Simon Geschke (born 13 March 1986) is a German professional road cyclist, who currently rides for

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Biography

He is the son of former track cyclist

Jürgen Geschke Hans-Jürgen Geschke (also known as Tutti, born 7 July 1943) is a German former track cyclist who competed for East Germany in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics. After having won the silver medal in the 2000 m tandem, alongside Werner Otto, he ...

. In the

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, Geschke won a mountain stage as he was part of the breakaway and soloed across the line in Pra-Loup. In

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Geschke entered the Tour de France for the tenth time in his career. For the first time in his career he wore a classification jersey after getting involved in the breakaway on stage 9, and earning enough points to take the lead in the mountains classification. Initially it was his intent to go for the stage win rather than the jersey classification. He chose to attack for the mountain points on stage nine because he did not feel it would be realistic to attack in the upcoming high mountains, which included five HC climbs with Col du Granon and

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being among them, however he was able to defend the jersey through these climbs in the

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and into the third week of the race. He lost the jersey on the final HC climb of the

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when Jonas Vingegaard won the race. He set a record for German riders with nine days as King of the Mountains. Geschke has been a

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Major results

;2006 : 7th Overall

Tour de Guadeloupe The Tour de Guadeloupe (; en, Tour of Guadeloupe) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite me ...

: 9th Overall Cinturón a Mallorca ;2007 : 7th Overall

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::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 4th Overall

Giro delle Regioni The Giro delle Regioni was a multi-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internatio ...

: 6th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal : 8th Overall

;2009 : 9th Overall

Bayern Rundfahrt The International Bayern Rundfahrt ( en, Tour of Bavaria) was a stage race cycling race held each year in Bavaria, Germany, between 1980 and 2015. The race was held as an amateur race between 1980 and 1988, and from 2005 to 2015, the race was orga ...

: 10th

Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual Classic cycle races, semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand ...

;2010 : 3rd Overall Tour de Seoul : 4th Overall

: 4th Hel van het Mergelland : 6th Overall

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

: 10th

;2011 : 1st Stage 2

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 4th Hel van het Mergelland : 8th

: 10th Brabantse Pijl ;2012 : 2nd

Volta Limburg Classic Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. 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 ...

;2013 : 5th Overall

: 5th Brabantse Pijl : 8th Roma Maxima : 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec ;2014 : 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton : 4th Brabantse Pijl : 6th

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: 9th Roma Maxima : 10th Strade Bianche ;2015 : 1st RaboRonde Heerlen :

::1st Stage 17 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 17 : 1st Jersey white

Sprints classification,

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 P ...

: Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey blue

after Stages 9–10 ;2019 : 1st Jersey violet

Mountains classification,

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...

;2020 : 3rd Overall

Tour Down Under The Tour Down Under (branded as the Santos Tour Down Under under a partnership arrangement) is a cycling race in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and is traditionally the opening event of the UCI World Tour and features all 19 UCI World ...

: 5th Gran Piemonte : 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve : 10th

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

;2021 : 7th

Polynormande The Polynormande is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Normandy, France. Between 1980 and 2002 it was a criterium. Since 2003, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of ...

;2022 : 3rd Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

: 3rd

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, National Road Championships : 10th Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx :

::Held

after Stages 9–17 :: Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 7

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geschke, Simon 1986 births Living people German male cyclists Cyclists from Berlin German Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Germany