Max Sciandri

Max Sciandri, born Maximilian Sciandri on 15 February 1967, is a retired British road racing cyclist of Italian descent. He competed as an Italian national until February 1995 and then took British citizenship. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Sciandri was a professional rider from 1989 to 2004, riding in the 1990s for the Motorola team under manager Jim Ochowicz. After his riding career he worked for the BMC Racing Team as a directeur sportif from 2011 to 2018, having earlier worked with British Cycling, helping to establish their base in Quarrata and developing riders such as Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas. In October 2018 it emerged that he would join the Movistar Team as a directeur sportif from the 2019 season.