# Mathias Frank

Mathias Frank (born 9 December 1986) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the Gerolsteiner, BMC Racing Team, IAM Cycling and AG2R Citroën Team teams. A strong climber, Frank finished 8th overall in the 2015 Tour de France, and won a breakaway stage in the 2016 Vuelta a España.

## Professional career
### 2008–2013

Mathias Frank started his professional cycling career with German outfit Gerolsteiner. He won his first ever professional win at the GP Triberg-Schwarzwald. However the German team folded after the season which meant Frank had to look elsewhere to continue his cycling career. It ended with a switch to BMC Racing Team. He raced for the BMC Team for 5 years, and won 3 races with BMC, and great results at the Tour de Suisse.

### IAM Cycling (2014–2016)

In 2013 a new Swiss professional continental cycling team was created, and Frank moved to IAM Cycling for the 2014 season. He raced with the team for 3 years until it closed at the end of 2016. Frank finished 2nd overall at Tour de Suisse and 4th overall at Tour de Romandie in 2014. The following year 2015, Frank focused on racing the Tour de France general classification. He entered the breakaway on Stage 17 and finished 5th on that stage, advancing to 8th in the general classification. On Stage 19, Frank even advanced one place further in the general classification to 7th, however on Stage 20 to Alpe d'Huez, he dropped to 8th again, which he also ended up finishing in Paris. The following year 2016, Frank had bad luck in the Tour de France when he crashed out on Stage 14. This switched his focus to the Vuelta a Espana. He managed to get into several breakaways before finally winning a Stage on Stage 17.

### AG2R La Mondiale (2017–2021)

Frank signed an initial two-year contract with French squad AG2R La Mondiale, and moved his focus to supporting Romain Bardet in the Tour de France. Frank finished 7th overall in Tour de Suisse, as his preparation for the Tour de France. Frank helped Bardet reaching the podium in Paris. The following year Frank was left out of the Tour de France squad, however when Alexandre Geniez was lacking form, Frank was ready to step in and helped Bardet to 6th place in Paris.

## Major results

Source:

### 2006

    1st Stage 4 Tour des Aéroports
    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2007

    1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
       1st Stage 5
    1st Stage 4 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

### 2008 (1 pro win)

    1st GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
    9th Overall Tour de l'Ain

### 2009

    1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
    6th Overall Tour of Ireland
    8th Overall Tour de Wallonie

### 2010

    Tour de Suisse
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Sprints classification

### 2011

    6th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 2012

    1st Swiss rider classification, Tour de Suisse
    10th Overall Giro del Trentino
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    10th Overall Tour of Utah

### 2013 (3)

    Tour of Austria
       1st Stages 4 & 5
    2nd Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    4th Overall Tour of California
    5th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 2014 (2)

    2nd Overall Critérium International
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Swiss rider classification
    4th Overall Tour de Romandie
    7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

### 2015

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
    8th Overall Tour de France

### 2016 (1)

    1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España
    7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie

### 2017

    7th Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Swiss rider classification
    7th Boucles de l'Aulne

### 2018

    4th Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Giro della Toscana
    10th Overall Tour of California

### 2019

    2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Gran Piemonte

### 2021

    5th Mercan'Tour Classic

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | DNF | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | 8 | DNF | 30 | 55 | 48 | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||||||||
| Race | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 61 | 34 | — | 22 | — | DNF | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | 36 | — | 52 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | 119 | — | — | 63 | 22 | — | — | — | 28 | — | 14 | — | NH | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | NH | DNF |
| Tour de Romandie | 86 | 12 | 43 | — | — | DNF | 4 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 23 | 12 | NH | 68 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | 36 | — | 67 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | — | DNF | 7 | 17 | 20 | NH | 94 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |