Hanka Kupfernagel

Hanka Kupfernagel (born 19 March 1974 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a retired German professional cycle racer. During most of her career her primary focus was cyclo-cross racing, however, she has also won major road, track and mountain bike races. She has won seven consecutive medals at the UCI Women's Cyclo-cross World Championships, including three gold medals in 2000, 2001 and 2005; two silver medals in 2002 and 2003; and the bronze medal in 2004. Her major career victories also include a gold medal in the individual time trial competition at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart and a silver medal in the road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

She finished 1st in the year-end UCI world class rankings in 1997 and 1999 winning the 1999 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine in the process. Kupfernagel captured the Emakumeen Bira cyclo-cross race for three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999.

In 2007, the three-times world cyclo-cross champion added world time trial champion to her palmares when she won gold at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships Women's Time Trial. She also won the Sparkassen Giro Bochum.

In 2008, she had a very strong cyclo-cross season, winning two World Cup races and even though she finished in the second place six times, she had enough point to claim the overall World Cup title. She seemed to be the favourite for the women's race at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, but she was not able to defend her title as Marianne Vos beat her during a sprint finish and left her with the silver medal.

Kupfernagel officially retired in 2016. After three and a half years out of competition she participated in the German cyclo-cross championship 2019 at the age of 44 finishing the race in second place.

Major results Road

1992

1994

1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 2nd Frühjahrsstraßenpreis 3rd Overall Essen Etappenfahrt 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine

1995 National Road Championships

1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Frühjahrsstraßenpreis 1st Laimnau-Wiesertsweiler 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt 1st Karbach Criterium 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium 1st Forst Criterium 1st Forst Chrono (TTT) 1st Irrel-Ferschweller 1st Bollendorf Criterium 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

1996

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf Criterium 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt Criterium 1st Wißmannsdorf I Criterium 1st Wißmannsdorf II Criterium 1st Genthin Criterium 1st Genthin Chrono (TTT) 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium

1997 National Road Championships

1st Stage 2

1st Stages 1a, 2 & 6a

1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Niederwangen Criterium 1st Forst Criterium 1st Forst Chrono (TTT) 1st Bad Schussenried Criterium 7th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

1998

1st Söhnlein-Rheingold-Strassenpreis 1st Wiesbaden Criterium 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf Criterium 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt Criterium 1st Karbach Criterium 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse UCI Road World Championships 3rd Road Race 3rd Time Trial 3rd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 9th La Flèche Wallonne

1999

1st Stage 3

1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Berlin Criterium 1st Sankt Wendel Criterium 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 2nd Canberra Women's Classic 3rd Liberty Classic

2000 National Road Championships

1st Stage 3a

1st Stage 5b Olympic Games 2nd Road Race 8th Time Trial 3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin

2001 1st Dortmund Classic 1st Boxmeer Criterium National Road Championships 2nd Road Race 3rd Time Trial

2002

2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová

2003 1st Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen 2nd Overall Albstadt Frauen Etappenrennen 2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin

2004 2nd La Flèche Wallonne

2006 3rd Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine

2007

1st Stage 3 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum 1st Stage 4a Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st Stage 1 Albstadt Frauen Etapperen

2008

2009 1st Stage 5 Tour du Grand Montréal

2010

1st Stage 2 3rd Time Trial, National Road Championships

2011

1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Stage 3 Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 3rd Road Race, National Road Championships 4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum

2012

2nd Overall Tour de Free State Open de Suède Vårgårda 2nd Road Race 5th Team Time Trial 6th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Prologue

2013

9th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen

2015 5th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 5th Nagrade Ljubljana

Cyclo-cross & Mountainbike

1995 1st Nobeyama Supercross #1 1st Shiojiri Cyclo-cross

1996 1st Herford Cyclo-cross

1997 1st GP Montferland Cyclo-cross

1999 1st München Cyclo-cross 1st Obergösgen Cyclo-cross 1st Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross

2000

1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st Schulteiss Cup Cyclocross 1st Lutterbach Cyclo-cross 1st Gavere Cyclo-cross 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti Cyclo-cross 1st Zolder Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross

2001

1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Wortegem-Petegem 1st Kersttrofee 1st Azencross 1st Lutterbach Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross

2002

1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

2003

1st Sankt Wendel Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main, Cyclo-cross 1st Kleinmachnow Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Duinencross Koksijde, Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships

2004 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking 1st Overall UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Schulteiss Cup Berlin Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross 3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

2005

1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Internationale Sluitingsprijs 1st Schulteiss Cup Berlin Cyclo-cross 1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 3rd UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships

2006

1st Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin 1st Magstadt, Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup Lorsch Cyclo-cross 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2nd UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships

2007 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking

1st GP Adri van der Poel 1st Azencross 1st Frankfurt am Main

2008 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

1st Liévin Cyclo-cross 1st GP Adri van der Poel 1st Tabor Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Scheldecross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross

2009 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking 1st Overall UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

1st City Cross Cup Lorsch Cyclo-cross 1st Strullendorf Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

2010

1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Scheldecross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships

2011

1st Vlaamse Witloof Veldrit 1st Baden Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup 1st Frenkendorf Cyclo-cross

2012

1st GP Oberbaselbiet 1st City Cross Cup 1st Frankfurt am Main

2013 1st Stadl-Paura Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup

2014

2015 1st Illnau Cyclo-cross 1st Steinmaur Cyclo-cross

Track 1991 2nd UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1992 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships

1993

1994

1995

1996 2nd Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships