Bob Jungels

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

Career Born in Luxembourg City, 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. In August 2026, he announced his retirement from professional cycling on Instagram.

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 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

National Under-23 Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial UEC European Under-23 Championships

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 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

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)

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 2025 (1) 1st Time trial, National Championships 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España

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 — —68 — 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 — — — — — — — 91 Tour de Romandie — — DNF8 — — — 61 42 — Critérium du Dauphiné 86 — — — 25 — 42 — — — 40 Tour de Suisse —6 — — — —NH 196 — —

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 — — — — — —5NH — 65 — — Dwars door Vlaanderen DNF — — — — —3 — 70 — — Amstel Gold Race — 38 23 43 39 33 — 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.