James Knox
Knox, as a WIGGINS rider in 2016.
Personal information
Full nameJames Alexander Knox
NicknameKnoxy
Born (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28)
Levens, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2014–2015Zappi
Professional teams
2016–2017WIGGINS
2018–Quick-Step Floors[1][2]

James Alexander Knox (born 4 November 1995) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[3]

Career

Knox at the 2021 Giro d'Italia

In 2017, Knox came second in the under-23 version of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[4] In September of that year Quick-Step Floors announced that Knox would turn professional with the team for the 2018 season.[1]

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[5] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[6] He was in the general classification Top 10 with two stages to go, however he lost 11 minutes on the penultimate stage after crashing the day before, eventually finishing in 11th place.[7]

Major results

2012
8th Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Stage 4
2013
3rd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 4
2014
9th Piccolo Giro dell'Emilia
2015
8th Trofeo PIVA
9th Clássica Loulé
2016
4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
6th Overall Course de la Paix U23
2017
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
6th Overall Tour Alsace
8th Overall Tour of Croatia
8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Adriatica Ionica Race
6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2019
3rd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
8th Overall UAE Tour
10th Overall Tour de Pologne
2020
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
2021
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
2022
6th Overall Deutschland Tour
2023
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Giro d'Italia — DNF 14 53 81 —
Tour de France — — — — — —
Vuelta a España — 11 — 100 — 65
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Paris–Nice — — — — — —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — 7 — — —
Volta a Catalunya 78 25 NH 34 — —
Tour of the Basque Country DNF — 14 DNF 8
Tour de Romandie DNF 14 — 71 DNF
Critérium du Dauphiné 79 — 76 — — —
Tour de Suisse — — NH — 73 70

References

  1. ^ a b "James Knox moves up to WorldTour with Quick-Step Floors". cyclingnews.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "'It's just about whether you're good enough': Young Brit James Knox on his WorldTour ambition". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Knox drops out of top 10 but pays tribute to teammates on day of suffering at Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.

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