Felix Großschartner: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): UAE Team Emirates XRG
Nationality: Austria
Born: 23 December 1993, Wels, Austria
Profile: Climber and mountain domestique, time trialist
Pro since: 2012
Previous teams: Gourmetfein Wels (Continental team; name changed each year) (2012–2015), CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice (2016–2017), Bora–Hansgrohe (2018–2022)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

29 January 2026Trofeo Ses Salines (team time trial)4th with UAE Team Emirates XRG Source
14 February 2026Figueira Champions Classic8th Source
27 June 2026Austrian National Time Trial Championships1st (national champion) Source
28 June 2026Austrian National Road Race Championships2nd Source
26 July 2026Tour de France32nd overall, in the team that won with Tadej Pogačar Source

Palmarès

2018Tour of Guangxi2nd overall Source
2019Presidential Tour of Turkey1st overall (stage 5 win) Source
2020Vuelta a España9th overall Source
2021Vuelta a España10th overall Source
2021Tour of the Alps, stage 51st Source
2022Austrian National Road Race Championships1st (national champion) Source
2023Deutschland Tour2nd overall Source
2025Tour of Slovenia2nd overall Source
2026Austrian National Time Trial Championships1st (fourth title, after 2022, 2024 and 2025) Source

Biography

Felix Großschartner is an Austrian road cyclist who rides for UAE Team Emirates XRG. He was born on 23 December 1993 in Wels, Austria, which his team also gives as his hometown. He turned professional in 2012 with the Austrian Continental team from Wels sponsored by Gourmetfein and rode for it until 2015, when he won the Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza and was a stagiaire with Tinkoff–Saxo. In 2016 he moved to the Polish ProContinental team CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice, with which he rode his first Grand Tour, the 2017 Giro d’Italia. He was third overall at the Tour of Austria that year.

Großschartner joined Bora–Hansgrohe in 2018 and finished second overall at the Tour of Guangxi. In April 2019 he took his first stage race win at the Presidential Tour of Turkey, after winning the summit finish south of Kartepe. In 2020 he won a stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, rode his first Tour de France and finished ninth at the Vuelta a España, his best Grand Tour result. He led Bora–Hansgrohe at the 2021 Vuelta and finished tenth, after winning a stage of the Tour of the Alps in April. In 2022 he won his first elite national titles, in both the Austrian road race and time trial.

He moved to UAE Team Emirates in 2023 on a two-year contract. In his first season he was second overall at the Deutschland Tour and third at the Bretagne Classic. He was Austrian time trial champion again in 2024 and 2025, and in 2025 he finished second at the Tour of Slovenia and won a stage of the Tour of Austria.

In 2026 he helped Tadej Pogačar get back to the front after a crash before the Cipressa at Milano–Sanremo, which Pogačar went on to win. He won a fourth Austrian time trial title in June and rode the Tour de France for Pogačar’s winning team, finishing 32nd overall.