# Bob Jungels

Bob Jungels (born 22 September 1992) is a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.

## Career

Born in Rollingen, Mersch, Luxembourg, Jungels competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2015, as part of the UCI World Tour team Trek Factory Racing, finishing 27th overall and 5th in the young rider classification.

### Etixx–Quick-Step (2016–20)

Jungels signed for Etixx–Quick-Step for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia where he finished sixth overall and won the young rider classification.
In 2017 he confirmed his ambitions in the general classification by finishing 8th in the Giro d'Italia. He also defended the young rider classification from the previous edition. Only Vladimir Poulnikov and Pavel Tonkov won the classification in consecutive years before him. In the process he was able to take stage 15 and became the first rider from Luxembourg, since Charly Gaul 56 years earlier, to win at the Giro d'Italia.
In 2018, Jungels won Liège–Bastogne–Liège after a solo attack on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons.

### AG2R Citroën Team (2021–22)

In August 2020, Jungels signed a two-year contract with the AG2R Citroën Team from the 2021 season.
His first season with the French squad was hampered first by a back injury and then a head injury suffered in a crash in the Amstel Gold Race. Then in June 2021 the team announced that he would miss the Tour de France and the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics for surgery for iliac artery endofibrosis. He returned to competition after a 93-day absence at the Tour de Luxembourg in September.
Jungels regained his title at the Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships in 2022, finishing around half a minute faster than any other competitor over the 13.6-kilometre (8.5-mile) course in Nospelt. Following this success, Jungels' next race was the Tour de France – prior to the race, he tested positive for COVID-19 on the two days prior to the opening individual time trial stage, but was allowed to compete by both the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and race organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). After finishing in the top-ten placings in the sprint finish on stage eight, Jungels got into the breakaway on the following stage. On the day's third categorised climb, the Col de la Croix, Jungels attacked the breakaway group with 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) left to climb. Jungels eventually soloed to victory as the race returned to France, finishing 22 seconds clear of Jonathan Castroviejo in Châtel, to become the first cyclist from Luxembourg to win a stage since Andy Schleck in 2011. He ultimately finished the race in 12th place overall.

### Bora–Hansgrohe (2022-24)

In August 2022, it was announced that Jungels was to join Bora–Hansgrohe for the 2023 season, on an initial two-year contract with an option for a further year.

### Ineos Grenadiers

In August 2024, it was announced that Jungels was to join Ineos Grenadiers for the 2025 season, on a two-year contract.

## Career achievements
### Major results

Source:

### Cyclo-cross
#### 2008–2009

    1st National Junior Championships
    1st Junior Leudelange
    1st Junior Niederanven

#### 2009–2010

    1st National Junior Championships

### Road
#### 2009

    National Junior Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    2nd Time trial, UEC European Junior Championships
    2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
    4th Overall Tour de Lorraine
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)
    5th Overall 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)

#### 2010

    1st Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
    National Junior Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Points classification
    1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    1st Overall Keizer der Juniores Koksijde
       1st Stages 1 & 2a (ITT)
    1st Overall 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt
       1st Stage 1 (ITT)
    1st Mountains classification, GP Général Patton
    2nd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
    3rd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt Juniors

#### 2011

    Games of the Small States of Europe
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    National Under-23 Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       2nd Time trial
       10th Road race
    3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
       1st Young rider classification

#### 2012 (1 pro win)

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
    1st Overall Flèche du Sud
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 4 (ITT)
    1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
       1st Points classification
    1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    1st Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
    2nd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2nd Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd La Côte Picarde
    7th Chrono Champenois
    8th Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
    9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

#### 2013 (4)

    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
    5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 4

#### 2014

    2nd Time trial, National Championships
    9th Overall Critérium International
    Combativity award Stage 17 Vuelta a España

#### 2015 (4)

    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    6th Overall Tour de Suisse
    10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

#### 2016 (3)

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team time trial
       10th Time trial
    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Young rider classification
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Young rider classification
       Held after Stages 10–12
    10th Overall Eneco Tour

#### 2017 (2)

    National Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    1st Young rider classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 15
       Held after Stages 4–8
    8th Overall Tour de Romandie

#### 2018 (4)

    1st Team time trial, UCI World Championships
    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    1st Prologue Okolo Slovenska
    3rd La Drôme Classic
    5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
    5th Overall Tour of Britain
    7th Vuelta a Murcia

#### 2019 (4)

    National Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    1st Stage 4 Tour Colombia
    3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    5th E3 Binckbank Classic
    8th Overall Paris–Nice

#### 2020 (1)

    National Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race

#### 2022 (2)

    1st Time trial, National Championships
    1st Stage 9 Tour de France
    6th Overall Tour de Suisse

#### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | 33 | — | — | — | 39 | — |
| Tour de France | — | 27 | — | — | 11 | — | 43 | — | 12 | 26 | 37 |
| Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 51 | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||
| Race | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | 18 | 23 | — | — | — | 8 | 15 | 27 | — | 19 | 34 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 3 | 14 | 18 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | NH | 59 | — | — | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 57 | 31 | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 91 |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | DNF | 8 | — | — | NH | — | 61 | 42 | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | 86 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 42 | — | — | — | 40 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | NH | 19 | 6 | — | — |

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | 73 | — | 52 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 56 | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 62 | 82 | — | — | 1 | — | 94 | — | 58 | — | 45 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | 52 | — | — | — | 67 | DNF |
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 32 | — | — | — | 126 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | NH | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 55 | — | — | — | 98 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 17 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | NH | — | 65 | — | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | NH | — | 70 | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 38 | 23 | 43 | 39 | 33 | — | NH | DNF | — | — | 33 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 143 | DNF | 66 | 39 | 41 | — | 70 | — | 78 | — | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 16 | — | 80 | 84 | — | 52 | — | NH | — | — | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |

### Honours and awards

In 2010, Jungels was the winner of the Prix du Jeune Espoir Luxembourgeois. In 2018, Jungels was the men's winner at the Luxembourgish Sportspeople of the Year awards.