Felix Gall Explained

Felix Gall
Birth Date:27 February 1998
Birth Place:Nußdorf-Debant, Tyrol, Austria
Height:1.78 m[1]
Weight:66 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Climber
Amateuryears1:2012–2016
Amateurteam1:RC ARBÖ Tom Tailor RBK Wörgl
Proyears1:2017–2019
Proyears2:2020–2021
Proteam2:[2] [3]
Proyears3:2022–
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (2023)

Show-Medals:no

Felix Gall (born 27 February 1998) is an Austrian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4]

Career

Junior career

Gall was born in Nußdorf-Debant, Tyrol, Austria. Since childhood, Gall practiced various sports such as climbing, tennis, skiing, and taekwondo. Through schoolmates who participated in triathlon, he got into cycling.[5] [6]

In 2015, Gall became the Austrian junior champion in road racing. In the autumn of that year, he competed at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, United States, and won the title of junior world champion in road racing.[7] [8] Upon his return from the United States, he was welcomed by around 1,000 people in his hometown. He received a cycling scholarship, a driver's license course, and a new racing bike.[9]

In 2016, Gall won the junior competition Trofeo Dorigo Porte, and the following year, he received a contract with Development Team Sunweb. In 2018, he won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in the under-23 category.[10] In March 2019, he achieved his first success in an elite race by winning the second stage and the general classification of the Istrian Spring Trophy.[11]

AG2R Citroën Team

After three years in the development team and two years in the WorldTour squad of Team Sunweb/DSM, Gall announced in 2021 that he would move to the AG2R Citroën Team the following year.[12] Originally, his contract with DSM was supposed to run for another year, but due to ongoing tensions between different riders and the team management, Gall terminated his contract at the end of 2021.[13]

2022

In 2022, Gall, as part of the AG2R Citroën Team, achieved sixth place in the overall classification of the Tour of the Alps.[14] He was then named in the startlist for the 2022 Giro d'Italia, his first Grand Tour.[15]

2023

On 9 June 2023, Gall extended with AG2R Citroën Team through 2025.[16] He improved his results in 2023, completing the Ardèche Classic in 6th, Tirreno–Adriatico as 16th overall, 9th in GP Miguel Induráin, 10th in Tour of the Basque Country (along with four top-10 stage finishes), second in opening stage of Tour of the Alpes (where he crashed later in the race) and finally second place in highly-conquested Mercan'Tour Classic.[17] [18] In the 2023 Tour de Suisse, he finished 8th overall in the general classification and fourth in the mountains classification. In the process, he won Stage 4 — his first victory as a pro — and finished second in stage 3.[19]

He was named in the AG2R Citroën Team's startlist for the 2023 Tour de France, marking his first ever participation in the race.[20] For the first time in his career he wore a classification jersey after getting involved in the breakaway on stage 5, and earning enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification after being the first to crest the summit of the Col du Soudet.[21] On 17 July 2023, Gall won Stage 17, the Queen Stage, of the 2023 Tour de France.[22]

2024

Gall rode in the 2024 Tour de France.

Major results

2015
  • 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
  • National Junior Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 4th Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt
  • 4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
  • 8th Overall GP Général Patton
    2016
  • 1st Trofeo Guido Dorigo
  • 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
  • 6th G.P. Sportivi Sovilla
  • 9th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
    2018
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 4th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 6th Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa
    2019
  • 1st Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
    2022
  • 5th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
  • 6th Overall Tour of the Alps
  • 10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    2023 (2 pro wins)
  • 2nd Mercan'Tour Classic
  • 6th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
  • 6th Faun-Ardèche Classic
  • 8th Overall Tour de France
  • 1st Stage 17
  • Held after Stage 5
  • Combativity award Stage 17
  • 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 9th Overall Tour of the Alps
  • 9th GP Miguel Induráin
  • 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    2024
  • 4th Faun-Ardèche Classic
  • 5th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs
  • 9th Overall Paris–Nice
  • 10th Overall Tour de Suisse

    General classification results timeline

    Grand Tour general classification results
    Grand Tour2021202220232024
    Giro d'Italia—50——
    Tour de France——814
    Vuelta a España———
    Major stage race general classification results
    Race2021202220232024
    Paris–Nice———9
    Tirreno–Adriatico——16—
    Volta a Catalunya————
    Tour of the Basque Country851210DNF
    Tour de Romandie32———
    Critérium du Dauphiné22———
    Tour de Suisse——810
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish
    IPRace in Progress

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Felix Gall . Equipe cycliste AG2R CITROËN TEAM . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602022515/https://ag2rcitroenteam.com/coureurs/felix-gall/ . 2 June 2023 . fr-FR.
    2. Web site: Team Sunweb. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260. 3 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Team DSM. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102003957/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15245/1000596/279. 2 January 2021.
    4. Web site: AG2R Citroën Team. UCI. 5 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107205336/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17171. 7 January 2022.
    5. Web site: Gall Felix oeterreichs erster Radweltmeister . Regionalsport . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330232731/https://www.regionalsport.at/fr%C3%BChst%C3%BCck-bei-dir/fr%C3%BChst%C3%BCck-bei-dir-g/gall-felix-oeterreichs-erster-radweltmeister/ . 30 March 2023 . de-DE.
    6. Web site: Scheiber . Claudia . Osttiroler Triathleten wieder erfolgreich . MeinBezirk . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705134219/https://www.meinbezirk.at/osttirol/c-sport/osttiroler-triathleten-wieder-erfolgreich_a198257 . 5 July 2023 . de . 13 June 2012.
    7. Web site: Gall wins junior men's world championship road race . Velo . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705134938/https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/gall-wins-junior-mens-world-championship-road-race/ . 5 July 2023 . 26 September 2015.
    8. Web site: Scheiber . Claudia . Felix Gall holt WM-Gold . MeinBezirk . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705134747/https://www.meinbezirk.at/osttirol/c-sport/felix-gall-holt-wm-gold_a1495261 . 5 July 2023 . de . 30 September 2015.
    9. Web site: Scheiber . Claudia . Nußdorf-Debant feierte seinen Weltmeister . MeinBezirk . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705135032/https://www.meinbezirk.at/osttirol/c-sport/nussdorf-debant-feierte-seinen-weltmeister_a1498575 . 5 July 2023 . de . 2 October 2015.
    10. Web site: 2018 Österr. StaatsmeisterInnen & MeisterInnen . . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705065431/https://www.radsportverband.at/index.php/portale/strasse/staatsmeister-strasse/4036-2018-oesterr-staatsmeisterinnen-meisterinnen . 5 July 2022 . de . 9 May 2018.
    11. Web site: Osttiroler Gall gewinnt Spring Trophy in Istrien . ÖRF . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705135556/https://sport.orf.at/stories/3046539/ . 5 July 2023 . de . 17 March 2019.
    12. News: Ex-Junioren-Weltmeister Gall ab 2022 für Radprofiteam AG2R unterwegs . 5 July 2023 . DER STANDARD . 19 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703115915/https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000129028992/ex-junioren-weltmeister-gall-ab-2022-fuer-radprofiteam-ag2r-unterwegs . 3 July 2022 . de-AT.
    13. News: Streit zwischen Team DSM und Ilan Van Wilder landet vor Gericht . 5 July 2023 . cyclingmagazine . 28 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230323180636/https://www.cyclingmagazine.de/2021/10/28/streit-zwischen-team-dsm-und-ilan-van-wilder-landet-vor-gericht/ . 23 March 2023 . de-DE.
    14. Web site: Ryan . Barry . Tour of the Alps: Pinot surges to stage 5 win as Bardet grabs overall title . Cyclingnews . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108180841/https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-the-alps-2022/stage-5/results/ . 8 January 2023 . 22 April 2022.
    15. News: Michl . George . Radrennsport: Felix Gall stellt sich zum ersten Mal dem Giro d'Italia . 5 July 2023 . Kleine Zeitung . 6 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518103111/https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/sommersport/rad/6135418/Radrennsport_Felix-Gall-stellt-sich-zum-ersten-Mal-dem-Giro-dItalia . 18 May 2022 . de.
    16. Web site: Felix Gall extends with AG2R Citroën Team through 2025 . CyclingUpToDate . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230609050313/https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling/felix-gall-extends-with-ag2r-citroen-team-through-2025 . 9 June 2023 . 9 June 2023.
    17. Web site: Itzulia Basque Country: Felix Gall tenth . AG2R CITROËN TEAM . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705141436/https://ag2rcitroenteam.com/en/itzulia-basque-country-felix-gall-dixieme/ . 5 July 2023 . 8 April 2023.
    18. News: Radsport: Gall kommt erstem Profisieg immer näher . 5 July 2023 . LAOLA1 . 30 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705141239/https://www.laola1.at/de/red/sport-mix/radsport/world-tour/radsport--gall-kommt-erstem-profisieg-immer-naeher/ . 5 July 2023 . de.
    19. News: McGrath . Andy . Tour de Suisse: Felix Gall grabs GC lead with solo victory on stage 4 . 5 July 2023 . Cyclingnews . 14 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230616154217/https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2023/stage-4/results/ . 16 June 2023.
    20. Web site: Canales . Romain Perez . Tour de France 2023 (July 1 to 23) - AG2R CITROËN TEAM cycling team . AG2R CITROËN TEAM . 5 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627121047/https://ag2rcitroenteam.com/en/tour-de-france-2023-1er-au-23-juillet/ . 27 June 2023 . 26 June 2023.
    21. News: Glendenning . Barry . Tour de France: Hindley wins stage five as Vingegaard deals major blow to Pogacar – as it happened . 5 July 2023 . the Guardian . 5 July 2023.
    22. Web site: Felix Gall, the third winning debutant - Tour de France 2023 . 2023-07-20 . www.letour.fr . en.

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