Christoph Pfingsten (born 20 November 1987) is a German former

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2021. He rode at the

2013 UCI Road World Championships The 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy, between 22 and 29 September 2013. The Championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 86th Road World Championships, the 13th in Italy ...

. He was named in the startlist for the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the ...

. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. After a rest day, there ...

Major results

Road

;2006 : 2nd Overall

Mainfranken-Tour The Mainfranken-Tour was a cycling race held annually in Germany. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2U. Winners Mainfranken-Tour Internationale Ernst-Sachs-Tour Internationales Ernst-Sachs-Gedächtnis-Rennen Rund um Spessart ...

;2007 : 1st Stage 3

Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc The Gemenc Grand Prix is a cycling race held annually in Hungary. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2 from 2005 to 2009 and back again in the same category in 2017. Winners References

* Cycle races in Hungary Recurring sporti ...

;2009 : 4th Overall

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

: 5th

Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23 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 ...

: 7th Overall

Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...

;2010 : 3rd Overall

Ringerike GP Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it tur ...

::1st Stage 5 : 4th

Rund um Düren The Rund um Düren is a cycling road race held in mid-April in Germany. The event, ranked at 1.2 on the UCI European calendar, is contested around the city of Düren Düren (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-West ...

: 8th

Arno Wallaard Memorial Arno Wallaard Memorial is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in the Dutch region of Alblasserwaard: prior to 2007, the race was called "Omloop Alblasserwaard". Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners ...

;2011 : 9th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ;2012 : 3rd Overall

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ...

;2013 : 1st Prologue ( TTT)

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span. History The competition started in 1927, alt ...

: 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 3rd

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel () is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overse ...

;2014 : 4th Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

::1st Prologue : 8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ;2015 : 10th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...

;2016 : 5th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...

;2018 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Tour is an annual men's professional multiple stage bicycle race held in the Czech Republic. It is the largest race of its kind in the country. Since 2015, the Czech Tour has been included in the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 series. The to ...

: 7th

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

;2019 : 2nd

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a Classic cycle races, classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI race classifications, 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Cyclo-cross

;2004–2005 : 2nd National Junior Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

UCI Junior World Championships : 3rd Bronze medal europe

UEC European Junior Championships ;2008–2009 : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Under-23 World Championships ;2009–2010 : 2nd

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

: 2nd Int. Radcross : 3rd Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen ;2010–2011 : 1st Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen : 2nd

: 2nd Velka Cena Mesta Tabora :

Toi Toi Cup The HSF System Cup is a season-long cyclo-cross competition consisting of 8 races throughout the season in the Czech Republic. The event was formerly known as the Toi Toi Cup and Budvar Cup. The event It is one of five season-long competitions, al ...

::1st Uničov ::3rd Loštice ;2011–2012 : 1st MaillotAllemania

: 1st Overall

::1st Holé Vrchy ::1st Louny ::1st Hlinsko : 1st Frankfurter Rad-Cross ;2012–2013 : 2nd Frankfurter Rad-Cross : 3rd

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfingsten, Christoph 1987 births Living people German male cyclists Sportspeople from Potsdam Summer World University Games medalists in cycling FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade German cyclo-cross cyclists Cyclists from Brandenburg 21st-century German sportsmen