Stefan Küng (born 16 November 1993) is a Swiss cyclist who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
. He is also a citizen of
Liechtenstein
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.
Career
Küng won the
individual pursuit
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It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
at the
2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, after beating
Jack Bobridge in the final. Küng only took the lead in the final . In the
2015 Tour de Romandie, he grabbed the biggest victory of his career at that point in solo fashion. On a cold rainy day, he was part of the early breakaway and dropped his fellow escapees some before the line, resisting to their return while riding toward victory in Fribourg. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the
2017 Tour de France.
Küng won his first individual
Grand Tour stage at the
2024 Vuelta a España on the final stage of the race, beating out race leader
Primož Roglič in the time trial by a comfortable 31 seconds.
He is scheduled to compete in the time trial at the
2024 UCI Road World Championships
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in his home country of
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
.
Major results
Road
;2010
: 7th Overall
Tour du Pays de Vaud
: 8th Time trial,
UEC European Junior Championships
;2011
: National Junior Championships
::1st
Time trial
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::3rd
Road race
: 1st
Tour de Berne Juniors
:
Games of the Small States of Europe
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::2nd

Road race
::2nd

Time trial
: 3rd Overall
Driedaagse van Axel
The SPIE Internationale Junioren Driedaagse van Axel () is a junior (ages 17–18) multi-day cycling race held annually in the Netherlands. It was part of the UCI Junior World Cup from 1993 to 2007.
Winners
References
External links
*
Cy ...
: 3rd Overall
Tour du Pays de Vaud
::1st Stage 6
: 10th Overall
Grand Prix Rüebliland
;2013
: National Under-23 Championships
::1st
Time trial
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::3rd
Road race
:
Games of the Small States of Europe
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::1st

Time trial
::5th Road race
: 1st
Giro del Belvedere
: 3rd
Chrono Champenois
: 6th
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
: 9th
Tour de Berne
;2014
:
UEC European Under-23 Championships
::1st

Road race
::1st

Time trial
: 1st Overall
Tour de Normandie
::1st Young rider classification
::1st Prologue
: 1st
Flèche Ardennaise
: 2nd
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 3rd
Time trial
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,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
: 4th
Chrono Champenois
: 8th
Tour de Berne
: 10th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
;2015
(2 pro wins)
: 1st
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 1st
Volta Limburg Classic
: 1st Stage 4
Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
: 4th Overall
Three Days of De Panne
;2016
: 1st Stage 5 (
TTT)
Eneco Tour
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 7th Overall
Three Days of De Panne
: 9th Overall
Ster ZLM Toer
The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries
The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road bicycle racer, road cycling tour. It was inaugurat ...
;2017
(3)
: National Championships
::1st
Time trial
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::2nd
Road race
:
Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 1st Stage 2 (
ITT)
BinckBank Tour
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
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 ...
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 2nd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 3rd Overall
Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time.
The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after th ...
:
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 ...
::Held after Stages 1–2
;2018
(3)
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Championships
:
Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...
::1st Stages 1 (
TTT) & 9 (
ITT)
: 1st Stage 2 (
ITT)
BinckBank Tour
: 1st Stage 3 (
TTT)
Tour de France
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: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
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 ...
: 1st Stage 3 (
TTT)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 3rd
Team time trial
A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events).
The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 7th Time trial,
UEC European Championships
: 10th
E3 Harelbeke
;2019
(5)
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Championships
: 1st
Tour du Doubs
: 1st Stage 2
Tour de Romandie
The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
: 1st Stage 3 (
ITT)
Volta ao Algarve
Volta may refer to:
Persons
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...
:
UCI World Championships
::3rd
Road race
::10th
Time trial
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: 3rd Overall
Okolo Slovenska
::1st Stage 1b (
ITT)
: 4th Time trial,
UEC European Championships
: 8th Overall
BinckBank Tour
: 9th
Binche–Chimay–Binche
;2020
(3)
: 1st Time trial,
UEC European Championships
: National Championships
::1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
::1st
Road race
: 3rd
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 3rd Overall
BinckBank Tour
: 5th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
: 8th
Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
: 9th
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
:
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 ...
::
Combativity award Stages 10 & 14
;2021
(6)
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UEC European Championships
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Championships
: 1st Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
::1st Stage 4 (
ITT)
: 1st
Chrono des Nations
: 1st Stage 1 (
ITT)
Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...
: 4th
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
: 5th
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 5th Overall
Benelux Tour
: 6th
Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...
;2022
(3)
:
UCI World Championships
::1st
Team relay
::2nd
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
: 1st Overall
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
::1st Stage 3b (
ITT)
: 1st
Chrono des Nations
: 2nd
Time trial
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,
UEC European Championships
: 3rd
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 3rd
E3 Saxo Bank Classic
: 5th Overall
Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...
: 5th
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 6th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 7th Overall
Volta ao Algarve
Volta may refer to:
Persons
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...
: 7th
Tour du Doubs
: 8th
Amstel Gold Race
;2023
(2)
:
UCI World Championships
::1st
Team relay
::5th
Road race
: 1st Stage 1 (
ITT)
Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...
: 2nd Overall
Okolo Slovenska
: 4th
Bretagne Classic
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The race was originally named Grand-P ...
: 5th
Road race, National Championships
: 5th Overall
Volta ao Algarve
Volta may refer to:
Persons
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...
::1st Stage 5 (
ITT)
: 5th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
: 6th
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 6th
E3 Saxo Classic
;2024
(3)
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Championships
: 1st
Chrono des Nations
:
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 ...
::1st Stage 21 (
ITT)
::Held after Stage 2
: 2nd
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UEC European Championships
: 3rd
Dwars door Vlaanderen
: 5th
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...
:
Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
::7th
Road race
::8th
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
: 8th
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
,
UCI World Championships
: 9th Overall
Volta ao Algarve
Volta may refer to:
Persons
* Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
* Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1 ...
;2025
: 6th
E3 Saxo Classic
: 7th
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
: 9th
Dwars door Vlaanderen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
Track
;2011
: 1st

Madison,
UEC European Junior Championships (with
Théry Schir
Théry Schir (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results Track
;2011
: UEC European Junior Track Ch ...
)
: National Junior Championships
::1st Omnium
::2nd Madison (with
Loïc Perizzolo
Loïc Perizzolo (born 20 October 1988, in Veyrier) is a Swiss racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, moun ...
)
;2013
:
UEC European Under-23 Championships
::1st

Individual pursuit
::1st

Team pursuit
::2nd

Madison (with
Théry Schir
Théry Schir (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results Track
;2011
: UEC European Junior Track Ch ...
)
: 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
: 3rd
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
,
UCI World Championships
;2014
:
UEC European Under-23 Championships
::1st

Individual pursuit
::1st

Team pursuit
:
UCI World Championships
::2nd
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
::3rd
Madison (with
Théry Schir
Théry Schir (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results Track
;2011
: UEC European Junior Track Ch ...
)
;2015
: 1st
Individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
,
UCI World Championships
:
UEC European Championships
::1st

Individual pursuit
::2nd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: National Championships
::1st Individual pursuit
::1st Points race
::1st Madison (with
Théry Schir
Théry Schir (born 18 February 1993) is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Major results Track
;2011
: UEC European Junior Track Ch ...
)
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Swiss male cyclists
Liechtenstein male cyclists
People from Wil
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from the canton of St. Gallen
Tour de Suisse stage winners
UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Swiss sportsmen