Felix Gall (born 27 February 1998) is an Austrian professional cyclist who rides for

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Career

Junior career

Gall was born in

Nußdorf-Debant Nußdorf-Debant () is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol Tyrol ( ; historically the Tyrole; ; ) is a historical region in the Alps of Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core ...

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, Austria. Since childhood, Gall practiced various sports such as

climbing Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders. Climbing is done for locom ...

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skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International S ...

, and

taekwondo Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In ad ...

. Through schoolmates who participated in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...

, he got into cycling. In 2015, Gall became the Austrian junior champion in road racing. In the autumn of that year, he competed at the

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, United States, and won the title of junior world champion in road racing. Upon his return from the United States, he was welcomed by around 1,000 people in his hometown. He received a cycling scholarship, a driver's license course, and a new racing bike. In 2016, Gall won the junior competition Trofeo Dorigo Porte, and the following year, he received a contract with

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. In 2018, he won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in the under-23 category. In March 2019, he achieved his first success in an elite race by winning the second stage and the general classification of the

Istrian Spring Trophy The Istrian Spring Tour, formerly known as the Istrian Spring Trophy (), is a multi-day road bicycle race held annually in the Croatian part of the Istria peninsula. The race was first organized in 1961 as a small competition reserved to local cy ...

AG2R Citroën Team

After three years in the development team and two years in the WorldTour squad of Team Sunweb/DSM, Gall announced in 2021 that he would move to the AG2R Citroën Team the following year. Originally, his contract with DSM was supposed to run for another year, but due to ongoing tensions between different riders and the team management, Gall terminated his contract at the end of 2021.

2022

In 2022, Gall, as part of the AG2R Citroën Team, achieved sixth place in the overall classification of the

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

. He was then named in the startlist for the

2022 Giro d'Italia The 2022 Giro d'Italia was the 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race. The race started on 6 May in Budapest, Hungary, and finished on 29 May in Verona, Italy. The race was won by Ja ...

, his first Grand Tour.

2023

On 9 June 2023, Gall extended with AG2R Citroën Team through 2025. He improved his results in 2023, completing the Ardèche Classic in 6th,

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

as 16th overall, 9th in

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

, 10th in

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

(along with four top-10 stage finishes), second in opening stage of Tour of the Alpes (where he crashed later in the race) and finally second place in highly-conquested Mercan'Tour Classic. In the

2023 Tour de Suisse The 2023 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 11 and 18 June 2023 in Switzerland. It was the 86th edition of the Tour de Suisse and the 24th event of the 2023 UCI World Tour. On 16 June 2023, Swiss rider Gino Mä ...

, he finished 8th overall in the general classification and fourth in the mountains classification. In the process, he won Stage 4 — his first victory as a pro — and finished second in stage 3. He was named in the AG2R Citroën Team's startlist for the

2023 Tour de France The 2023 Tour de France was the 110th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Bilbao, Spain, on 1 July and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées, Paris, on 23 July. Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard () won the General classifica ...

, marking his first ever participation in the race. For the first time in his career he wore a classification jersey after getting involved in the breakaway on stage 5, and earning enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification after being the first to crest the summit of the Col du Soudet. On 17 July 2023, Gall won Stage 17, the Queen Stage, of the 2023 Tour de France.

2024

Gall rode in the

2024 Tour de France The 2024 Tour de France was the 111th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Florence, Italy, on 29 June, and finished in Nice, France, on 21 July. The race did not finish in (or near) Paris for the first time since its inception, owing to ...

, finishing 14th overall. He also rode in the

2024 Vuelta a España The 2024 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Portugal and Spain between 17 August and 8 September. It was the 79th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2024 men's road cycling se ...

, mainly as a domestique to teammate Ben O’Connor who finished runner-up in the race. Gall held a top-10 position in the GC through stage 14 before cracking and finishing in 29th overall.

Major results

;2015 : 1st Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd

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: 4th Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 4th Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt : 8th Overall GP Général Patton ;2016 : 1st Trofeo Guido Dorigo : 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud : 6th G.P. Sportivi Sovilla : 9th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors ;2018 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall

Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc The Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc was a multi-day cycling race held annually in the departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie in France between 1999 and 2021. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

::1st Young rider classification : 6th Overall

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;2019 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ;2022 : 5th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx : 6th Overall

: 10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana ;2023 (2 pro wins) : 2nd Mercan'Tour Classic : 6th Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var : 6th Ardèche Classic : 8th Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

::1st Stage 17 ::Held after Stage 5 :: Jersey beige number

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Stage 17 : 8th Overall

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

::1st Stage 4 : 9th Overall

: 9th

: 10th Overall

;2024 : 4th Ardèche Classic : 4th

Tour du Jura The Tour du Jura is a one-day cycling race held annually in Switzerland. From 2005 to 2017, the race was held as a category 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

: 5th Classic Grand Besançon Doubs : 9th Overall

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: 10th Overall

;2025 : 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

General classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gall, Felix 1998 births Living people Austrian male cyclists People from Lienz District Cyclists from Tyrol (federal state) Austrian Tour de France stage winners Tour de Suisse stage winners 21st-century Austrian sportsmen