Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional

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, who rides for

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. A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken almost 100 victories during his professional career. He has won four

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stages, the

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and 2015 Tour of Flanders one-day races – as a result, becoming the only Norwegian rider, as of , to win a

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– and has won medals in the road race at the

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(

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; bronze), the

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(

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; silver), and the European Road Cycling Championships (2017; gold). He also holds the record for most wins at the one-day races

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(four) and the

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(three), and most stage wins at the

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(nine), the

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(eleven), and the

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(seven).

Career

Early career

At the age of six, he moved from

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. His stepfather got him interested in cycling rather than

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. He started riding for Stavanger SK. At 16 he won the

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in the youth category, and finished fourth at the

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. He turned professional in 2006 with . In 2007, he won the

at 19, beating

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in a sprint of four riders. He won a stage at the

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in both 2008 and 2009, and finished second to

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in the National Road Race Championships in 2009.

BMC Racing Team (2010–2011)

Kristoff joined the , a

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, for the 2010 season. In his first season with the team, his best result was a third-place finish at the

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. The following year, he took his first victory with the team, winning the

title for the second time, and entered his first Grand Tour – the

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, finishing third on stage eight.

Team Katusha (2012–2017)

2012–2013

For the 2012 season, Kristoff joined . His first victory with the team was stage 3a of the

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, but lost the race lead during the final

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stage; he ultimately won the race's points classification. He again competed in the

, finishing second to

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on stage thirteen. Having finished third in the

in late June, Kristoff won a bronze medal in the road race at the

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the following month, leading home the main field eight seconds down on race winner

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. Following the Olympics, Kristoff won a stage and the points classification at the

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, finished third overall and won the points classification at the World Ports Classic, and finished second behind solo winner

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at the

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Alexander Kristoff winner Tour des Fjords 2 stage

The following year, Kristoff led home the chase group at March's

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, finishing in eighth place for his first top-ten

result. He again won stage 3a of the

, to take the race lead ahead of the final

stage where he fared better than in

, finishing sixth – but dropped behind

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in the general classification. He then placed fourth at the

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, again leading home a chasing group of riders, and also finished in the top ten places at

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with ninth. He then won the opening two stages of

, before winning a third stage on the final day. At June's

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, Kristoff took his first victory at

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level, winning the fifth stage into

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from a bunch sprint. After losing out to

in the

, Kristoff then competed in his first

, placing second on the opening stage. Following the Tour de France, Kristoff finished fourth overall at the

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, having won an individual stage, the

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– as part of – and the points classification. His final notable result of the year was a third-place finish at the

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in Germany, behind home riders

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and

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2014

Kristoff took his first win of 2014 at February's

, winning the second stage of the race. The following month, he became the first Norwegian rider to win a

, when he won

in a sprint finish of some 25 riders. He again finished in the top five at the

, with a fifth-place result, before winning the

Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is held annua ...

one-day race in a sprint finish in

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. The latter result started a prolific month of May for Kristoff, as he won two stages and the points classification at the

, and then went on to win three stages, the general classification and the points classification at the

. Having earlier finished second on stages four and six, Kristoff took his first Grand Tour stage win with victory on stage twelve of July's

, prevailing in

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ahead of

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and

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. He took another stage win on stage 15, beating

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and Sagan in

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, as he ultimately finished as runner-up in the

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, some 150 points in arrears of Sagan. He then followed this up with second overall at the

, along with two stage wins and the points classification, and a bunch sprint victory at the

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. He competed in the road race at the

for the first time since

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, culminating in an eighth-place finish. He finished the season with fourteen victories, and an eighth-place finish in the final standings of the

2015

At his first start of the 2015 season, Kristoff won three stages at the

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, finishing third overall and he also won the points classification. He also won stages of the

and

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, either side of a second-place finish to

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. He attempted to retain his

title, but was outsprinted for the victory by

, and ultimately finished second. He then placed fourth at

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, and ninth at

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. At the

, he won the opening stage from a six-man breakaway, having been led out in the sprint by teammate

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. He won the following two stages in bunch sprints, the second of which by ahead of

. Having held a 22-second lead going into the final

, Kristoff recorded the third-fastest time to win both the general and points classifications. He then went on to win April's

, his main goal for the spring classics, to become the first Norwegian rider to win the cobbled

. With some remaining,

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attacked and only Kristoff went with him. The duo got a lead of 30 seconds with the remains of the lead group unable to catch them; Kristoff beat Terpstra in the sprint, to take his biggest win up to that point. Three days later Kristoff won the sprinters' semi-classic

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, becoming the first rider to win the Three Days of De Panne, the Tour of Flanders and the Scheldeprijs in the same season. With this form, Kristoff was seen as a favourite for

, but he ultimately finished the race in tenth place, prior to a pre-planned break from racing. He returned to the peloton a month later at the

, winning the first two stages, the points classification and finishing eighth overall. He then won the first three stages at the

, where he again won the points classification and finished in ninth place overall. He then took two further victories in Switzerland in June, winning both the

and the seventh stage of the

in bunch sprints. Before the end of the season, Kristoff took a further two victories – winning the opening stage of the

and the

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one-day race – to take his tally to twenty wins, while also finishing second at the

, third at the

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, and fourth in the road race at the

in the United States.

2016

Kristoff started his 2016 season with a hat-trick of stage wins at the flat

, finishing in second position overall to

. He then took a further two stage victories at the

, before a second consecutive runner-up finish at

, leading home the main field behind the solo winner

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. He won the opening stage of the

from a three-rider lead group, maintaining the race lead until the final

stage, dropping to second overall behind

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– but he did win the points classification. He was unable to defend his title at the

, leading home a small group of riders in fourth position, before taking another win at the

one-day race, held at the start of May. Prior to the

, Kristoff took a stage victory at the

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, and he finished second to

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at the

. He was unable to take any stage wins at the Tour de France, taking a best result of second place on two occasions, losing out to Cavendish on stage fourteen and

on stage sixteen. He won the opening stage of the

for the second year in succession, before he led home the main field at the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, finishing third behind

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and

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. His final victories of the season came at the

, where he won the general classification, three stages and the points classification.

2017

Kristoff won the points classification at his first two starts of the 2017 season, also winning a stage at the

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and three stages at the

. He added another points classification victory at the

, winning a stage as well as finishing third overall. He recorded top-five finishes at both

(fourth) and the

(fifth) either side of the Three Days of De Panne, before a third win at the

– equalling

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's record – having been led out by Zabel's son Rick Zabel. Having missed out on another stage win at the

– finishing second to

on stage four following

's disqualification – Kristoff took a victory in his first race following the Tour de France, winning the RideLondon–Surrey Classic in a bunch sprint. The following weekend, Kristoff again won a bunch sprint for the men's road race title at the

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in Denmark. He took his first victory in the European champion's jersey at the

, when he won the second stage, which finished on the runway at

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, in a bunch sprint. He missed out in bunch sprints at the

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(fourth) and the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France (second), before winning the points classification at the

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, having finished each of the seven mass-start stages in either third, fourth or fifth place. Kristoff then won a silver medal in the road race at the

on home soil in

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, Norway. Only being out-sprinted by Sagan, who won a third consecutive world title, Kristoff took Norway's third medal in the event – after

's victory in

and

's silver medal in

UAE Team Emirates (2018–2021)

In August 2017, it was confirmed that Kristoff had signed an initial two-year deal with starting from the 2018 season. He moved there with fellow Norwegian

2018

Kristoff started his first season with his new team with a block of racing in the Middle East – riding at the

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, the

and the

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. He took consecutive victories, winning the final stage of the Tour of Oman, and the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour. After another fourth-place finish at

, Kristoff took a record fourth victory at

, and a record-equalling second victory in the

. His only other victory during the season came at the

on the final Champs-Élysées stage, the first Norwegian victory there since

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, as he finished in second place in the

, just as he did in

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2019

Having started his 2019 season in Spain, Kristoff's first victory of the season came with a win on the opening stage of February's

, a record-extending ninth stage win at the race. He then won

in a group sprint of some thirty riders, before leading home a group of riders at the

in third position, taking his first podium in a

since his 2015 Tour of Flanders victory. Kristoff was beaten for the first time at

since his début in 2012, as he finished third behind home riders

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and

. Kristoff then won each of his next two starts; he won the

, having taken the overall lead on the penultimate day with a stage win into

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, before he took a record third victory in the

. Following these successes, Kristoff extended his contract by a further two years, which would see him remain with the team until the end of the 2021 season. At the

, Kristoff's best stage result was a second-place finish to

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on stage four, and in a January 2020 interview with '' Cyclingnews.com'', he felt that he may have competed in his last Tour de France at that time. Over the remainder of the season, Kristoff took two further victories – winning the second stage of the

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, and the opening stage of the

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska (; ) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages. History Okolo Slovenska ...

– and recorded top-ten finishes in the road race at both the

(fourth) and the

(seventh), leading home the bunch sprint at both.

2020–2021

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Prior to the

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-enforced suspension of racing in 2020, Kristoff had taken a second-place finish at the

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

, and a third-place finish at

. Following the resumption of racing, Kristoff ended up riding the

in August, following the postponement of the

to October. At the Tour de France, Kristoff avoided all the crashes on the opening stage and won the final sprint in

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian National Road Race Championships, Norwegian national road race champion ( ...

. He ultimately ceded the jersey to

Julian Alaphilippe Julian Alaphilippe (; born 11 June 1992) is a French professional road cyclist, former cyclo-cross racer and two-time UCI World Road Champion, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of racing cyclist Bryan Alaphilippe. Career E ...

following the next stage, having lost nearly half an hour on a hilly parcours around Nice. His only other podium finish during the season came at the

, when he led a chasing group across the line in third place, eight seconds in arrears of

Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Belgian-born Dutch professional Cycle sport, cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, mountain biking, Gravel cycling, gravel and road bicyc ...

and

Wout van Aert Wout van Aert (born 15 September 1994) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racing, road and cyclo-cross Cycle sport, racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Van Aert won three consecutive men's races at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in ...

. In 2021, Kristoff did not record any top-five results in the first third of the season, with his first such result coming at the one-day races held as part of the

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (, ) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or early February. The event is used as an early season preparato ...

– finishing fifth in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana and second in the Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia. He won the points classification at the

, having finished each of the first two stages in second place. His only individual victories of the season came at August's

, winning the second and fourth stages as he finished the race in third place overall, before recording a further third-place finish in the

held the following month. He did not ride any of the Grand Tours for the first time since 2010, his first season as a professional.

Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux (2022)

In August 2021, Kristoff signed a one-year contract with for the 2022 season, where he was joined by his compatriot

. Making his début with a block of racing in Spain, Kristoff took his first victory with the team, and in Spain as a whole, at the

, winning in a bunch sprint. He then finished third in

Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...

, tenth at the

, before a second win of the season at the

– taking a solo victory, having attacked within the last of the race. Kristoff recorded further podium finishes at

(third), and the

Grand Prix du Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being part of the French Road Cy ...

(second), before a stage victory at the

, winning the final stage in his home city of

. Kristoff finished second to

Rasmus Tiller Rasmus Fossum Tiller (born 28 July 1996) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. He is the son of former Norwegian professional cyclist Tone Foss ...

in the

, before a third-place finish at the

Tour of Leuven Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 ''Grote Prijs Jef Scherens'') is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is ...

, leading a small group home behind

Victor Campenaerts Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career He rode in the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ran ...

and

Zdeněk Štybar Zdeněk Štybar (; born 11 December 1985) is a Czech former professional cyclist, who rode professionally in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing between 2005 and 2024 for , the and . In the early part of his career, Štybar prioritised competin ...

. Three days after the latter, Kristoff was able to get the better of Campenaerts and

Dries Van Gestel Dries Van Gestel (born 30 September 1994) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2012 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time trial : 1st Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps : 4t ...

when he won sprint into

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at the finish of

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. He was the top Norwegian finisher in the road race at the

in mid-August, finishing in eighth place, before he won the second stage of the

at the end of the month. He finished the season with a sixth-place finish in the road race at the

in Australia, with he and Tiller finishing as part of the lead group behind solo winner

Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel (; born 25 January 2000) is a Belgian professional cyclist and Olympic gold medalist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Evenepoel is widely regarded as one of the best Individual time trial, time trialists of his generation; he is a t ...

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (2023–present)

Kristoff did not extend his contract with into 2023, instead signing a three-year contract with

from the 2023 season onwards. Kristoff started the season in Iberia, finishing fourth in the

, before taking his first victory with the team, winning a bunch sprint on the opening stage of the

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Lagos Lagos ( ; ), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria. With an upper population estimated above 21 million dwellers, it is the largest city in Nigeria, the most populous urban area on the African continent, and on ...

. His next victory came three months later, when he won in

for the second year in succession on the final stage of the

. Either side of the

, Kristoff finished second in the

behind teammate and solo winner

Fredrik Dversnes Fredrik Dversnes (born 20 March 1997) is a Norwegian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2019 : 8th Gylne Gutuer ;2020 : 4th Lillehammer GP : 9th Hafjell GP ;2021 : 1st Overall International Tour of Rhodes : 1s ...

, and then second in the

Egmont Cycling Race Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race started out as 'Dokter Tistaertprijs' in 1934. Between 1971 ...

, having been out-sprinted by

Jasper De Buyst Jasper De Buyst (born 24 November 1993) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . De Buyst focuses mainly on track cycling, notably the omnium, points race, madison and six-day racing disciplines. He is the ...

. Kristoff finished the season with a second-place overall finish at the CRO Race, where he also won the points classification. Kristoff started the 2024 season with a second-place finish to

Gerben Thijssen Gerben Thijssen (born 21 June 1998) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Thijssen won the bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Juniors Track World Championships in the points race. He won the silver medal ...

in the Trofeo Palma in January, held as part of the

one-day races. Kristoff's first win of the year did not come until May, when he won the

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

from a small group. He won his next start as well, coming at the

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, before a third-consecutive final stage victory in Stavanger at the

. A third Belgian one-day victory of 2024 came for Kristoff at the

Heistse Pijl The Heistse Pijl is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June around the municipality of Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Since 2016, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Victor Van Schil, ...

at the start of June, before he won the first two stages of the

in August. He recorded a fifth-place finish in the road race at the

in Belgium, before concluding his season with two stage victories at the CRO Race.

Personal life

Kristoff married Maren Kommedal at

Stavanger Cathedral Stavanger Cathedral () is Norway's oldest cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Stavanger who leads the Diocese of Stavanger in the Church of Norway. It is located in the centre of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger which lies in the southw ...

in October 2014, and the couple have four children. His younger half-brother

Felix Ørn-Kristoff Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...

(born 2006) is also a cyclist, who has won a bronze medal in the junior road race at the

2023 UCI Road World Championships The 2023 UCI Road World Championships were the 96th edition of the UCI Road World Championships, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing. There were held between 5 and 13 August 2023 in Scotland, as part of the 2023 UCI Cycling Wor ...

and a gold medal in the same event at the

2024 European Road Championships The 2024 European Road Cycling Championships was the 30th running of the European Road Cycling Championships, which took place from 11 to 15 September 2024 in the province of Limburg, Belgium. The event consisted of a total of 6 road races, 6 tim ...

Major results

Source: ;2005 : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Junior Road Championships : 10th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships ;2006 : Grenland GP ::1st Stages 1 & 2 ;2007 (1 pro win) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 5th

Poreč Trophy Poreč Trophy (through history held under names Trofej Plava Laguna, G. P. Istria, Trophy Riviera and G.P. Umag) is a road bicycle race held annually near the town of Poreč, in the Istrian peninsula. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI E ...

: 6th

Colliers Classic Colliers Classic (also known as ''Grand Prix Aarhus'') is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aarhus, Denmark. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ro ...

;2008 : 1st Criterium, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

: 2nd

Rogaland Grand Prix Tour des Fjords (known as the Rogaland Grand Prix until 2012) was a road bicycle race held annually between 2008 and 2018 in the region of western Norway. The race merged with the Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held ...

: 2nd

;2009 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Sandefjord Grand Prix : 5th Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in late April and early May i ...

: 5th

La Côte Picarde La Côte Picarde was a professional cycling race held between 1986 and 2015 in Picardy, France. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 200 ...

: 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 7th

Druivenkoers Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...

: 9th

: 9th ZLM Tour : 10th

Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften Tour of Flanders U23 () is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. It is the version of the Tour of Flanders (men's race), Tour of Flanders for under-23 riders and is usually contested a week after the men's event. Ludovic Capelle is the only ride ...

;2010 : 3rd

: 4th

: 5th

: 7th

Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (Championship of Flanders) or Koolskamp Koerse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Koolskamp (part-municipality of Ardooie), West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom ...

: 8th

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens (until 2021 ''Grote Prijs Jef Scherens'') is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is ...

: 9th

Paris–Bruxelles The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a semi classic European bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first run on 12 August 1893 as an amateur even ...

: 10th

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained impor ...

;2011 (1) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 5th

Grand Prix d'Isbergues Grand Prix d'Isbergues is a professional cycle road race held in Isbergues, Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which ...

: 7th

: 7th London–Surrey Cycle Classic : 7th

;2012 (2) :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3a : 2nd

: 3rd

Road race,

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall World Ports Classic ::1st Young rider classification : 4th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 6th

: 9th

;2013 (6) :

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 5

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3a : 3rd

: 4th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ( TTT) : 4th

: 4th

Brussels Cycling Classic The Brussels Cycling Classic (known until June 2013 as Paris–Brussels) is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race, one of the oldest races on the international calendar. History Paris–Brussels was first ...

: 5th

: 8th

: 9th

;2014 (14) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 : 1st

: 1st

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 5 :

::1st Stages 12 & 15 : 1st Stage 2

: 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 5th

: 8th Road race,

: 8th

: 8th Overall

: 8th

;2015 (20) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3a : 1st

: 1st

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 : 3rd

: 4th

: 4th Road race,

: 4th

: 8th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 9th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 9th

: 10th

;2016 (13) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 : 1st

::1st Stages 3 & 6 : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 7

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 : 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 2nd

: 3rd

Bretagne Classic The Bretagne Classic, also called Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, is an elite classic cycle races, cycling classic held annually in late summer around the Brittany, Breton village of Plouay in western France. The race was originally named Grand-P ...

: 4th

: 5th

: 6th

: 7th Road race,

;2017 (9) : 1st Road race,

: 1st

London–Surrey Classic The London–Surrey Classic (also known as the RideLondon–Surrey Classic) was an annual men's professional one-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race, starting and finishing in London and routed via the picturesque Surrey Hills AONB, Surr ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 4 & 6 :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Points classification,

: 2nd

Road race,

: 2nd

: 3rd Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 4th

: 4th

: 5th

: 7th

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a UCI race classifications, 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of ...

;2018 (5) : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 21

: 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 6

: 3rd

: 4th

: 6th

: 9th Overall

;2019 (7) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 1a

: 1st Stage 2

: 3rd

: 4th Road race,

: 4th

: 7th Road race,

: 7th

;2020 (1) :

::1st Stage 1 ::Held after Stage 1 ::Held after Stages 1 & 2 : 2nd

: 3rd

;2021 (2) : 1st Points classification,

: 2nd Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia : 3rd Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 3rd

: 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana : 6th

Dwars door Vlaanderen ''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI Wor ...

;2022 (5) : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 6

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 3rd

: 4th

Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it has become impossible to link the two cities a ...

: 6th Road race,

: 7th

Gooikse Pijl The Gooikse pijl is a European bicycle race held in and around Gooik, Belgium. Since 2012, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...

: 8th Road race,

: 9th

: 10th

Hamburg Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

;2023 (2) : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall CRO Race ::1st Points classification : 2nd

: 4th

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and holds significant pre ...

: 4th

: 7th Super 8 Classic : 7th

;2024 (8) : 1st

: 1st

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : CRO Race ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 1st Stage 4

: 2nd

Trofeo Palma The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (, ) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory ...

: 4th Ronde van Limburg : 5th Road race,

: 5th

: 10th Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx ;2025 (1) : 1st Stage 3

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

: 4th

: 8th

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Major championships results timeline

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References

External links

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