Max Walker
Hometown
Douglas, Isle of Man
Date of birth
12 July 2001
Languages
English
Nicknames
None
After a solid rookie season, Max Walker is ready to race into his second year with EF Education-EasyPost. The soft-spoken 24-year-old from the Isle of Man is fast developing into a key rider for us in the classics and has proven himself in hard stage races. He raced his first Monuments in 2025. Milano-Sanremo, the Ronde van Vlaanderen, and Paris-Roubaix whet his appetite for our sport’s biggest one-day races, but Max’s great dream is to ride the Tour.
He got into the sport at Dot Tilbury’s racing league on the Isle of Man when he was a child and heard all of the stories of Manx legends like Mark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh racing in the big leagues; the Tour is the biggest race of them all.
To get there, Max has moved to Europe to be closer to his teammates. He has great friends in Girona and Andorra and enjoys riding with them in the sun.
A versatile talent with a big motor, Max won two stages in the Tour of Japan, took a stage victory in the Sibiu Cycling Tour, and secured two podium places at the elite British nationals when he was still a U23. With the benefit of a year’s experience in the pro peloton, this is going to be a big year for Max.
Questions & Answers
What’s your hidden talent?
Grade 6 violin.
If you could time travel, what date/year would you visit and why?
The year 10,000, just to see what it’s like.
Who is the person you most admire and why?
Mark Cavendish, for his belief in himself and never-give-up attitude
What is your favorite song in your native language?
The Manx National Anthem.
When you stop at a petrol station mid-ride, what do you get?
Cookies.