Introduction
Bob Jungels (born 22 September 1992) is a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Deceuninck–Quick-Step.
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 Trek Factory Racing, finishing 27th overall and 5th in the young rider classification.
Jungels signed for Etixx–Quick-Step for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia where he would finish 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 Luxembourg rider in 56 years to win at the Giro d'Italia.
In 2018, Jungels won Liege-Bastogne-Liege after a solo attack on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons.
Career achievements
Major results
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | 6 | 8 | — | 33 |
 Tour de France
|
— | 27 | — | — | 11 | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF | — | — | 42 | — | — |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||
| Race | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Paris–Nice
|
18 | 23 | — | — | — | 8 |
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | 3 | 14 | 18 | — |
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | — | — | 24 | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
57 | 31 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | DNF | 8 | — | — |
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
86 | — | — | — | 25 | — |
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | 6 | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monuments results timeline | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Milan–San Remo | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |||
| Paris–Roubaix | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 62 | 82 | — | — | 1 | — | |||
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | ||||
| Classics results timeline | ||||||||||
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |||
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | |||
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |||
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 17 | DNF | — | — | |||
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 38 | 23 | 43 | 39 | 33 | — | |||
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 143 | DNF | 66 | 39 | 41 | — | |||
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 16 | — | — | 84 | — | 52 | — | |||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Honours and awards
Prix du Jeune Espoir Luxembourgeois 2010