Marc Hirschi (born 24 August 1998) is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for

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. Hirschi is known for his skills as a

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and one-day specialist, with wins in the hilly classics

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and

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. He is also a Swiss national champion in the road race.

Career

Early career

Hirschi began competing in cycling at the age of 11, inspired both by his father's passion for the sport and by the success of

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, who hails from the same region as Hirschi. He initially competed in mountain biking, before also practicing road, track and cyclo-cross as a teenager. He was a two-time national junior road race champion, winning in 2015 and 2016. In 2017, he was recruited by the for his first season in the under-23 category, joining the year after. In September 2018 it was announced that he would join from 2019 on a three-year contract, having been a member of in 2018. In the same month, Hirschi won the under-23 road race at the

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, Austria.

Team Sunweb (2019–2021)

During his first professional season in 2019, Hirschi finished third in the

. In 2020, Hirschi had a breakout year: after starting the

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for the first time, he won a stage, three combative rider awards for his performances on individual stages and the overall Combativity award. One week after the end of the Tour, he took the bronze medal in the Men's road race at the Road World Championships in

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. Three days later Hirschi took the win at

, pulling away from the rest of the lead group in the last 50 metres of the final climb of the

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. He was the first Swiss rider to win the race since

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in 1952. Several days later, he also finished second to

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. In January 2021, Hirschi's contract with was abruptly terminated, leaving Hirschi as a free agent. No comment was given by Hirschi or , other than that the contract was ended with mutual consent. Days later, Hirschi signed a three-year contract with .

UAE Team Emirates (2021-2024)

In his first season with the team, Hirschi took only one victory: stage two of the

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, going on to finish second overall. He opened the 2022 season in late March with a win at the Per sempre Alfredo race in Italy. In June, he won the Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau. The following month, he was selected for the

only two days before the start of race after

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was forced to withdraw after testing positive for

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. Hirschi took two more wins in Italy towards the end of the season at the

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and the Veneto Classic. Hirschi started 2023 in Australia, finishing eighth in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. In February, he crashed on the first stage of the

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, fracturing a

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. He returned to competition at the end of March. In May, he finished fourth at

Eschborn–Frankfurt Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...

, before winning stage three of the Tour de Hongrie, taking the race lead in the process. Hirschi was able to hold on to the race lead for the remainder of the race, marking his first stage race victory. In June, he became the Swiss National Road Race Champion for the first time. In September, he won the

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is t ...

and the

, both events on the

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calendar. In February 2024, he won the La Drôme Classic, his fourth race of the season, after a late attack. In April, he placed second to

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at the

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. In August, Hirschi beat Julian Alaphillipe in a two-up sprint to win the

. This started a run of five-straight one-day victories for Hirschi, as he won 2024 Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano,

, and Memorial Marco Pantani. Hirschi ended the season with nine professional wins, his most in a single season.

Major results

Road

;2014 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Championships ;2015 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd

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: 1st Overall

Grand Prix Rüebliland The Grand Prix Rüebliland is a junior (ages 17–18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It was part of the UCI Junior World Cup until 2007. Winners References External links

* Cycle races in Switz ...

::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall GP Général Patton : 5th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi : UEC European Junior Championships ::5th Road race ::7th Time trial : 8th Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt : 9th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships ;2016 : 1st Road race, National Junior Championships : 1st Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud : 1st Trofeo Emilio Paganessi : 2nd Silver medal europe

Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships : 3rd Overall

* Cycle races in Switz ...

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall GP Général Patton ::1st Points classification : 3rd

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

Juniors : 5th Trofeo Buffoni : 6th

Paris–Roubaix Juniors Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...

: 8th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships ;2017 : 1st

, National Under-23 Championships : 1st Tour du Jura : 1st Mountains classification, Le Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Road race ::8th Time trial : 6th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia : 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften ;2018 : 1st Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::1st Road race ::5th Time trial : 2nd Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a five-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing co ...

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Grand Prix Priessnitz spa ::1st Stage 2 : National Under-23 Championships ::3rd Road race ::4th

: 4th Overall

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.). It was held over f ...

::1st Young rider classification : 5th Overall

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 ...

::1st Stage 2 : 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs : 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under-23 : 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 10th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc : 10th

Tour du Doubs The Tour du Doubs is a single-day road bicycle race, currently held annually in April in the region of Doubs, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour and since 2010 it is part of the French Road Cycling Cu ...

: 10th Tacx Pro Classic ;2019 : National Championships ::2nd

::4th Road race : 3rd

: 5th Overall BinckBank Tour : 6th Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

::1st Young rider classification : 10th E3 Binckbank Classic ;2020 (2 pro wins) : 1st

::1st Stage 12 ::Held after Stages 2–3 :: Combativity award Stages 9, 12, 18 & Overall : 2nd

: 3rd

Road race,

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;2021 (1) : 2nd

, National Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Veneto Classic : 5th

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

: 6th Road race, UEC European Championships : 6th

: 10th

Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...

;2022 (4) : 1st

: 1st

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton Grand Prix of Aargau Canton () is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of Gippingen, which belongs to the municipa ...

: 1st Per sempre Alfredo : 1st Veneto Classic : 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 8th

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 ...

: 9th

: 9th GP Industria & Artigianato : 9th

;2023 (7) : 1st Road race, National Championships : 1st Overall Tour de Hongrie ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 1st

: 1st

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: 1st

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

: 2nd

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

: 2nd Veneto Classic : 2nd Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau : 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani : 2nd

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed du ...

: 4th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...

: 4th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior : 5th

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. Since 2023, the race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar, having previously been a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

: 5th

Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...

: 6th Overall Renewi Tour : 6th

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite classic cycle races, cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Brittany, Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-P ...

: 8th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race : 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 10th

: 10th

Hamburg Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

: 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ;2024 (9) : 1st Overall

Czech Tour The Czech Tour is an annual men's professional race stage, multiple stage bicycle race held in the Czech Republic. It is the largest race of its kind in the country. Since 2015, the Czech Tour has been included in the Union Cycliste Internationale ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 1st La Drôme Classic : 1st Memorial Marco Pantani : 1st

: 2nd

: 3rd

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...

: 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge : 4th Veneto Classic : 5th Overall Tour de Hongrie : 5th Road race, National Championships : 5th

: 6th Overall

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race ...

: 6th Road race,

: 6th Figueira Champions Classic : 9th

;2025 (1) : 1st Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 : 4th La Drôme Classic : 5th

Trofeo Calvià The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (, ) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory ...

: 6th

: 8th

: 8th Trofeo Serra Tramuntana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Track

;2016 : 1st Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Reto Müller) : 1st Madison, National Championships (with Reto Müller) ;2017 : 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirschi, Marc 1998 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Cyclists from Bern Swiss Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Swiss sportsmen