# Stefan Küng

Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. 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. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.
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.
He is scheduled to compete in the time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in his home country of Switzerland.

## 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 Road race, National Championships
    5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    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 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | 79 | 53 | 96 | DNF | 49 | 33 | 54 | DNF |
| 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 | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Giro di Lombardia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 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)