Max Sciandri

{{short description|Italian-English cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Max Sciandri

| image = Maximilian SCIANDRI (cropped).jpg

| caption = Sciandri in 1997

| full_name = Maximilian Sciandri

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1967|2|15}}

| birth_place = Derby, England

| height = 1.87 m

| weight = 75 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 1989

| proteam1 = Viscontea-Titanbonifica

| proyears2 = 1990–1991

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CAR|1990}}

| proyears3 = 1992–1993

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MOT|1992}}

| proyears4 = 1994–1995

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RIS|1994}}

| proyears5 = 1996

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|MOT|1996}}

| proyears6 = 1997–1999

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|1997}}

| proyears7 = 2000

| proteam7 = Linda McCartney Racing Team

| proyears8 = 2001–2003

| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|LAM|2001}}

| proyears9 = 2004

| proteam9 = {{UCI team code|CSC|2004}}

| manageyears1 = 2011–2018

| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|BMC|2011}}

| manageyears2 = 2019–

| manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|MOV|2019}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (1995)

:Giro d'Italia

::{{nowrap|3 individual stages (1991, 1992, 1994)}}

Stage races

:Tour of Britain (1992)

One-day races and classics

:Giro della Romagna (1989, 1990)

:Wincanton Classic (1995)

:Giro del Lazio (2000)

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport |Men's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|1996 Atlanta|Road race}}

}}

Maximilian Sciandri (born 15 February 1967) is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national up to February 1995, then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004. Sciandri subsequently worked for the {{UCI team code|BMC|2011}} as a Directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having previously ridden for team manager Jim Ochowicz at the Motorola team in the 1990s.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sciandri-moves-to-movistar-team-car-in-2019/ |title=Sciandri moves to Movistar team car in 2019 |author= |date=11 October 2018 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=25 May 2019}} Prior to joining BMC he worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata, and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas.{{Cite web|url = http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/536249/max-sciandri-proposed-as-new-italian-national-coach.html|title = Max Sciandri proposed as new Italian national coach|date = 7 January 2013|accessdate = 21 September 2013|website = Cycling Weekly|last = Brown|first = Gregor}} In October 2018 it emerged that Sciandri would join the {{UCI team code|MOV|2019}} as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.