Max Poole (born 1 March 2003) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.[2]
 Poole, Rund um Köln, 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 2003 Scunthorpe, England |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 2022 | Development Team DSM[1] |
| 2023– | Team DSM–Firmenich |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editAs a junior rider, Poole won the British National Road Race Championships and the Tour of Yorkshire Juniors in 2021. In 2022, he joined the Development Team DSM, and competed up a level in several professional races with Team DSM–Firmenich, before joining them full time the following season. In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the Vuelta a España, winning the stage one team time trial.[3] He saw success in other stage races as well, taking fourth in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Hongrie and winning the young rider classification in the Tour of the Alps.
Poole started the 2024 season at the UAE Tour, placing 7th overall. He fractured his elbow in March and did not return to competition until the Vuelta a Burgos in August, where he finished 2nd.[4] He again competed in the Vuelta a España, finishing second on one stage and third on three others. In October, he took his first professional win on stage three of the Tour de Langkawi. In the process, he also took the race lead, which he held until the end.[5]
Major results
edit- 2019
- 1st Coppa d'Oro
- 2020
- 4th Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
- 5th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2021
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour of Yorkshire Juniors - 2nd Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2022
- 5th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 10th Overall Sazka Tour
- 2023
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 1st
Young rider classification, Tour of the Alps - 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 4th Overall Tour de Hongrie
- 2024 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
49 | 35 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM". UCI. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Max Poole Signs for Team DSM". velouk.net. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Lamoureux, Lyne (26 August 2023). "Vuelta a España: Team dsm-firmenich win rain-soaked stage 1 team time trial". CyclingNews. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ "Max Poole: I'm coming back with a point to prove". 2 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Tour De Langkawi: Matteo Malucelli makes it three with final stage win as Max Poole claims overall race win". CyclingNews. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
External links
edit- Max Poole at UCI
- Max Poole at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Max Poole at ProCyclingStats
- Max Poole at CycleBase
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