Roger Kluge

Roger Kluge

Personal information
Born (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986
Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Team information
Current team IAM Cycling
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2005 Team POT Cottbus
2006–2007 Team POT Brandenburg
Professional team(s)
2008–2009 LKT Team Brandenburg
2010 Team Milram
2011–2012 Skil–Shimano
2013 NetApp–Endura
2014– IAM Cycling
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2016)

Roger Kluge (born 5 February 1986) is a German professional racing cyclist for UCI WorldTour Team IAM Cycling.[1]

Kluge left NetApp–Endura[2] 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.[3]

Career achievements

Major results

Track

2003
National Junior Track Championships
2nd Keirin
3rd Team sprint
2004
2nd National Junior Madison Championships
2005
3rd UIV Cup, Munich
2006
UIV Cup
1st Copenhagen
2nd Ghent
3rd Bremen
2nd National Points Race Championships
3rd European Under-23 Madison Championships
2007
National Championships
1st Points race
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison
World Cup
1st Scratch, Sydney
2nd Scratch, Manchester
2nd UIV Cup, Rotterdam
2nd European Under-23 Scratch Championships
2008
3rd, World Cup, Track, Madison, Los Angeles (USA)
2nd, Points Race Summer Olympics Beijing (China)

Road racing

2007
1st Overall Brandenburg Rundfahrt
1st Stage 2
2nd Berlin-Bad Freienwald-Berlin
2nd Fyen Rundt
2nd Praha-Karlovy Vary-Praha
3rd Rund um den Schäferberg
2009
1st Stage 4 Tour de Serbie
1st Stages 2 & 4 Course De Solidarnosc Et Des Champions Olympiques
2010
1st Neuseen Classics
1st Young rider classification Tour of Qatar
2012
3rd Clásica de Almería
2013
7th Rund um Köln
10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
2015
1st Prologue (ITT) Ster ZLM Toer
2016
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
6th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro - - - - - 162 137
Yellow jersey Tour WD - - - 139 - -
red jersey Vuelta - - - - - - -

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

  1. 1 2 "Chavanel, Frank among transfers to IAM Cycling". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. "Dropped from Argos-Shimano, Kluge joins NetApp-Endura". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. "Roger Kluge Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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