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Maximilian Sciandri

Italian-English cyclist

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Also known as Max Sciandri

Born: February 15, 1967
Birthplace: Derby
Citizenship: Italy(until 1995)
, United Kingdom(since 1995)
Occupation: road cyclist
, sporting director
Height: 187 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian
, English

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Maximilian Sciandri is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the BMC Racing Team as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola team in the 1990s. Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas. In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the Movistar Team as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.

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Sex or gender: male
Participant in: Tour de France
2000 Summer Olympics
cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's individual road race awards: Olympic bronze medal
1993 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 9 · points for: 998.6
1993 UCI Road World Cup ranking: 3 · points for: 114
1995 UCI Road World Cup ranking: 8 · points for: 79
1997 UCI Road World Cup ranking: 7 · points for: 192
2001 UCI Road World Cup ranking: 16 · points for: 71
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1990 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 73 · points for: 294
1991 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 48 · points for: 440.7
1992 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 37 · points for: 534
1994 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 24 · points for: 685.6
1995 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 20 · points for: 709.12
1996 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 62 · points for: 471
1997 UCI Road World Rankings ranking: 45 · points for: 496
Given name: Maximilian
Sport: cycle sport
Member of sports team: Tinkoff(2004–2004)
UAE Team Emirates XRG(2001–2003)
Linda McCartney Racing Team(2000–2000)
Groupama-FDJ United(1997–1999)
Motorola(1996–1996)
MG Maglificio(1994–1995)
Motorola(1992–1993)
Carrera(1990–1991)
Country for sport: Italy(1967–1995)
United Kingdom(since 1995)
Family name: Sciandri
Coach of sports team: CCC Team(2011–2018)
Movistar Team(since 2019)

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