Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[4] He is also a citizen of Liechtenstein.
Career
editKüng won the individual pursuit at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after beating Jack Bobridge in the final. Küng only took the lead in the final 250 metres (820 ft). In the 2015 Tour de Romandie, he grabbed the biggest victory of his career at that point in solo fashion. On a cold rainy day, he was part of the early breakaway and dropped his fellow escapees some 30 kilometres (19 mi) before the line, resisting to their return while riding toward victory in Fribourg.[5] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[6]
Küng won his first Grand Tour stage at the 2024 Vuelta a España on the final stage of the race, beating out race leader Primož Roglič in the time trial by a comfortable 31 seconds.[7]
He is scheduled to compete in the time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in his home country of Switzerland.[8]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2010
- 7th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 8th Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
- 2011
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Tour de Berne Juniors
- Games of the Small States of Europe
- 2nd
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2013
- National Under-23 Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- Games of the Small States of Europe
- 1st
Time trial - 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Giro del Belvedere
- 3rd Chrono Champenois
- 6th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 9th Tour de Berne
- 2014
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 1st Flèche Ardennaise
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships - 4th Chrono Champenois
- 8th Tour de Berne
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 2015 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI World Championships - 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2016
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Eneco Tour
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI World Championships - 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2017 (3)
- National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- Tour de Romandie
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 1–2
- Held
- 2018 (3)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT) BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 10th E3 Harelbeke
- 2019 (5)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve
- UCI World Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 10th Time trial
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 8th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 2020 (3)
- 1st
Time trial, UEC European Championships - National Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall BinckBank Tour
- 5th Gent–Wevelgem
- 8th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 10 & 14
- 2021 (6)
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
- 4th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 5th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 5th Overall Benelux Tour
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2022 (3)
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team relay - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Championships - 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 7th Tour du Doubs
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 2023 (2)
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Team relay
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 4th Bretagne Classic
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 6th E3 Saxo Classic
- 2024 (3)
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 1st Chrono des Nations
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT)
- Held
after Stage 2
- 2nd Time trial, UEC European Championships
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- Olympic Games
- 7th Road race
- 8th Time trial
- 8th Time trial, UCI World Championships
- 9th Overall Volta ao Algarve
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
DNF | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 79 | 53 | 96 | DNF | 49 | 33 | 54 | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 59 | 52 | — | — | — | 23 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 60 | 41 | 55 | 44 | 102 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 41 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 63 | 41 | DNF | DNF | 11 | NH | DNF | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||||
| Classic | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 61 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 25 | 16 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | 15 | — | 21 | 35 | 20 | 47 | — | — |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 31 | — | — | — |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | 31 | — | 10 | 56 | — | 20 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | 82 | 64 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 52 | 14 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | 43 | 24 | 17 | 75 | 42 | NH | 63 | 6 | 23 | 3 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 29 | |
| Bretagne Classic | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 4 | — |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | 55 | — | 13 | — | 31 | 31 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
Track
edit- 2011
- 1st
Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Théry Schir) - National Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Madison (with Loïc Perizzolo)
- 1st
- 2013
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Théry Schir)
- 1st
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 2014
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Madison (with Théry Schir)
- 2nd
- 2015
- 1st
Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships - UEC European Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison (with Théry Schir)
- 1st
References
edit- ^ "Stefan Küng décroche le bronze lors du clm des M23" [Stefan Küng Wins Bronze at the U23 Time Trial]. Le Matin (Switzerland) (in French). 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Stefan Küng solos to Romandie win in rainy stage 4". VeloNews. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "VUELTA'24 Final Stage 21: Küng TT King - Roglič the Vuelta Emperor! - PezCycling News". pezcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "ANALYSIS - Stefan Küng: Switzerland's Best Hope for World Championship Glory?". CyclingUpToDate.com. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Küng.
- BMC Racing team profile
- Stefan Küng at ProCyclingStats