Simon Geschke (born 13 March 1986) is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Biography

He is the son of former track cyclist

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. In the

2015 Tour de France The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stage ...

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

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Geschke entered the Tour de France for the tenth time in his career. For the first time in his career he wore a classification jersey after getting involved in the breakaway on stage 9, and earning enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification. Initially it was his intent to go for the stage win rather than the jersey classification. He chose to attack for the mountain points on stage nine because he did not feel it would be realistic to attack in the upcoming high mountains, which included five HC climbs with Col du Granon and

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being among them, however he was able to defend the jersey through these climbs in the Alps and into the third week of the race. He lost the jersey on the final HC climb of the Tour de France when Jonas Vingegaard won the race. He set a record for German riders with nine days as King of the Mountains. Geschke has been a vegan since 2016."Is going vegan really game-changing for cyclists?"
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Major results

;2006 : 7th Overall

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite me ...

: 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ;2007 : 7th Overall

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 4th Overall Giro delle Regioni : 6th Overall

Grand Prix du Portugal The Grand Prix du Portugal was a cycling race held annually in Portugal. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, as it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competition for ...

: 8th Overall

;2009 : 9th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt : 10th

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;2010 : 3rd Overall Tour de Seoul : 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt : 4th Hel van het Mergelland : 6th Overall

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

: 10th

;2011 : 1st Stage 2 Critérium International : 4th Hel van het Mergelland : 8th

: 10th Brabantse Pijl ;2012 : 2nd

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2013 : 5th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt : 5th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Roma Maxima : 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec ;2014 : 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 4th Brabantse Pijl : 6th Amstel Gold Race : 9th Roma Maxima : 10th Strade Bianche ;2015 : 1st RaboRonde Heerlen : Tour de France ::1st Stage 17 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 17 : 1st Jersey white

Sprints classification, Vuelta a Andalucía : Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey blue

after Stages 9–10 ;2019 : 1st Jersey violet

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 Overall Tour de Romandie : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx : Tour de France ::Held Jersey polkadot

after Stages 9–17 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 7

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geschke, Simon 1986 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists from Berlin German Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany