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 13.6 km 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 3 km 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
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.

Major results
Source:

Cyclo-cross

 * 2008–2009
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Junior Championships
 * 1st Junior Leudelange
 * 1st Junior Niederanven


 * 2009–2010
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG National Junior Championships

Road

 * 2009
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg 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 Jersey rainbow chrono.svg Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta al Besaya
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Keizer der Juniores Koksijde
 * 1st Stages 1 & 2a (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt
 * 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, GP Général Patton
 * 2nd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
 * 3rd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt Juniors


 * 2011
 * Games of the Small States of Europe
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Road race
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Time trial
 * National Under-23 Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Time trial
 * 10th Road race
 * 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification


 * 2012 (1 pro win)
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Flèche du Sud
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
 * 1st Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 2nd Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
 * 1st Jersey white.svg 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 MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG 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
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 17 Vuelta a España


 * 2015 (4)
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
 * 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía


 * 2016 (3)
 * UCI World Championships
 * 1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial
 * 10th Time trial
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
 * 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 10–12
 * 10th Overall Eneco Tour


 * 2017 (2)
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Stage 15
 * Held Jersey pink.svg after Stages 4–8
 * 8th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 2018 (4)
 * 1st Gold medal uci.svg Team time trial, UCI World Championships
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG 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 MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Road race
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG 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 MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race


 * 2022 (2)
 * 1st MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG Time trial, National Championships
 * 1st Stage 9 Tour de France
 * 6th Overall Tour de Suisse

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.