Mads Würtz Schmidt

Mads Würtz Schmidt (born 31 March 1994) is a Danish racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.^[7] He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.^[8] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.^[9] In June 2021, he won the Danish National Road Race Championships.^[10]

Mads Würtz Schmidt

Schmidt in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Mads Würtz Schmidt
Born	(1994-03-31) 31 March 1994 (age 31) Randers, Denmark[1]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight	72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[2]
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder[3]
Professional teams
2013–2014	Team Cult Energy
2015	Team ColoQuick
2016	Team TreFor
2017–2019	Team Katusha–Alpecin[4]
2020–2024	Israel Start-Up Nation[5][6]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2021)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Denmark World Championships 2011 Copenhagen Men's junior time trial 2015 Richmond Men's under-23 time trial

Major results

2011

1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van Axel

2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

4th Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

2012

1st Overall Driedaagse van Axel

1st Stages 2 (ITT) & 4

1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors

1st Stage 2a (ITT) Course de la Paix Juniors

8th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

8th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships

2013

1st Young rider classification, Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

7th Ster van Zwolle

2014

2nd ZLM Tour

4th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

5th Ster van Zwolle

2015

1st Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

6th Overall ZLM Tour

1st Stage 2 (TTT)

7th Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 5 (ITT)

8th Velothon Stockholm

9th Ringerike GP

2016

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 3b

1st GP Herning

3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 4 (ITT)

3rd Skive–Løbet

9th Overall ZLM Tour

9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

2017

2nd Rund um Köln

3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Young rider classification

2018

7th Clásica de Almería

2019

3rd Overall ZLM Tour

2020

5th Coppa Sabatini

2021

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico

4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

2024

2nd Fyen Rundt

3rd Boucles de l'Aulne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Giro d'Italia	81	—	—	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	117	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	DNF	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish
IP	In progress