Christina Perchtold

Christina Perchtold (born 11 May 1993) is an Austrian professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Team . Born in Klagenfurt, Perchtold is a sprinter that is also capable of surviving short climbs and was the winner of the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.

Career Perchtold started competing in cycling in 1998 and in her early years rode for local club RC Grafenstein in her hometown of Klagenfurt. At the age of 18 she joined the Austrian professional team Kuota Speed Kueens as a junior rider and immediately showed great talent and sprinting qualities in both national and international races. In 2011 Perchtold received first international attention as a potential coming talent when she finished fifth in the junior road race at the UCI World Championships in Copenhagen. As an elite rider she remained on the same team until 2013, which in the meantime had changed names. Perchtold herself considered quitting cycling in between, not putting full focus on her career in 2013 and 2014. Nonetheless, she managed to score good results on a national level, amongst which the silver medal at the 2014 Austrian National Road Race Championships riding for . After finally deciding to follow a professional career in cycling, Perchtold had her strongest year to date in 2016 where she finished third at a stage of the Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol, winning the Austrian National Road Race Championships and being selected for Austria's team at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Doha, where she finished 28th.

At the end of the season, Perchtold signed a two-year contract with the Swiss team where she was supposed to become a part of the team's sprint leadout. She is a member of the cycling cadre of the Austrian ministry of the interior.

Major results Source:

2010 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2011 5th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2012 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2014 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2015 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2016

2017 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Gracia–Orlová 2018 6th Overall Tour of Uppsala 2019 2nd Grand Prix Velo Alanya