Leopold König

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For the Austrian footballer, see Leopold König (footballer).
Leopold König
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König at the 2014 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name Leopold König
Born (1987-11-15) 15 November 1987 (age 36)
Moravská Třebová, Czechoslovakia
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Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2006–2010 PSK Whirlpool–Hradec Krlove
2011–2014
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2015–2016 Team Sky
2017–2019 Bora–Hansgrohe[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2013)
1 TTT stage (2016)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2016)

Leopold König (born 15 November 1987) is a Czech former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the PSK Whirlpool–Author, NetApp–Endura, Team Sky and Bora–Hansgrohe[template problem] teams. Since retiring, he has acted as the race director for the Czech Cycling Tour and the Course de la Paix U23 – Grand Prix Jeseníky.[2][3]

Career

Early career

Born in the small Czech town of Moravská Třebová, 100 miles (160 kilometres) east of Prague, König as a child played ice hockey, using his bike solely for fitness until he started road racing at the age of 14.[4]

Team NetApp (2011–2014)

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König at the 2013 Vuelta a España, where he achieved a stage victory.

König was a stage winner in Caerphilly in September 2012 at the Tour of Britain and in May 2013, he won the queen stage of the Tour of California finishing atop Mount Diablo. König detached himself from a small group in the final kilometers and caught Janier Acevedo, dropping him with only 300 m (980 ft) to go.[5]

However both these wins were eclipsed in August 2013 when he claimed his team's maiden Grand Tour victory by winning a mountain stage to Alto Peñas Blancas in the Vuelta a España after catching climber Igor Antón in the final 500 metres.

König took part in his first Tour de France in 2014, finishing seventh overall after rising two places from ninth by placing fifth in the final time trial.

Team Sky (2015–2016)

König signed for Team Sky for the 2015 season.[6] König achieved his first podium place for the team, scoring third place at the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana.[7] In the Giro d'Italia, he took over the leadership role as his leader Richie Porte suffered a massive loss of time and ultimately withdrew.[8] On Stage 16 featuring the Mortirolo Pass, König was docked 10 seconds for holding onto cars.[9] König performed well in the final stages but not well enough to secure a top 5 finish, finishing 6th overall.

Bora–Hansgrohe (2017–2019)

After two years with Team Sky, König returned to his former team – now known as Bora–Hansgrohe – on a three-year contract.[10] In the first half of the 2017 season, König only competed in two races due to injury.[11] Following his injury-related withdrawal from the 2018 Tirreno–Adriatico, Konig did not race again for the team over the remaining 21 months of his contract, and had no interaction with his Bora–Hansgrohe[template problem] teammates.[12]

Major results

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2005
7th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
2007
9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
2009
6th Grand Prix Kooperativa
9th Grand Prix Boka
2010
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
1st Stage 1
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 3 Tour of Bulgaria
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague
5th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
2011
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour of Austria
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour de l'Ain
9th Overall Tour of Britain
2012
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
3rd Overall Tour of Utah
6th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
10th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 6
2013
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 7 Tour of California
6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
9th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 8
2014
4th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
7th Overall Tour de France
2015
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
3rd Overall Giro del Trentino
3rd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
5th Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'Es Colomer
6th Overall Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
10th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stage 3
2016
1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
9th Trofeo Pollenca-Port de Andratx
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 6 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 7 70 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 9 — — 29
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  4. ↑ Cycling Weekly, Introducing Leopold Konig, Thursday September 5, 2013
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External links

  • Leopold König at UCILua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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  • Leopold König profile at ProCyclingStats
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