Maxime Monfort

Maxime Monfort
Monfort in 2013.
Personal information
Full nameMaxime Monfort
Born (1983-01-14) 14 January 1983 (age 41)
Bastogne, Wallonia, Belgium
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2004–2005Landbouwkrediet–Colnago
2006–2008Cofidis
2009–2010Team Columbia–High Road
2011–2013Leopard Trek
2014–2019Lotto–Belisol[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2011)

Stage races

Tour de Luxembourg (2004)
Bayern Rundfahrt (2010)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2009)

Maxime Monfort (born 14 January 1983) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the Landbouwkrediet–Colnago, Cofidis, Team HTC–Columbia, RadioShack–Leopard,[2] and Lotto–Soudal teams.[3]

Monfort won a variety of races including the Tour de Luxembourg in 2004, the Bayern Rundfahrt in 2010, and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2009. Monfort has also had top grand tour finishes including a 6th-place finish in the 2011 Vuelta a España, and a 16th-place finish in the 2012 Tour de France. He finished 14th in the 2013 Tour de France, marking his highest finish in the Tour.

  1. ^ "Monfort joins Lotto Belisol from RadioShack". Cyclingnews.com. 5 September 2013.
  2. ^ "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek announces lineup for 2012". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (6 September 2019). "Maxime Monfort announces retirement". Cyclingnews.com.