Matthias Brändle

Matthias Brändle (born 7 December 1989) is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. Brändle is a seven-time winner of the Austrian National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021), and also won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.

Career
In 2012, he rode for. In 2014, Brändle won two consecutive stages of the Tour of Britain.

In October 2014, he followed in the footsteps of his agent Tony Rominger by setting a new hour record, breaking the month-old record set by 43-year-old Jens Voigt under new regulations introduced by the UCI in June 2014 allowing the use of modern track pursuit racing bicycles. The record stood until 8 February 2015 when it was broken by Australian rider Rohan Dennis.

He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.

Major results

 * 2007
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Haute-Autriche
 * 1st Stages 2 & 3


 * 2008
 * 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Berlin
 * 3rd Züri-Metzgete
 * 4th Chrono Champenois
 * 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
 * 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca
 * 10th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23


 * 2009 (1 pro win)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Under-23 time trial
 * 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop U23
 * 5th Overall Tour of Hainan
 * 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
 * 5th Rund um Köln
 * 9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships


 * 2010
 * 1st GP Judendorf–Strassengel
 * 8th Overall Tour de Langkawi


 * 2011
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification, Tour de Romandie


 * 2012 (1)
 * 1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 5th Giro dell'Appennino
 * 9th Rund um Köln


 * 2013 (1)
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Sprints classification, Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Jersey white dots on red.svg Mountains classification, Tour de l'Ain
 * 1st Tour du Jura
 * 2nd Polynormande
 * 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 4th Cholet-Pays de Loire
 * 4th Tour de Berne


 * 2014 (3)
 * Hour record: Sport records icon WR.svg 51.852 km
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 1st Tour de Berne
 * Tour of Britain
 * 1st Stages 5 & 6
 * 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes


 * 2015 (2)
 * 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
 * 1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole


 * 2016 (2)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Danmark Rundt
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
 * 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships


 * 2018
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2019 (3)
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Estonia
 * 1st Prologue
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
 * 1st Prologue
 * 3rd Duo Normand (with Patrick Gamper)
 * 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 8th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine


 * 2020 (1)
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2021 (1)
 * 1st MaillotAustria.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali


 * 2022
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships