Bob Jungels

Bob Jungels (born 22 September 1992) is a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam .
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 , finishing 27th overall and 5th in the young rider classification.
Etixx–Quick-Step (2016–20)
Jungels signed for 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 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 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 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
In August 2022, it was announced that Jungels was to join for the 2023 season, on an initial two-year contract with an option for a further year.
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
Classics results timeline
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.
References
External links
1992 births
Living people
Luxembourgian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
Luxembourgian Tour de France stage winners
Luxembourgian Giro d'Italia stage winners