Matthias Brändle

Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Brändle is a seven-time winner of the Austrian National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021), and also won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.
Career
In 2012, he rode for . In 2014, Brändle won two consecutive stages of the Tour of Britain.
In October 2014, he followed in the footsteps of his agent Tony Rominger by setting a new hour record, breaking the month-old record set by 43-year-old Jens Voigt under new regulations introduced by the UCI in June 2014 allowing the use of modern track pursuit racing bicycles. The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis.
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.
Major results
2007
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche
1st Stages 2 & 3
2008
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
3rd Züri-Metzgete
4th Chrono Champenois
7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2009 (1 pro win)
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Under-23 time trial
3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
5th Overall Tour of Hainan
5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
5th Rund um Köln
9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
2010
1st GP Judendorf–Strassengel
8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2011
1st Sprints classification, Tour de Romandie
2012 (1)
1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
5th Giro dell'Appennino
9th Rund um Köln
2013 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Sprints classification, Tour de Romandie
1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Ain
1st Tour du Jura
2nd Polynormande
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Young rider classification
4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
4th Tour de Berne
2014 (3)
World Hour record: 51.852 km
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
1st Tour de Berne
Tour of Britain
1st Stages 5 & 6
5th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2015 (2)
1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
2016 (2)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
2017 (2)
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Danmark Rundt
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
2018
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2019 (3)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour of Estonia
1st Prologue
3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Prologue
3rd Duo Normand (with Patrick Gamper)
7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
2020 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2021 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2022
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Matthias Brandle at Cycling Base
1989 births
Living people
Austrian male cyclists
People from Hohenems
Sportspeople from Vorarlberg