Franziska Koch (cyclist)

German cyclist (born 2000)

Road
Track
Mountain biking

RoleRiderAmateur teams2010–2013RV Edelweiss Mettmann 19062014–2018RSV Unna 19682019Watersley R&D Cycling Team Professional team2019–Team Sunweb^[1]^[2] Major winsOne-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2024)

Medal record

Women's road bicycle racing

Representing Germany
World Championships
	2023 Glasgow	Mixed team relay
European Championships
	2023 Drenthe	Mixed team relay

Franziska Koch (born 13 July 2000 in Mettmann) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL.^[3]

Koch started her career at local club RV Edelweiss Mettmann 1906 in 2010. In 2016 she won second place in junior national track championships on the Omnium. In 2017 she returned to win the Omnium national title. That year, she also won the Cross Country national title in mountain biking, and came third in the national junior road championships.

Major results

20187

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2019 (1 pro win)

1st Stage 4 Boels Ladies Tour

4th Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs

1st

Young rider classification

4th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

7th Omloop van Borsele

10th Overall Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta

2020

UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2nd

Time trial

4th Road race

2021

7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

7th Paris–Roubaix

7th Ronde van Drenthe

2023

2nd Antwerp Port Epic

3rd

Team relay, UCI Road World Championships

3rd

Team relay, UEC European Road Championships

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

2024 (1)

National Road Championships

1st

Road race

4th Time trial

References

^ "Team Sunweb strengthens roster with two new signings". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.