Servais Knaven

Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently sporting and technical manager for AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. He was previously a directeur sportif for Team Sky/Ineos Grenadiers. He rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

As a rider, Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 in wet and muddy conditions that soaked the cobblestones. With a strong representation of Domo–Farm Frites riders in the lead group, he launched an attack with to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1–2–3. He is the second rider in history to start and finish the Hell of the North race 16 times. In 2003, while riding for , Knaven won Stage 17 in the Tour de France. He escaped from a 10 men breakaway to take the win in a mostly flat stage concluding in Bordeaux.

Major results

1991 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Amateur Championships 1st Grote Rivierenprijs 1992 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Amateur Championships 1st Overall Olympia's Tour 1993 1st Overall Teleflex Tour 1st Stage 4b 1st Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Prologue & Stage 9b 1st Ster van Brabant 1995 (1 pro win) 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1996 10th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 1997 (1) 1st Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Prologue Tour of Sweden 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Nokere Koerse 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 1998 (2) 1st Scheldeprijs 4th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 1 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 8th Omloop Het Volk 1999 (1) 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne 7th Omloop Het Volk 2000 (2) 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland 3rd Omloop Het Volk 3rd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic 2001 (1) 1st Paris–Roubaix 4th Overall Danmark Rundt 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen 6th Scheldeprijs 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne 2002 10th Overall Tour of Belgium 2003 (2) 1st Stage 17 Tour de France 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar 1st RaboRonde Heerlen 4th Scheldeprijs 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 5th Gent–Wevelgem 7th Paris–Roubaix 2004 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2005 (1) 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne 2008 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2010 1st Ridderronde Maastricht 9th Batavus Prorace