Mads Würtz Schmidt

Mads Würtz Schmidt

Mads Würtz Schmidt (2019)
To person
Date of birth	March 31, 1994
nation	Denmark
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Israel start-up nation
function	driver
Most important successes
World Champion 2011 - Individual Time Trial (Juniors) World Champion 2015 - Individual Time Trial (U23)
Last updated: December 18, 2018

Mads Würtz Schmidt (born March 31, 1994 in Randers ) is a Danish cyclist .

Career

Mads Würtz Schmidt became world champion in the junior individual time trial in his home country . 2012 won the Driedaagse van Axel . There were also successes at Paris – Roubaix in the junior class and at the International Peace Tour . In 2015 he was crowned world champion in the individual time trial for the second time , this time in the U23 class. Before that, in the same year he had won the junior competition and a stage of the Tour of Denmark , a stage of the Tour de l'Avenir and the Danish championship in the U23 individual time trial. In 2016, Würtz Schmidt was able to repeat his victory in the youth competition and one stage in the Tour of Denmark .

Due to his results, he switched to the Katusha Alpecin team in 2017 . At Rund um Köln 2017 , he came second behind Gregor Mühlberger from an escape group. He contested the 2018 Giro d'Italia , the first Grand Tour of his career, which he finished in 81st place.

successes

2011

• World Champion - Individual Time Trial (Juniors)

2012

• Overall ranking and two stages Driedaagse van Axel
• Paris-Roubaix (Juniors)
• one stage International Peace Tour (Juniors)

2015

• World Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
• Danish Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
• a stage Tour de l'Avenir
• a stage and junior competition Tour of Denmark

2016

• Overall classification, points classification and two stages of Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
• a stage and junior competition Tour of Denmark

2017

• Youth competition Étoile de Bessèges
• Mountain classification Prudential RideLondon & Surrey Classic

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	81	-
Tour de France	-	117
Vuelta a España	-

Teams

• 2013 Team Cult Energy
• 2014 Cult Energy Vital Water
• 2015 Team ColoQuick
• 2016 Team TreFor
• 2016 Virtu Pro Veloconcept
• 2017 Team Katusha
• 2018 Team Katusha Alpecin
• 2019 Team Katusha Alpecin
• 2020 Israel Start-Up Nation

Web links

Commons : Mads Würtz Schmidt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mads Würtz Schmidt in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Mads Würtz Schmidt in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schachmann and Kämna get silver and bronze in Richmond. radsport-news.com, September 21, 2015, accessed November 2, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Juul-Jensen takes off the yellow jersey from the unlucky Bak. radsport-news.com, August 7, 2015, accessed November 2, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Würtz Schmidt like last year, Valgren remains in the lead. radsport-news.com, July 30, 2016, accessed November 2, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Katusha brings U23 time trial world champion Würtz Schmidt. radsport-news.com, August 23, 2016, accessed November 2, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Runaway Mühlberger celebrates his first professional victory. radsport-news.com, June 11, 2017, accessed December 18, 2018 .