Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971) is a Dutch professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

, currently sporting and technical manager for AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step. He was previously a directeur sportif for Team Sky/Ineos Grenadiers. He rode at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. As a rider, Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 in wet and muddy conditions that soaked the cobblestones. With a strong representation of Domo–Farm Frites riders in the lead group, he launched an attack with to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates

Johan Museeuw Johan Museeuw (born 13 October 1965) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer, road racing cyclist who was a professional from 1988 until 2004. Nicknamed ''The Lion of Flanders'', he was particularly successful in the cobbled classic ...

and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1–2–3. He is the second rider in history to start and finish the ''Hell of the North'' race 16 times. In 2003, while riding for , Knaven won Stage 17 in the Tour de France. He escaped from a 10 men breakaway to take the win in a mostly flat stage concluding in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

Major results

;1991 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Amateur Championships : 1st Grote Rivierenprijs ;1992 : 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Amateur Championships : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ;1993 : 1st Overall Teleflex Tour ::1st Stage 4b : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Prologue & Stage 9b : 1st Ster van Brabant ;1995 (1 pro win) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;1996 : 10th

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in south ...

;1997 (1) : 1st Overall Danmark Rundt : 1st Prologue Tour of Sweden : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Nokere Koerse : 5th

;1998 (2) : 1st Scheldeprijs : 4th Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

::1st Stage 1 : 5th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

: 8th Omloop Het Volk ;1999 (1) : 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne : 7th Omloop Het Volk ;2000 (2) : 1st Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland : 3rd Omloop Het Volk : 3rd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic ;2001 (1) : 1st Paris–Roubaix : 4th Overall Danmark Rundt : 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 6th Scheldeprijs : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2002 : 10th Overall Tour of Belgium ;2003 (2) : 1st Stage 17 Tour de France : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar : 1st RaboRonde Heerlen : 4th Scheldeprijs : 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 5th Gent–Wevelgem : 7th Paris–Roubaix ;2004 : 4th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen : 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2005 (1) : 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico : 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2008 : 4th

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 Road Championships ;2010 : 1st Ridderronde Maastricht : 9th Batavus Prorace

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Knaven, Servais 1971 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands Danmark Rundt winners UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Gelderland Dutch track cyclists 21st-century Dutch sportsmen 20th-century Dutch sportsmen People from Zevenaar

Major results

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