_Tour_de_France).[17]

During the [2021 Tour de France](/source/2021_Tour_de_France) he won a [Wheelie](/source/Wheelie) contest which the YouTube channel [Tour de Tietema](/source/Bas_Tietema) hosted.[18] The wheelie contest was repeated in the [2022 Tour de France](/source/2022_Tour_de_France) during the first rest day and he won thanks to a wheelie of 1420 meters.[19]

## Major results

**2014**
- 1st [Road race](/source/German_National_Road_Race_Championships#U23), National Under-23 Road Championships

- 9th Overall [Tour de Berlin](/source/Tour_de_Berlin) - 1st Stages 4 & 5

**2015**
- 1st [Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren](/source/Kernen_Omloop_Echt-Susteren)

- 2nd Overall [Tour de Berlin](/source/Tour_de_Berlin) - 1st Stage 4

- 5th [Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic](/source/PWZ_Zuidenveld_Tour)

- 8th [Omloop van het Houtland](/source/Omloop_van_het_Houtland)

- 10th [Velothon Berlin](/source/Velothon_Berlin)

**2016 (5 pro wins)**
- [Tour of Hainan](/source/Tour_of_Hainan) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 3, 4, 5, 7 & 9

- 2nd [Road race](/source/German_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships

**2017 (1)**
- 1st Stage 5 [Danmark Rundt](/source/Danmark_Rundt)

- 5th [Omloop van het Houtland](/source/Omloop_van_het_Houtland)

**2018 (2)**
- 1st [Münsterland Giro](/source/M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

- 1st Stage 3 [Tour de Yorkshire](/source/2018_Tour_de_Yorkshire)

- 3rd [Road race](/source/German_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Road Championships

- 6th [Scheldeprijs](/source/2018_Scheldeprijs)

**2019 (1)**
- 1st [Omloop van het Houtland](/source/Omloop_van_het_Houtland)

- 2nd [Scheldeprijs](/source/2019_Scheldeprijs)

- 4th [Time trial](/source/German_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships

- 5th [Münsterland Giro](/source/M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

**2020 (2)**
- [Tour de Langkawi](/source/2020_Tour_de_Langkawi) - 1st Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 8

**2021**
- 1st [Team relay](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_relay), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2021_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2021_European_Road_Championships) - 2nd [Team relay](/source/2021_European_Road_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_relay) - 5th [Time trial](/source/2021_European_Road_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_elite_time_trial)

- 3rd [Time trial](/source/German_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships

- 7th [Nokere Koerse](/source/2021_Nokere_Koerse)

- 7th [Bredene Koksijde Classic](/source/2021_Bredene_Koksijde_Classic)

**2022 (1)**
- 1st [Grand Prix de Denain](/source/2022_Grand_Prix_de_Denain)

- 2nd [Nokere Koerse](/source/2022_Nokere_Koerse)

- 3rd [Münsterland Giro](/source/2022_M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

- 4th [Classic Brugge–De Panne](/source/2022_Classic_Brugge%E2%80%93De_Panne)

- 7th [Grand Prix d'Isbergues](/source/Grand_Prix_d'Isbergues)

- 10th [Trofeo Playa de Palma](/source/Vuelta_a_Mallorca)

**2023**
- 3rd [Team relay](/source/2023_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Mixed_team_relay), [UCI Road World Championships](/source/2023_UCI_Road_World_Championships)

- 3rd Team relay, [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2023_European_Road_Championships)

- 6th Overall [Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine](/source/Tour_Poitou-Charentes_en_Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

- 6th [Clásica de Almería](/source/2023_Cl%C3%A1sica_de_Almer%C3%ADa)

- 6th [Elfstedenronde](/source/Elfstedenronde)

- 8th [Paris–Roubaix](/source/2023_Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix)

- 8th [Scheldeprijs](/source/2023_Scheldeprijs)

**2024 (1)**
- 1st [Omloop van het Houtland](/source/Omloop_van_het_Houtland)

- 1st Stage 1 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Okolo Slovenska](/source/2024_Okolo_Slovenska)

- 5th [Time trial](/source/German_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships

- 5th [Münsterland Giro](/source/2024_M%C3%BCnsterland_Giro)

- 10th [Time trial](/source/2024_European_Road_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_time_trial), [UEC European Road Championships](/source/2024_European_Road_Championships)

- 10th [Elfstedenrace](/source/Elfstedenrace)

**2025**
- 5th Stage 2 [UAE Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UAE_Tour_2025&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 4th Stage 6 [UAE Tour](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UAE_Tour_2025&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 2nd Stage 3 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Paris–Nizza](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paris%E2%80%93Nizza_2025&action=edit&redlink=1)

- 9th Stage 4 [Tour of Guangxi](/source/Tour_of_Guangxi)

**2026**
- 11th [Paris–Roubaix](/source/2026_Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix)

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Giro d'Italia — — — 124 — — 127 Tour de France — — 134 121 DNF — Vuelta a España 156 137 — — — —

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters"](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sunweb-confirm-2019-mens-and-womens-rosters/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Immediate Media Company](/source/Immediate_Media_Company). 23 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["NTT Pro Cycling Team"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200103010817/https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Archived from [the original](https://www.uci.org/road/teams//TeamDetail/13992/1001377/260) on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Team Qhubeka Assos"](https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Cofidis sign Walscheid and Villella"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cofidis-sign-walscheid-and-villella/). *[Cyclingnews.com](/source/Cyclingnews.com)*. [Future plc](/source/Future_plc). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Team Jayco–AlUla"](https://www.uci.org/team-details/19548). [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 5 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Max Walscheid signs for Lidl-Trek on three-year deal"](https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/max-walscheid-signs-for-lidl-trek-on-three-year-deal). Lidl–Trek. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["LIDL-TREK"](https://www.uci.org/team-details/20809). [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Omloop van het Houtland 2024 – Results"](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/omloop-van-het-houtland-lichtervelde/2024/result). ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["LIDL-TREK"](https://www.uci.org/team-details/20809). [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Max Walscheid signs for Lidl-Trek on three-year deal"](https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/lidl-trek/max-walscheid-signs-for-lidl-trek-on-three-year-deal). Lidl–Trek. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Radio RTW"](https://open.spotify.com/show/7IvvrRrom4VOp1d6pNcWkq). Spotify. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Radio RTW"](https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/radio-rtw/id1752876303). Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Radio RTW"](https://open.spotify.com/show/7IvvrRrom4VOp1d6pNcWkq). Spotify. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Radio RTW"](https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/radio-rtw/id1752876303). Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 13 March 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car"](http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/john-degenkolb-and-warren-barguil-among-six-giantalpecin-cyclists-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-a-car-34390916.html). [Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent). 23 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2018Vuelta_16-0)** ["2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List"](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2018/startlist). *Pro Cycling Stats*. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["107th Tour de France: Startlist"](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist). *ProCyclingStats*. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["HELE PELOTON DOET WHEELIES 😂 \[BIZAR RECORD!\] | TOUR DE FRANCE 2021 #14"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKjHOpPt5nU). *YouTube*. Tour de Tietema. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** [*PELOTON DOET WHEELIES 😂 \[BIZAR RECORD\] | TOUR DE FRANCE 2022 #9*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js7Ztbr06is), retrieved 14 July 2022

## External links

- [Max Walscheid](https://www.uci.org/rider-details/454633) at [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale)

- [Max Walscheid](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/141166) at ProCyclingStats

- [Max Walscheid](https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=19646) at Cycling Quotient

- [Max Walscheid](https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&id=53435) at CycleBase

- [Max Walscheid](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/31658) at InterSportStats

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