Info about Marco Brenner
- Date of birth: 27/08/2002
- Nationality: German
- Height/weight: 1.78 m, 59 kg
Teams
- 2021 Team DSM
- 2022 Team DSM
- 2023 Team DSM
- 2024 Team DSM
Marco Brenner, 20 years old, Team DSM
We've already read a lot about him - and many observers forget just how young the Augsburg native still is: in 2020, Marco Brenner became the youngest cyclist to sign a contract with a World Tour team to date. He made the leap from the juniors straight into cycling's top league.
The shortcut paid off to a certain extent. Of course, as a 19-year-old, he found it difficult to compete against seasoned professionals. Last season, the son of a cycling-mad family showed great improvement - he only just missed out on a stage win at the Vuelta.
The World Championship bronze medallist and European Championship silver medallist in the junior individual time trial has yet to win as a professional - the slender professional cyclist from Andorra has what it takes to become a classics rider. The 2023 season could show whether he develops in this direction.
Cycling talents: TOUR shows 10 promotion candidates for 2023
TOUR editor Andreas Kublik takes a look at ten young riders who will be worth watching in 2023. We present the individual candidates in our series. Almost all of the selected riders are already under contract with a World Tour team. Signing cyclists at a very young age is a trend that has recently caught on with the top teams.
Numerous youngsters skip the U23 class and go straight into the professional ranks. The most prominent example of this development is Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian was under contract with Deceuninck - Quick Step in 2019 at the age of just 18. Since then, he has worked his way up to the top of the world rankings, including becoming road world champion in 2022.
Many top teams also have their own junior racing team, where they train their talents and later bring them into the professional squad. A prime example of this is the Groupama-FDJ team in 2023, which has recruited all seven new riders for this year from the Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ.
Andreas Kublik
Editor
