Lennard Kämna (born 9 September 1996) is a German professional

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Junior cycling

At the age of 14, Kämna left his family home in

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to attend a

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. In 2014, he became the junior world champion in the individual time trial at the

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, having already won the German and European championships at the same level earlier in the year. A year later, he finished third in the under-23 time trial at the

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. His effort was impeded by strong winds and light rain, a fact that benefited first and second placed

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and

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, who both started earlier in the day. In June 2015, he also became the German under-23 champion in the time trial.

Professional career

He rode with in 2015, before his team and merged for the 2016 season. In his first year as a professional, he won the German under-23 Bundesliga and became German mountain champion ( Deutsche Bergmeisterschaften). On 14 September 2016, Kämna won the gold medal in the under-23 time trial event at the European Road Championships in

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, France. He rode in the

2017 Vuelta a España The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season ...

, and completed 17 stages of the race. At the

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, Kämna was part of the squad that took the gold medal in the men's team time trial competition, and went on to claim the silver medal in the under-23 road race behind

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. In June 2018 Sunweb announced that Kämna would take a break from cycle racing "reflect on his long-term career goals", having not raced since Milan-San Remo earlier that year due to illness. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Tour de France The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 race stage, stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before movi ...

. Kämna took his first senior individual race win at the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, where he won the fourth stage. Shortly afterwards he rode the

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, where he took his first Grand Tour stage win on stage 16 of the race, attacking a reducing lead group on the penultimate climb and being joined by

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, and subsequently countering an attack by Carapaz and building up a lead on the descent and the last climb to win by one and a half minutes. He had previously narrowly missed out on the win on the thirteenth stage of the race, losing out in the final sprint to Daniel Martínez at the summit finish on Puy Mary. Kamna won stage four of the 2022 Giro d’Italia after being part of a breakaway group on a mountain stage.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2022/stage-4/results/

Major results

;2013 : 4th Overall Int. 3-Etappenfahrt der Rad-Junioren ;2014 : 1st Jersey rainbow chrono

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, UCI Junior Road World Championships : 1st European champion jersey 2014

Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 1st MaillotAllemania

, National Junior Road Championships : 1st MaillotAllemania

National Junior Hillclimb Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Grand Prix Rüebliland The Grand Prix Rüebliland is a junior (ages 17–18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It was part of the UCI Junior World Cup until 2007. Winners References External links

* Cycle races in Switz ...

::1st Stage 1 : 2nd Overall Tour of Istria - Memorial Edi Rajkovic ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall

Trofeo Karlsberg The Saarland Trofeo, formerly the Trofeo Karlsberg, is a junior multi-day cycling race held annually in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the Nort ...

::1st Stage 2b (

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) : 4th Overall

Peace Race Juniors The Peace Race Juniors, officially known as the Course de la Paix Juniors, is a junior (ages 17-18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Czech Republic. It is part of the UCI Junior Nations' Cup, and is the junior version of the Peace Race ...

;2015 : 1st MaillotAllemania

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc : UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ::3rd Bronze medal uci

::10th Road race : 6th Overall Course de la Paix Under-23 : 9th

Giro del Belvedere The Giro del Belvedere is a professional cycling race held annually in the Treviso province, Italy. It has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

;2016 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 4th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 6th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ;2017 :

::1st

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::2nd

Under-23 road race : 5th Overall

Tour des Fjords Tour des Fjords (known as the Rogaland Grand Prix until 2012) was a road bicycle race held annually between 2008 and 2018 in the region of western Norway. The race merged with the Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held ...

;2020 (2 pro wins) : 1st Stage 16

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

: 3rd Overall

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

: 4th Pollença–Andratx : 7th Overall

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: 8th Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

::1st Stage 4 ;2021 (1) : 1st Stage 5

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

;2022 (4) : 1st MaillotAllemania

, National Road Championships :

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

::1st Stage 4 ::Held MaillotAzul

after Stages 4–6 :: Jersey red number

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Stage 1 : 1st Stage 3

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 1st Stage 5

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 4th Faun-Ardèche Classic : 4th

Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior The Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Its first edition was held in 2022, being part of the UCI Europe Tour, with a 1.1 classification. The race in t ...

;2023 (2) : 1st Stage 9

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

: 4th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 6th Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall

;2024 : 8th Overall

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamna, Lennard 1996 births Cyclists from Schleswig-Holstein German Giro d'Italia stage winners German Tour de France stage winners German Vuelta a España stage winners German male cyclists Living people People from Wedel 21st-century German sportsmen