Stefan Küng

Stefan Küng
Küng in 2022
Personal information
Full nameStefan Küng
NicknameKing Küng[1]
Born (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31)
Wil, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current teamGroupama–FDJ
DisciplinesRoad
Track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist (road)
Classics specialist (road)
Pursuitist (track)
Amateur team
2013–2014BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2015–2018BMC Racing Team
2019–Groupama–FDJ[2][3]
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2018)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2024)

Stage races

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2021)

One-day races and Classics

European Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)
National Time Trial Championships (2017–2021, 2024)
National Road Race Championships (2020)
Track
Individual pursuit, World Championships (2015)
Medal record
Representing  Switzerland
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wollongong Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ponferrada Under-23 time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Harrogate Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Imola Time trial
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plouay Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2021 Trentino Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nyon Under-23 road race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2024 Limburg Time trial
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yvelines Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Cali Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Minsk Individual pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grenchen Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit
Representing  Liechtenstein
Men's road bicycle racing
Games of the Small States of Europe
Gold medal – first place 2013 Luxembourg Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2011 Liechtenstein Road race
Silver medal – second place 2011 Liechtenstein Time trial
Representing BMC Racing Team
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Team time trial

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 (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

Road

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 Tour de Berne Juniors
Games of the Small States of Europe
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
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
Games of the Small States of Europe
1st Time trial
5th Road race
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 Overall Tour de Normandie
1st Young rider classification
1st Prologue
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
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
2nd Team time trial, UCI World Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Britain
Tour de France
Held after Stages 1–2
2018 (3)
1st Time trial, National Championships
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 9 (ITT)
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 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
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 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 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

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 60 — — — — — — DNF —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 79 53 96 DNF 49 33 54 DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — — — — — — 39

Classics results timeline

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 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

Track

2011
1st Madison, UEC European Junior Championships (with Théry Schir)
National Junior Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Loïc Perizzolo)
2013
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Théry Schir)
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
3rd Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
2014
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
UCI World Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Madison (with Théry Schir)
2015
1st Individual pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Théry Schir)

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. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Groupama – FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Stefan Küng solos to Romandie win in rainy stage 4". VeloNews. 1 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  6. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. ^ "VUELTA'24 Final Stage 21: Küng TT King - Roglič the Vuelta Emperor! - PezCycling News". pezcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  8. ^ "ANALYSIS - Stefan Küng: Switzerland's Best Hope for World Championship Glory?". CyclingUpToDate.com. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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