Max Poole

Max David Poole (born 1 March 2003) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL.

Career

As a junior rider, Poole won the British National Road Race Championships and the Tour of Yorkshire Juniors in 2021. In 2022, he joined the Development Team DSM, and competed up a level in several professional races with Team dsm–firmenich, before joining them full time the following season. In 2023, he competed in his first Grand Tour: the Vuelta a España, winning the stage one team time trial. He saw success in other stage races as well, taking fourth in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Hongrie and winning the young rider classification in the Tour of the Alps.

Poole started the 2024 season at the UAE Tour, placing 7th overall. He fractured his elbow in March and did not return to competition until the Vuelta a Burgos in August, where he finished 2nd. He again competed in the Vuelta a España, finishing second on one stage and third on three others. In October, he took his first professional win on stage three of the Tour de Langkawi. In the process, he also took the race lead, which he held until the end.