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Italian-English cyclist

Max Sciandri

Sciandri in 1997
Personal information
Full name Maximilian Sciandri
Born (1967-02-15) 15 February 1967 (age 57)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 Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Road race

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]

  1. ^ a b "Sciandri moves to Movistar team car in 2019". cyclingnews.com. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  2. ^ Brown, Gregor (7 January 2013). "Max Sciandri proposed as new Italian national coach". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 21 September 2013.