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Maximiliano Richeze

Richeze at the 2023 Vuelta a San Juan
Personal information
Nickname	Atomico
Born	(1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 42) Bella Vista, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter Lead-out man
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2019)

Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain (born on March 7, 1983) is a famous Argentine professional cyclist. He raced professionally from 2006 until January 2023. Maximiliano won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the Men's Team Pursuit event. His brothers Roberto, Mauro, and Adrián are also cyclists!

Maximiliano Richeze's Cycling Journey

Maximiliano Richeze was born in Bella Vista, Argentina. In his first year as a professional racer, he almost won a stage in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, one of the biggest cycling races in the world! He finished very close behind another rider, Robert Förster.

Many people consider him the Argentine cyclist who achieved the best results in the three main cycling tours. These are super important races called the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España.

In the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Maximiliano finished third in one stage and second in two other stages. These stages were first won by Alessandro Petacchi. Later, after some changes, Maximiliano was officially named the winner of two of those stages (Stage 18 and Stage 21)!

Some of his other great achievements include winning a stage in the 2006 Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia. He also won the Trofeo Arvedi of the Circuito del Porto in Portugal in 2005. That same year, he won the Panamerican Under-23 Championship. In 2003, he became the Argentine Under-23 champion.

In 2010, he received the Konex Award Merit Diploma. This award recognized him as one of the top five cyclists in Argentina over the past ten years.

In October 2015, after racing for Italian teams for 11 years, Maximiliano joined a Belgian team called EQS. He signed a two-year contract starting in 2016. His job was to be a lead-out man. This means he would help his teammates, like Marcel Kittel and Fernando Gaviria, get into the best position to win sprint finishes. After four years without a win, he won the fourth stage at the 2016 Tour de Suisse. He also won the points classification for his new team in that race.

Maximiliano Richeze's Main Achievements

Maximiliano Richeze has achieved many great things in his cycling career. Here are some of his most important results:

Maximiliano Richeze in Grand Tours

The "Grand Tours" are the three most famous and longest bicycle races in the world. They are the Giro d'Italia (Italy), the Tour de France (France), and the Vuelta a España (Spain). This table shows how Maximiliano Richeze finished in these big races each year.

Grand Tour	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	138	92	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	127	—	148	—	—	DNF	137	142
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	144	—	135	149	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	141	138	152	—	—	—	148	—	—	—

See also

• In Spanish: Maximiliano Richeze para niños