Simon Geschke

Simon Geschke (born 13 March 1986) is a German former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024.

Career In the 2015 Tour de France, Geschke won a mountain stage as he was part of the breakaway and soloed across the line in Pra-Loup.

Cofidis (2021–present) In October 2020, Geschke signed with the team as a mountain helper for team leader Guillaume Martin.

At the 2022 Tour de Romandie, Geschke initially rode in support of Ion Izagirre, but moved into overall contention, finishing as part of the lead group on the penultimate stage of the race in Zinal. He then finished second to Aleksandr Vlasov on the final stage, a individual time trial from Aigle to Villars-sur-Ollon, moving up to third overall behind Vlasov and Gino Mäder. Prior to the Tour de France, Geschke finished third in the German National Road Race Championships. At his tenth Tour de France, Geschke wore a classification jersey at the race for the first time; after getting into the breakaway on stage 9, Geschke earned enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification, which was his goal for the stage. He also featured in the breakaways on stages 11, 14, and 16, before losing the jersey to Jonas Vingegaard after stage 17, after 9 days as mountains classification leader – a record for a German rider.

Personal life The son of former track cyclist Jürgen Geschke, Simon Geschke has been a vegan since 2016.

He announced the birth of a child on November 30, 2024

Major results Source:

2006 7th Overall Tour de Guadeloupe 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca 2007 7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1st Stage 1 2008 4th Overall Giro delle Regioni 6th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal 8th Overall Ronde de l'Isard 2009 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 2010 3rd Overall Tour de Seoul 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 4th Hel van het Mergelland 6th Overall Circuit de Lorraine 10th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 2011 (1 pro win) 1st Stage 2 Critérium International 4th Hel van het Mergelland 8th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 10th Brabantse Pijl 2012 2nd Volta Limburg Classic 2013 5th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 5th Brabantse Pijl 8th Roma Maxima 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 2014 (1) 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 4th Brabantse Pijl 6th Amstel Gold Race 9th Roma Maxima 10th Strade Bianche 2015 (1) 1st RaboRonde Heerlen Tour de France 1st Stage 17 Combativity award Stage 17 1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Andalucía Giro d'Italia Held after Stages 9–10 2019 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne 2020 3rd Overall Tour Down Under 5th Gran Piemonte 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve 10th La Flèche Wallonne 2021 7th Polynormande 2022 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 10th Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx Tour de France Held after Stages 9–17 Combativity award Stage 7 2023 7th Overall O Gran Camiño

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Giro d'Italia — — — — — 69 89 — 54 — — — — — — 14 Tour de France 113 — — — 75 — 38 66 64 25 63 48 62 44 DNF 94 / Vuelta a España — — 115 71 — — — — — DNF — DNF — — — —Major stage race general classification results Race 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Paris–Nice — 51 — 71 — — — 23 53 — — — 24 DNF 49 — Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — 39 35 DNF — — DNF — — — — — 60 Volta a Catalunya — — — — — — — — — — DNFNH — — — — Tour of the Basque Country — — — — DNF 64 — DNF DNF — — DNF 27 87 22 Tour de Romandie — — — — — — — — — 76 — —3 89 — Critérium du Dauphiné — — — DNF — — DNF — — — — — 49 38 — — Tour de Suisse — — — — 37 — — 32 — 40 41 — — — 53 —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DSQ Disqualified NH Not held