Jan Christen
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| Born | 26 June 2004 Gippingen, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–2022 | Veloclub Gippingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Pogi Team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | Hagens Berman Axeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Christen (born 26 June 2004) is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. His older brother Fabio is also a professional cyclist.[2] He joined UAE Team Emirates early on 1 August 2023, having initially been due to ride with them starting in 2024 on a five-year contract.[3][4]
Major results
[edit]Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2020–2021
- 1st
National Junior Championships - Junior EKZ CrossTour
- 2nd Baden
- 2021–2022
- 1st
UCI World Junior Championships - 1st National Junior Championships
- 1st Junior Pétange
- 1st Junior Meilen
- 1st Junior Hittnau
- 1st Junior Illnau
- 1st Junior Munich
- 2022–2023
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
Mountain bike
[edit]- 2021
- 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- Junior Swiss Bike Cup
- 2nd Savognin
- 2022
- 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- Junior Swiss Bike Cup
- 1st Rickenbach
- 1st Savognin
- 2nd Basel
- 2nd
Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships - UCI Junior Series
- 2nd Albstadt
Road
[edit]- 2021
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Championships
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Valromey
- 6th Road race, UEC European Junior Championships
- 7th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
- 8th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 2022
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race - 5th Time trial
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall Tour du Valromey
- 4th Time trial, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2023
- 1st Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs U23
- 2nd Trofej Umag
- 7th Overall Giro Next Gen
- 1st Stage 7
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 9th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 2024 (3 pro wins)
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Abruzzo
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 3rd
- 3rd Time trial, National Championships
- 5th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
Track
[edit]- 2021
- 1st Omnium, National Junior Championships
- 2022
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "Jan Christen". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Jan Christen". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Young talent Jan Christen to join UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ^ "Jan Christen officially joins UAE Team Emirates". uaeteamemirates.com. UAE Team Emirates. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- Jan Christen at Cycling Archives
- Jan Christen at ProCyclingStats
- Jan Christen at Cycling Quotient
- Jan Christen at MTB Data
