Mathias Frank

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Mathias Frank

| image = Grand départ 2017 102.jpg

| caption = Frank at the 2017 Tour de France

| fullname = Mathias Frank

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|9}}

| birth_place = Roggliswil, Switzerland

| height = {{height|m=1.76}}{{cite web|title=Mathias Frank – Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale|url=https://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/mathias-frank/|access-date=10 July 2019}}

| weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = All-rounder

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 = Team Hörmann

| proyears1 = 2008

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GST|2008}}

| proyears2 = 2009–2013

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|BMC|2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTA3&RefDate=03.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1|title=BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA|access-date=3 January 2013|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}}

| proyears3 = 2014–2016

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|IAM|2014}}

| proyears4 = 2017–2021

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ALM|2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr/en/official-presentation-of-the-ag2r-la-mondiale-professional-cycling-team-2020/|title=Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020|work={{UCI team code|ALM|2020}}|publisher=Groupe AG2R La Mondiale|date=10 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15234/1001084/279|title=AG2R Citroën Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101022611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15234/1001084/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}

| majorwins =

Grand Tours

:Vuelta a España

::1 individual stage (2016)

}}

Mathias Frank (born 9 December 1986) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2021 for the {{UCI team code|GST|2008}}, {{UCI team code|BMC|2013}}, {{UCI team code|IAM|2016}} and {{UCI team code|ALM|2021}} teams.{{cite news|url=https://www.ag2rcitroenteam.com/en/mathias-frank-raccroche-a-la-fin-de-la-saison/|title=Mathias Frank to hang up his wheels at the end of the season|work={{UCI team code|ALM|2021}}|publisher=GIE AG2R|date=18 May 2021|accessdate=18 May 2021}} A strong climber, Frank finished 8th overall in the 2015 Tour de France, and won a breakaway stage in the 2016 Vuelta a España.

Professional career

= 2008–2013 =

Mathias Frank started his professional cycling career with German outfit {{UCI team code|GST|2008}}. He won his first ever professional win at the GP Triberg-Schwarzwald. However the German team folded after the season which meant Frank had to look elsewhere to continue his cycling career. It ended with a switch to {{UCI team code|BMC|2009}}. He raced for the BMC Team for 5 years, and won 3 races with BMC, and great results at the Tour de Suisse.

= IAM Cycling (2014–2016) =

In 2013 a new Swiss professional continental cycling team was created, and Frank moved to {{UCI team code|IAM|2014}} for the 2014 season. He raced with the team for 3 years until it closed at the end of 2016. Frank finished 2nd overall at Tour de Suisse and 4th overall at Tour de Romandie in 2014. The following year 2015, Frank focused on racing the Tour de France general classification. He entered the breakaway on Stage 17 and finished 5th on that stage, advancing to 8th in the general classification. On Stage 19, Frank even advanced one place further in the general classification to 7th, however on Stage 20 to Alpe d'Huez, he dropped to 8th again, which he also ended up finishing in Paris. The following year 2016, Frank had bad luck in the Tour de France when he crashed out on Stage 14. This switched his focus to the Vuelta a Espana. He managed to get into several breakaways before finally winning a Stage on Stage 17.

= AG2R La Mondiale (2017–2021) =

Frank signed an initial two-year contract with French squad {{UCI team code|ALM|2017}}, and moved his focus to supporting Romain Bardet in the Tour de France. Frank finished 7th overall in Tour de Suisse, as his preparation for the Tour de France. Frank helped Bardet reaching the podium in Paris. The following year Frank was left out of the Tour de France squad, however when Alexandre Geniez was lacking form, Frank was ready to step in and helped Bardet to 6th place in Paris.

Major results

Source:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=909|title=Mathias Frank|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=13 February 2023}}

;2006

: 1st Stage 4 Tour des Aéroports

: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

;2007

: 1st 20px Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23

::1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

;2008 (1 pro win)

: 1st GP Triberg-Schwarzwald

: 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain

;2009

: 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

: 6th Overall Tour of Ireland

: 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie

;2010

: Tour de Suisse

::1st 20px Mountains classification

::1st 20px Sprints classification

;2011

: 6th Overall Tour de Suisse

;2012

: 1st 20px Swiss rider classification, Tour de Suisse

: 10th Overall Giro del Trentino

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 10th Overall Tour of Utah

;2013 (3)

: Tour of Austria

::1st Stages 4 & 5

: 2nd Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge

::1st Stage 2

: 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie

: 4th Overall Tour of California

: 5th Overall Tour de Suisse

;2014 (2)

: 2nd Overall Critérium International

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st 20px Mountains classification

::1st Stage 3

: 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt

::1st Stage 2

: 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

::1st 20px Swiss rider classification

: 4th Overall Tour de Romandie

: 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

;2015

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 5th Overall Arctic Race of Norway

: 8th Overall Tour de France

;2016 (1)

: 1st Stage 17 Vuelta a España

: 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe

: 8th Overall Tour de Romandie

;2017

: 7th Overall Tour de Suisse

::1st 20px Swiss rider classification

: 7th Boucles de l'Aulne

;2018

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 5th Tre Valli Varesine

: 9th Giro della Toscana

: 10th Overall Tour of California

;2019

: 2nd Overall Tour de l'Ain

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 6th Gran Piemonte

;2021

: 5th Mercan'Tour Classic

=General classification results timeline=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|colspan=15 align="center"\|Grand Tour general classification results
scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 2008 ! scope="col" \| 2009 ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| 83 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \| — \| — \| DNF \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| style="background:#ddddff;" \|8 \| DNF \| 30 \| 55 \| 48 \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey gold.svg/File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| DNF \| — \| — \| 94 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 37 \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| —
colspan=15 align="center"\|Major stage race general classification results
Race ! scope="col" \| 2008 ! scope="col" \| 2009 ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016 ! scope="col" \| 2017 ! scope="col" \| 2018 ! scope="col" \| 2019 ! scope="col" \| 2020 ! scope="col" \| 2021
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Paris–Nice \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 33 \| 61 \| 34 \| — \| 22 \| — \| DNF \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico \| — \| — \| 66 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 50 \| — \| 36 \| — \| 52 \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya \| 119 \| — \| — \| 63 \| 22 \| — \| — \| — \| 28 \| — \| 14 \| — \| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3\|NH \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country \| — \| — \| — \| 83 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 67 \| DNF
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Romandie \| 86 \| 12 \| 43 \| — \| — \| DNF \| style="background:#ddf;"\|4 \| 12 \| style="background:#ddf;"\|8 \| 33 \| 23 \| 12 \| 68
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné \| — \| 30 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| —
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| {{cjersey\|yellow}} Tour de Suisse \| 36 \| — \| 67 \| style="background:#ddf;"\|6 \| 12 \| style="background:#ddf;"\|5 \| style="background:#ddf;"\|2 \| — \| DNF \| style="background:#ddf;"\|7 \| 17 \| 20 \| style="color:#4d4d4d;"\|NH \| 94

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

|colspan=15 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! scope="col" | 2008

! scope="col" | 2009

! scope="col" | 2010

! scope="col" | 2011

! scope="col" | 2012

! scope="col" | 2013

! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016