John Degenkolb
Degenkolb in 2015
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| Full name | John Degenkolb | ||||||||||||
| Born |
7 January 1989 Gera, East Germany |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Trek–Segafredo | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics rider Sprinter |
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| 2008–2010 | Thüringer Energie Team | ||||||||||||
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| 2011 | HTC–Highroad | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Project 1t4i | ||||||||||||
| 2017– | Trek–Segafredo | ||||||||||||
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John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.
In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, and finished second in the under 23 race at the Road World Championship. His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five monuments. He has also won the 2014 Gent–Wevelgem, ten stages and the points classification at the Vuelta a España, one stage of the Giro d'Italia, two stages of the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné, the 2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics and the overall winner of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.
In 2011, Degenkolb turned professional with the UCI World Tour HTC–Highroad squad, following in the footsteps of other notable sprinters such as Mark Cavendish and André Greipel. In his debut season in the professional ranks he won stages at the Volta ao Algarve, the Three Days of West Flanders and the Bayern-Rundfahrt before winning two stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné. He also won the Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz one day race.
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