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Mathias Frank

Grand départ 2017 102.jpg
Frank at the 2017 Tour de France

Personal information
Full name Mathias Frank
Born
(1986-12-09) 9 December 1986 (age 32)
Roggliswil, Switzerland
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current team AG2R La Mondiale
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
Team Hörmann

Professional team(s)
2008 Gerolsteiner
2009–2013
BMC Racing Team[1]
2014–2016 IAM Cycling
2017– AG2R La Mondiale

Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)




Mathias Frank (born 9 December 1986) is a Swiss road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R La Mondiale.[2] He is considered as a strong climber, having finished 8th overall in the 2015 Tour de France, and winning a breakaway stage in the 2016 Vuelta a Espana.




Contents






  • 1 Professional career


    • 1.1 2008-2013


    • 1.2 IAM Cycling (2014-2016)


    • 1.3 AG2R La Mondiale (2017-present)




  • 2 Career achievements


    • 2.1 Major results


    • 2.2 Grand Tour general classification results timeline




  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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-present)


Frank signed a 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.



Career achievements



Major results




2006

1st Stage 4 Tour des Aéroports

2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships

2007

1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
1st Stage 5


1st Stage 4 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

2008

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 Jersey white.svg Mountains classification

1st Jersey blue.svg Sprints classification





2011

6th Overall Tour de Suisse

2012

10th Overall Giro del Trentino
1st Stage 1 (TTT)


1st Jersey red.svg Swiss rider classification Tour de Suisse

10th Overall Tour of Utah

2013


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

2nd Overall Critérium International

1st Jersey green.svg Points classification

1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification

1st Stage 3



2nd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
1st Stage 2


2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Jersey red.svg 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

1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España

7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

8th Overall Tour de Romandie

2017

7th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Jersey red.svg 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




Grand Tour general classification results timeline




























































Grand Tour
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

A pink jerseyGiro d'Italia




DNF

83







A yellow jerseyTour de France



DNF




DNF

8

DNF

30

55

A red jerseyVuelta a España

DNF



94





37















Legend

Did not compete

DNF
Did not finish


References





  1. ^ "BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Official presentation of the 2019 AG2R La Mondiale pro cycling team". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.




External links


Media related to Mathias Frank at Wikimedia Commons



  • Mathias Frank at Cycling Archives








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