Roger Kluge
Kluge in 2023
Personal information
Born (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 37)
Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Team information
Current teamRad-Net Oßwald
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Lead-out specialist
Amateur teams
2004RG Cottbus
2004–2007RK Endspurt 09 Cottbus
2005–2006Team POT Cottbus
2006–2007Team POT Brandenburg
Professional teams
2008–2009LKT Team Brandenburg
2010Team Milram
2011–2012Skil–Shimano
2013NetApp–Endura
2014–2016IAM Cycling[1]
2017–2018Orica–Scott
2019–2022Lotto–Soudal[2][3][4]
2023–Rad-Net Oßwald
Major wins
Road

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2016)
Track
Madison, World Championships (2018, 2019)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Points race
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Madison
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester Madison
Silver medal – second place 2016 London Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Manchester Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Berlin Madison
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Pruszków Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Madison
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Madison
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Madison
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Madison

Roger Kluge (born 5 February 1986) is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Rad-Net Oßwald.[5] Kluge left NetApp–Endura[6] at the end of the 2013 season, and joined IAM Cycling for the 2014 season.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's points race.[7]

Major results

Road

2007
1st Overall Brandenburg Rundfahrt
1st Stage 2
2nd Berlin–Bad Freienwald–Berlin
2nd Fyen Rundt
2nd Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague
3rd Rund um den Schäferberg
2008
1st Stage 1 Mainfranken-Tour
4th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
9th Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Stage 4
2009
Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Stage 4 Tour de Serbie
National Championships
3rd Road race
5th Time trial
9th Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
1st Stage 6
2010
1st Neuseen Classics
4th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Young rider classification
5th Time trial, National Championships
10th Nokere Koerse
2011
4th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
5th Road race, National Championships
5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
2012
3rd Clásica de Almería
2013
5th Velothon Berlin
7th Rund um Köln
10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
2015
1st Prologue Ster ZLM Toer
4th Overall Bay Classic Series
2016
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
6th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
2017
10th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
2019
4th Down Under Classic
2020
9th Race Torquay
2022
9th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — 162 137 — — DNF — DNF 149
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF — — — 139 — — — — 150 146 DNF —
A red jersey Vuelta a España Has not contested during his career
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

2003
National Junior Championships
2nd Keirin
3rd Team sprint
2004
2nd Madison, National Junior Championships
2005
3rd Munich, UIV Cup
2006
UIV Cup
1st Copenhagen
2nd Ghent
3rd Bremen
2nd Points race, National Championships
3rd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2007
National Championships
1st Points
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Scratch, Sydney
2nd Scratch, Manchester
2nd Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Rotterdam, UIV Cup
2008
2nd Points race, Olympic Games
2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Olaf Pollack)
3rd Madison, UCI World Cup Classics, Los Angeles (with Olaf Pollack)
3rd Six Days of Munich (with Olaf Pollack)
2009
1st Madison, UEC European Championships
National Championships
1st Madison (with Olaf Pollack)
1st Team pursuit
2nd Points race
1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Robert Bartko)
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Kenny De Ketele)
2010
1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Robert Bartko)
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Robert Bartko)
2011
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Robert Bartko)
2012
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Danilo Hondo)
2013
1st Team pursuit, National Championships
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Peter Schep)
2015
1st Omnium, National Championships
2016
2nd Omnium, UCI World Championships
2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Marcel Kalz)
2017
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Christian Grasmann)
2018
1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Theo Reinhardt)
3rd Six Days of London (with Theo Reinhardt)
2019
1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Theo Reinhardt)
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Theo Reinhardt)
2021
2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
2022
1st Six Days of Berlin (with Theo Reinhardt)
2nd Points race, UCI World Championships
2024
1st Madison, UEC European Championships (with Theo Reinhardt)

References

  1. ^ a b "Chavanel, Frank among transfers to IAM Cycling". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Lotto–Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Rad-Net Osswald". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Dropped from Argos-Shimano, Kluge joins NetApp–Endura". Cycling News. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  7. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roger Kluge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links

UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's madison
UEC European Track Champions – Men's omnium
UEC European Track Champions – Men’s madison
Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France
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