James Knox (cyclist)
.JPG) Knox, as a WIGGINS rider in 2016. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | James Alexander Knox |
| Nickname | Knoxy |
| Born | 4 November 1995 Levens, Cumbria, United Kingdom |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Soudal–Quick-Step |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014–2015 | Zappi |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016–2017 | WIGGINS |
| 2018– | Quick-Step Floors[1][2] |
James Alexander Knox (born 4 November 1995) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[3]
Career
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In 2017, Knox came second in the under-23 version of Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[4] In September of that year Quick-Step Floors announced that Knox would turn professional with the team for the 2018 season.[1]
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[5] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[6] He was in the general classification Top 10 with two stages to go, however he lost 11 minutes on the penultimate stage after crashing the day before, eventually finishing in 11th place.[7]
Major results
[edit]- 2012
- 8th Overall Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st Stage 4
- 2013
- 3rd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st
- 2014
- 9th Piccolo Giro dell'Emilia
- 2015
- 8th Trofeo PIVA
- 9th Clássica Loulé
- 2016
- 4th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 6th Overall Course de la Paix U23
- 2017
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 6th Overall Tour Alsace
- 8th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Adriatica Ionica Race
- 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2019
- 3rd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
- 8th Overall UAE Tour
- 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2020
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2021
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2022
- 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2023
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
General classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | DNF | 14 | 53 | 81 | — | — | ||||
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
 Vuelta a España
|
— | 11 | — | 100 | — | 65 | |||||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||
| Race | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
| Paris–Nice
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
— | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||||
 Volta a Catalunya
|
78 | 25 | NH | 34 | — | — | 59 | ||||
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
DNF | — | 14 | DNF | 8 | DNF | |||||
| Tour de Romandie
|
DNF | 14 | — | 71 | DNF | — | |||||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
79 | — | 76 | — | — | — | 77 | ||||
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | NH | — | 73 | 70 | — | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "James Knox moves up to WorldTour with Quick-Step Floors". cyclingnews.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "'It's just about whether you're good enough': Young Brit James Knox on his WorldTour ambition". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Knox drops out of top 10 but pays tribute to teammates on day of suffering at Vuelta a España". Cyclingnews.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
External links
[edit]- James Knox at ProCyclingStats
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