Stefan Küng
 Küng in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Küng |
| Nickname | King Küng[1] |
| Born | 16 November 1993 Wil, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist Classics specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2013–2014 | BMC Development Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015–2018 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2019– | Groupama–FDJ[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Medal record | |
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[]
Küng 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. 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 kilometers 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]
Major results[]
Road[]
- 2010
- 7th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 2011
- National Junior Road 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 Internationale Junioren Driedaagse
- 3rd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2013
- National Under-23 Road 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 Under-23 Road World Championships
- 9th Tour de Berne
- 2014
- UEC European Under-23 Road 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 Under-23 Road World Championships - 4th Chrono Champenois
- 8th Tour de Berne
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 2015
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road 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 Road World Championships
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2017
- National Road 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 Road World Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Britain
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 1–2
- Held
- 2018
- 1st Time trial, National Road 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 Road World Championships
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 10th E3 Harelbeke
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 10th Time trial
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Stage 1b (ITT)
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 8th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 9th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 2020
- 1st
Time trial, UEC European Road Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Road race
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial, UCI Road 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
- 1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
- 4th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 5th Overall Benelux Tour
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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DNF | 60 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
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— | — | 79 | 53 | 96 | DNF | 49 |
 Vuelta a España
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Has not contested during his career | ||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
Track[]
- 2011
- 1st Madison (with Théry Schir), UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st Omnium, National Junior Championships
- 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[]
- ^ "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. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 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 Kung solos to Romandie win in rainy stage 4". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stefan Küng. |
- BMC Racing team profile
- Stefan Küng at ProCyclingStats
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- Liechtenstein male cyclists
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- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics