Max Poole

Max David Poole (born 1 March 2003) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career As a junior rider, Poole won the British National Road Race Championships and the Tour of Yorkshire Juniors in 2021. In 2022, he joined the , and competed up a level in several professional races with , before joining them full time the following season. In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the Vuelta a España, winning the stage one team time trial. He saw success in other stage races as well, taking fourth in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Hongrie and winning the young rider classification in the Tour of the Alps.

Poole started the 2024 season at the UAE Tour, placing 7th overall. He fractured his elbow in March and did not return to competition until the Vuelta a Burgos in August, where he finished 2nd. He again competed in the Vuelta a España, finishing second on one stage and third on three others. In October, he took his first professional win on stage three of the Tour de Langkawi. In the process, he also took the race lead, which he held until the end.

Major results

2019 1st Coppa d'Oro 2020 4th Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors 5th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 2021 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1st Overall Tour of Yorkshire Juniors 2nd Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 2 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 2022 5th Giro del Medio Brenta 6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta 7th Overall Arctic Race of Norway 10th Overall Sazka Tour 2023 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 1st Young rider classification, Tour of the Alps 4th Overall Tour de Romandie 4th Overall Tour de Hongrie 2024 (2 pro wins) 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Young rider classification 7th Overall UAE Tour 2025 7th Overall Tour of the Alps 1st Young rider classification

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2023 20242025 Giro d'Italia — —11 Tour de France — — Vuelta a España 49 35

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