.JPG) Haller, wearing theAustrian national road race champion's jersey at the2015 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Haller |
| Born | (1991-04-01)1 April 1991 (age 34) St. Veit an der Glan, Austria |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter One-day races |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2005 | RC ÖAMTC Tappler Grafenstein |
| 2006–2009 | RLM Kostel's Radshop Grafenstein |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol |
| 2011 | Adria Mobil |
| 2012–2019 | Team Katusha[2] |
| 2020–2021 | Bahrain–McLaren[3][4] |
| 2022–2024 | Bora–Hansgrohe[5] |
| 2025– | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Marco Haller (born 1 April 1991) is anAustrian professionalroad bicycling racer, who rides forUCI ProTeamTudor Pro Cycling Team.[7] A sprinter, Haller has taken six victories during his professional career, including wins at the 2015Austrian National Road Race Championships and the2022 Hamburg Cyclassics.
Born inSt. Veit an der Glan,[8] Haller took four stage victories at the 2009Tour de l'Abitibi, a junior race in Canada, and he also won a bronze medal in the road race at theUCI Junior World Championships in Moscow.[9] He rode forUCI Continental teamTyrol–Team Radland Tirol in 2010, before moving toAdria Mobil the following year.[9] During his season with Adria Mobil, Haller took a second-place finish at thePoreč Trophy, and recorded a fifth-place finish in the final sprint of theunder-23 road race at theUCI Road World Championships in Denmark.[9]
Following his high placing in Denmark, Haller moved up toUCI World Tour level for the 2012 season, joiningTeam Katusha.[9] He took his first win with the team later that year, at theTour of Beijing, in a mass sprint where he had the upper hand on established sprinters such asAlessandro Petacchi (Lampre–ISD) andElia Viviani (Liquigas–Cannondale).[10] The following year, Haller won the mountains classification at theThree Days of De Panne, and placed seventh in the general classification at both theTour des Fjords and theArctic Race of Norway.[11] In 2014, Haller won the final stage of his home tour, theTour of Austria inVienna.[12]
Haller finished in third place in theGran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie,[13] before he won the general classification at theTour des Fjords.[14] He finished second on the opening stage, having led out teammateAlexander Kristoff for the stage win inNorheimsund.[15] Haller was part of the lead-out when Kristoff took further wins on the following two stages, before Haller moved into overall contention with a fifth-place stage finish on stage four.[16] On the final stage, Haller was one of a quartet of riders that went clear of the field inside the final 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), and with a 15-second gap at the finish, Haller won the race by 12 seconds.[14] The following month, he won theAustrian National Road Race Championships for the first time in his career, resulting in him wearing the national champion's jersey at his firstTour de France start.[17] During the race, he got into the breakaway on stage 16 and was caught by the bunch before the last climb of the day together withAdam Hansen.[18]
Haller took no further wins over the next three years, his closest such result was a second-place finish on the final stage of the2018 Dubai Tour, being outsprinted byElia Viviani. With Haller starting his 2019 season in Australia, he contested theBay Classic Series criterium races in early January, winning the opening race onNew Year's Day,[19] on his way to winning the series overall. He rode theGiro d'Italia for the first time in his career,[20] where he was involved in an incident following stage 12, when a fan attempted to take a bidon out of his mouth; Haller angrily confronted the fan, who apologised for his actions.[21] Haller took no further top-five placings during the season, with his best result being seventh at theScheldeprijs.[22]
After eight seasons riding forTeam Katusha–Alpecin, and with the team having been taken over byIsrael Start-Up Nation due to financial issues, Haller joined Bahrain–Merida – later renamedBahrain–McLaren – for the 2020 season.[23] Like 2019, he started his season in Australia, recording a best of result of eighth place at theCadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race,[24] prior to theCOVID-19 pandemic-induced suspension of racing. The following year, Haller finished second toPatrick Konrad at theAustrian National Road Race Championships,[25] and he placed sixth overall at theDeutschland Tour.
Haller leftTeam Bahrain Victorious after two seasons, signing a deal in August 2021 withBora–Hansgrohe for the 2022 season.[26] He took his first victory with the team at that year'sTour of Norway, winning the fourth stage of the race in a bunch sprint inKristiansand.[27] Later in the year, Haller took victory in theHamburg Cyclassics; he was part of a quintet that got clear inside the final 20 kilometres (12 miles), and with support from teammatePatrick Konrad, Haller outsprintedWout van Aert andQuinten Hermans to the finish line.[28]
No podium finishes followed in 2023 and the early part of 2024, although Haller did record a sixth-place finish at theParis Olympics in theroad race – the best such result for a male Austrian rider – having been a part of the lead group in the second half of the race and missed out on a bronze medal (won byChristophe Laporte) in the final sprint.[29][30]
Source:[31]
Road race,UCI Junior World Championships
Mountains classification,Three Days of De Panne
Road race, National Road Championships
OverallTour des Fjords
Young rider classification
OverallBay Classic Series
Sprints classification| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 116 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | 126 | 162 | 155 | — | 148 | 143 | 127 | 86 | 78 | 85 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
