Marco Haller (cyclist)
.JPG) Marco Haller at 2015 Tour de France in his Austrian National champions jersey | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Haller |
| Born |
1 April 1991 Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Katusha |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
Sprinter One-day races |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| RLM Kostel's Radshop | |
| Grafenstein | |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2010 | Tyrol Team |
| 2011 | Adria Mobil |
| 2012– | Team Katusha |
| Major wins | |
|
Infobox last updated on 28 June 2015 | |
Marco Haller (born 1 April 1991 in Sankt Veit an der Glan, lives in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee[1]) is an Austrian professional road bicycling racer who currently rides for Team Katusha.[2]
Career
He took his first win in the World Tour classified race Tour of Beijing, in a massive sprint where he had the upper hand on established sprinters such as Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre–ISD) and Elia Viviani (Liquigas–Cannondale).[3] In 2015, he was the surprise winner of the Tour des Fjords after featuring in the last stage's breakaway.[4]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France for the first time[5] where he got into the breakaway of the day on stage 16 and was caught by the bunch before the last climb of the day together with Adam Hansen.[6] He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2015.[7]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2011
- 2nd Porec Trophy
- 2012
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
- 2013
- 1st
Mountains classification Three Days of De Panne - 7th Overall Tour des Fjords
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 10th Le Samyn
- 2014
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour des Fjords - 1st
National Road Race Championship - 3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro |
— | — |
 Tour |
126 | 162 |
| Vuelta |
— | — |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
References
- ↑ "Marco Haller ¦ Humanomed". www.humanomed.at. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
- ↑ "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (12 October 2012). "Tour of Beijing: Marco Haller takes first professional win on stage four to Chang Ping". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ↑ Jean-François Quénet (31 May 2015). "Tour des Fjords: Boasson Hagen wins final stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Five talking points from stage 16 of the Tour de France - Cycling Weekly". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
- ↑ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
External links
- Marco Haller profile at Cycling Archives