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 (2022-24)

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.

Ineos Grenadiers

In August 2024, it was announced that Jungels was to join 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 <small>(1 pro win)</small>

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 <small>(4)</small>

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 <small>(4)</small>

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 <small>(3)</small>

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 <small>(2)</small>

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 <small>(4)</small>

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 <small>(4)</small>

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 <small>(1)</small>

National Championships

:1st Time trial

:2nd Road race

2022 <small>(2)</small>

1st Time trial, National Championships

1st Stage 9 Tour de France

6th Overall Tour de Suisse

2025 <small>(1)</small>

1st Time trial, National Championships

1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria

Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España

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

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