Servais Knaven

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Servais Knaven
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Personal information
Full name Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven
Born (1971-03-06) 6 March 1971 (age 53)
Lobith, the Netherlands
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sky
Discipline Road
Role Directeur sportif
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
1994–1999 TVM
2000–2002 Domo-Farm Frites
2003–2006 Quick-Step–Davitamon
2007–2008 T-Mobile Team
2009–2010 Team Milram
Managerial team(s)
2011– Team Sky
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stage
Paris-Roubaix (2001)
Grote Scheldeprijs (1998)
Dutch National Road Race Champion (1995)
Danmark Rundt (1997)
Infobox last updated on
December 24, 2007

Henricus Theodorus Josephus (Servais) Knaven (born 6 March 1971 in Lobith, Gelderland) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Sky.

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 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to cover and crossed the line solo. His teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed, completing a rare 1-2-3.[1] He is the second rider in history to start and finish the Hell of the North race 16 times.[2] In 2003, while riding for Quick-Step–Davitamon, 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.[3]

Palmarès

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1991
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Track Pursuit Amateur Champion
1st Grote Rivierenprijs
1992
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Track Pursuit Amateur Champion
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Track Pursuit Amateur Champion
1st Overall Olympia's Tour
1993
1st Ster van Brabant
1st Overall Teleflex Tour
1st Stage 4b
1st Overall Olympia's Tour
1st Prologue & Stage 9b
1995
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Dutch National Road Race Championship
1997
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Prologue Tour of Sweden
1998
1st Scheldeprijs
1st Stage 1 Étoile de Bessèges
1999
1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
2000
1st Overall Guldensporentweedaagse
1st Stage 1
2001
1st Paris–Roubaix
2003
1st Stage 17 Tour de France
1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar
1st RaboRonde Heerlen
2005
1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
2010
1st Ridderronde Maastricht

See also

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Dutch National Road Race Champion
1995
Succeeded by
Maarten den Bakker