Patrick Konrad

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Patrick Konrad
Konrad in 2015
Personal information
Full namePatrick Konrad
Born (1991-10-13) 13 October 1991 (age 32)
Mödling, Austria
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamLidl–Trek
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2010–2011Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol
2012Team Vorarlberg
2013Etixx–IHNed
2014Gourmetfein–Simplon Wels
2014NetApp–Endura (stagiaire)
2015–2023Bora–Argon 18[2][3][4]
2024–Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2021)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2019, 2021)

Patrick Konrad (born 13 October 1991) is an Austrian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.[5]

Career[edit]

Born in Mödling, Konrad finished 4th in the 2014 Tour of Austria for Gourmetfein–Simplon Wels, winning the young rider classification. He joined Bora–Argon 18 for the 2015 season,[6] and he was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France[7] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[8] In 2018 he won the mountains classification at the Tour de Pologne,[9] and finished seventh overall at the Giro d'Italia.[10] In 2019 he won the Austrian National Road Race Championships and placed 3rd in the Tour de Suisse.[11] In the 2020 Giro d'Italia, held in October instead of May due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, he finished in eighth place overall.[12]

Konrad at the 2023 Giro d'Italia

In 2021, Konrad won his first stage at a Grand Tour, winning a hilly stage 16 of the Tour de France; he also won the stage's combativity award.[13] As a result, he became the third Austrian rider to win a stage at the Tour de France, after Max Bulla in 1931 and Georg Totschnig in 2005.[14]

Personal life[edit]

He is the son of the organiser of the Vienna City Marathon and former middle-distance runner Wolfgang Konrad.[15]

Major results[edit]

2009
3rd Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenradrundfahrt
1st Stage 2
4th Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2011
4th Road race, National Road Championships
4th Tobago Cycling Classic
2012
5th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23
7th Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2013
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
5th Grand Prix Südkärnten
7th Overall Course de la Paix U23
10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
10th Puchar Uzdrowisk Karpackich
2014
1st Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
1st Austrian rider classification
2nd Raiffeisen Grand Prix
4th Overall Tour of Austria
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
1st Stage 2b
4th Grand Prix Südkärnten
6th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
1st Combativity classification
10th Croatia–Slovenia
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
5th Overall Danmark Rundt
9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
10th Overall Tour of Oman
10th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
2016
5th Overall Giro del Trentino
6th Rudi Altig Race
2017
3rd Vuelta a Murcia
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Sprints classification
2018
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
6th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
7th Overall Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Paris–Nice
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th La Flèche Wallonne
2019 (1 pro win)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2020
2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
7th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
2021 (2)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
Tour de France
1st Stage 16
Combativity award Stage 16
5th Overall Tour de la Provence
7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
2022
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Hamburg Cyclassics
8th Overall Tour de Hongrie
2023
2nd Eschborn–Frankfurt
4th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Trofeo Andratx–Mirador D'es Colomer
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Trofeo Ses Salines–Alcúdia

General classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Giro d'Italia 16 7 8 20
Tour de France 65 35 27 16 82
Vuelta a España 96
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Paris–Nice 26 7 36 34
Tirreno–Adriatico 72 43 33 27
Volta a Catalunya NH 72
Tour of the Basque Country 7 10 9 36
Tour de Romandie 73
Critérium du Dauphiné 59 12 12
Tour de Suisse 13 74 3 NH

Classics results timeline[edit]

Monument 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Milan–San Remo 90
Tour of Flanders Has not contested during his career
Paris–Roubaix
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 54 15 20 27 13 20 8
Giro di Lombardia 48 DNF 18 74 31 55 67
Classic 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Strade Bianche 32 DNF 24
La Flèche Wallonne 16 10 7 7 15 DNF
Eschborn–Frankfurt NH 75 NH 57 2
Clásica de San Sebastián 6 DNF DNF
Hamburg Cyclassics 94 5
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec DNF 5 104 Not held 40
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal DNF 9 62 34
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "BORA - hansgrohe". Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Wynn, Nigel (14 November 2014). "NetApp-Endura renamed as Bora–Argon 18 for 2015". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  8. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Michal Kwiatkowski is the winner of the 2018 Tour de Pologne". Tour de Pologne. Lang Team. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2021. Austrian Patrick Konrad (Bora-hansgrohe) today conquered the Tauron magenta jersey as best climber.
  10. ^ "Austrian champion Konrad forced to put Giro d'Italia goal on backburner". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021. Konrad was set to be one of the Bora-Hansgrohe leaders for the race, having taken seventh place overall at the 2018 edition.
  11. ^ Ryan, Barry (23 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Bernal secures overall victory". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  12. ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (26 October 2020). "Giro d'Italia 2020 ratings: how did each team perform?". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  13. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (13 July 2021). "Tour de France: Konrad solos to victory on stage 16". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  14. ^ Pretot, Julien (13 July 2021). "Cycling-Konrad soloes to Tour stage win as top guns keep powder dry". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  15. ^ Reiter, Barbara (7 March 2019). "Bora-Kapitän Konrad: "Es war ein Problem, dass ich nur Rad fahre"" [Bora captain Konrad: "It was a problem that I only ride a bike"]. Kurier (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2021.

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