Stefan Küng

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.

Stefan Küng

Küng in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Küng
Nickname	King Küng[1]
Born	(1993-11-16) 16 November 1993 (age 31) Wil, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current team	Groupama–FDJ
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist (road) Classics specialist (road) Pursuitist (track)
Amateur team
2013–2014	BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2015–2018	BMC 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 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay 2023 Glasgow Mixed team relay 2022 Wollongong Time trial 2014 Ponferrada Under-23 time trial 2019 Harrogate Road race 2020 Imola Time trial European Championships 2020 Plouay Time trial 2021 Trentino Time trial 2014 Nyon Under-23 road race 2022 Munich Time trial 2024 Limburg Time trial Men's track cycling World Championships 2015 Yvelines Individual pursuit 2014 Cali Individual pursuit 2013 Minsk Individual pursuit European Championships 2015 Grenchen Individual pursuit 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit Representing  Liechtenstein Men's road bicycle racing Games of the Small States of Europe 2013 Luxembourg Time trial 2011 Liechtenstein Road race 2011 Liechtenstein Time trial Representing BMC Racing Team Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 2015 Richmond Team time trial 2016 Doha Team time trial

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
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
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.

External links

• BMC Racing team profile
• Stefan Küng at ProCyclingStats