Mads Würtz Schmidt

Mads Würtz Schmidt (born 31 March 1994) is a Danish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Israel Start-Up Nation.[5] He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7]

Mads Würtz Schmidt
Schmidt in 2017
Personal information
Full nameMads Würtz Schmidt
Born (1994-03-31) 31 March 1994
Randers, Denmark[1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIsrael Start-Up Nation
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time triallist
  • Classics specialist[3]
Professional teams
2013–2014Team Cult Energy
2015Team ColoQuick
2016Team TreFor
2017–2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[4]
2020–Israel Start-Up Nation

Major results
2011
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
2012
1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 4
1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
1st Stage 2a (ITT) Course de la Paix Juniors
2014
2nd ZLM Tour
2015
1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
7th Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
8th Velothon Stockholm
2016
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3b
3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
3rd Skive-Løbet
9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2017
1st GP Herning
2nd Rund um Köln
2nd Fyen Rundt
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Young rider classification
2018
7th Clásica de Almería
2019
3rd Overall ZLM Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2018 2019
Giro d'Italia 81 —
Tour de France — 117
Vuelta a España — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. Profile at Cyklesiderne.net
  2. "Mats Würtz Schmidt – Team KATUSHA ALPECIN". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Carrey, Pierre (22 August 2016). "Mads Würtz Schmidt: a Classics rider in the making". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  4. "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. Ostanek, Daniel (11 December 2019). "Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  7. "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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