# Felix Großschartner

Felix Großschartner (born 23 December 1993) is an Austrian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.

## Career

Born in Wels, Großschartner turned professional in 2012 with RC Arbö–Wels–Gourmetfein. In 2016, he joined UCI Professional Continental team CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice. With this team, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the 2017 Giro d'Italia.

### Bora–Hansgrohe (2018–2022)

In September 2017, Großschartner signed a contract to ride for the Bora–Hansgrohe team in the 2018 season. In April 2019, Großschartner took his first overall stage race victory at the Presidential Tour of Turkey, having won the summit finish to the ski resort south of Kartepe. In August 2019, he was named in the start list for the Vuelta a España. In August 2020, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. He achieved his best result in a Grand Tour later that season, by finishing the Vuelta a España in ninth place overall. He was again selected by Bora–Hansgrohe as their primary general classification contender for the 2021 Vuelta a España, and he finished in tenth place overall.
In 2022, Großschartner took his first senior national championship titles, winning both the Austrian National Road Race Championships and the Austrian National Time Trial Championships.

### UAE Team Emirates (2023–present)

In August 2022, he signed a two-year contract with UAE Team Emirates starting in 2023. In his first year with the team, he notably finished second overall at the Deutschland Tour and third in the Bretagne Classic.

## Major results
### 2012

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Szeklerland

### 2013

    10th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
    10th Overall Course de la Paix U23

### 2014

    3rd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
    5th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

### 2015

    1st Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
    1st Mountains classification, Tour of Austria
    3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    4th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
    5th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
    7th Giro del Belvedere
    8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
    8th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
       1st Stage 2
    9th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
    10th GP Izola

### 2016

    4th Overall Tour of Croatia
    7th Overall Czech Cycling Tour

### 2017

    3rd Overall Tour of Austria
    4th Overall Tour of Croatia
    10th Overall Czech Cycling Tour

### 2018

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
    2nd Overall Tour of Guangxi
    7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
    10th Overall Paris–Nice
    10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

### 2019 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Tour of Turkey
       1st Stage 5
    4th Overall Tour de Romandie
    4th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
    5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
    5th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    8th Overall Tour of California

### 2020 (1)

    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
    9th Overall Vuelta a España
    9th Overall Paris–Nice

### 2021 (1)

    1st Stage 5 Tour of the Alps
    4th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

### 2022 (2)

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    7th Overall Tour de Suisse

### 2023

    1st Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs
    2nd Overall Deutschland Tour
    3rd Bretagne Classic
    3rd Giro della Toscana
    4th Overall Saudi Tour
    6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    9th Overall Tour of Guangxi

### 2024 (1)

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
    4th Overall Tour of Austria
    7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 78 | 27 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 31 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 63 | — | 53 | 23 | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | 36 | 9 | 10 | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | 10 | 12 | 9 | 73 | DNF | 54 | 30 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Volta a Catalunya | 92 | 18 | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 130 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | 46 | — | NH | — | OTL | DNF | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | 4 | NH | — | 28 | — | 62 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | 53 | 61 | — | — | — | 21 |
| Tour de Suisse | 28 | DNF | — | — | NH | — | 7 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| OTL | Outside time limit |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |