Stefan Küng

Stefan Küng

Küng after winning the 2014 Flèche Ardennaise
Personal information
Full name Stefan Küng
Nickname King Küng[1]
Born (1993-11-16) November 16, 1993
Wil, St. Gallen
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Team information
Current team BMC Racing Team
Discipline Road, track
Role Rider
Rider type Time trialist
Amateur team(s)
2013–2014 BMC Development Team
Professional team(s)
2015– BMC Racing Team
Major wins

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2017)

Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist riding for the BMC Racing Team. He is also a citizen of Liechtenstein.

Career

He is the 2015 individual pursuit world champion, 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.[2] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

Road

2010
7th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
2011
National Junior Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Tour de Berne juniors
Games of the Small States of Europe
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
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
Games of the Small States of Europe
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Giro del Belvedere
3rd Chrono Champenois
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
9th Tour de Berne
2014
UEC European Under–23 Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Young rider classification
1st Prologue
1st Flèche Ardennaise
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 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
Tour de Romandie
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 2 (ITT) BinckBank Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Tour de France
Held after Stages 1–2
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 60 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 79
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

2013
UEC European Under–23 Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
2014
UEC European Under–23 Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
2015
1st Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Kung solos to Romandie win in rainy stage 4". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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