Christoph Pfingsten

Christoph Pfingsten
Pfingsten in 2015
Personal information
Full nameChristoph Pfingsten
Born (1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 37)
Potsdam, East Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
RoleRider
Professional teams
2009–2014Van Vliet–EBH Elshof
2015–2019Bora–Argon 18[1]
2020–2021Team Jumbo–Visma[2][3]

Christoph Pfingsten (born 20 November 1987) is a German former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2021. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[4] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[5]

Major results

Road

2006
2nd Overall Mainfranken-Tour
2007
1st Stage 3 Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc
2009
4th Overall Tour de Berlin
5th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23
7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
2010
3rd Overall Ringerike GP
1st Stage 5
4th Rund um Düren
8th Arno Wallaard Memorial
2011
9th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
2012
3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
2013
1st Prologue (TTT) Volta a Portugal
3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
3rd Ronde van Overijssel
2014
4th Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Prologue
8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
2015
10th Scheldeprijs
2016
5th Overall Danmark Rundt
2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
7th Gran Piemonte
2019
2nd Rund um Köln

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 58 — DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 75 142 — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Cyclo-cross

2004–2005
2nd National Junior Championships
3rd UCI Junior World Championships
3rd UEC European Junior Championships
2008–2009
2nd UCI Under-23 World Championships
2009–2010
2nd National Championships
2nd Int. Radcross
3rd Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen
2010–2011
1st Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen
2nd National Championships
2nd Velka Cena Mesta Tabora
Toi Toi Cup
1st Uničov
3rd Loštice
2011–2012
1st National Championships
1st Overall Toi Toi Cup
1st Holé Vrchy
1st Louny
1st Hlinsko
1st Frankfurter Rad-Cross
2012–2013
2nd Frankfurter Rad-Cross
3rd National Championships

References

  1. ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.