Maximiliano Richeze

Maximiliano Richeze
Richeze at the 2023 Vuelta a San Juan
Personal information
Full nameAriel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain
NicknameAtomico[1]
Born (1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 41)
Bella Vista, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)[2]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Sprinter
  • Lead-out man
Professional teams
2006–2009Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
2011–2012D'Angelo & Antenucci–Nippo
2013–2015Lampre–Merida
2016–2019Etixx–Quick-Step[3]
2020–2022UAE Team Emirates[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2019)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's road cycling
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Road race
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mar del Plata Road race
Silver medal – second place 2018 San Juan Road race
Men's track cycling
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team Pursuit

Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain (born 7 March 1983) is an Argentine professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 until January 2023. Richeze won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games (Men's Team Pursuit). His brothers Roberto, Mauro and Adrián are also cyclists.

  1. ^ "Maximiliano Richeze". Quick-Step Floors. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Maximiliano Richeze, Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. ^ Torrego, José María (23 December 2018). "El Deceuninck Quick Step busca no sucumbir del cetro mundial del ciclismo en 2019" [The Deceuninck Quick Step seeks not to succumb from the cycling world title in 2019]. La Guía del Ciclismo (in Spanish). Digipress Ibérica SL. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.