{{Short description|German cyclist (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Christoph Pfingsten | image = Isbergues - Grand Prix d'Isbergues, 20 septembre 2015 (B055).JPG | caption = Pfingsten in 2015 | fullname = Christoph Pfingsten | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Potsdam, East Germany | height = 1.79 m | weight = 69 kg | currentteam = Retired | discipline = {{ubl|Road|Cyclo-cross}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2009–2014 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2009}} | proyears2 = 2015–2019 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2015}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710|title=With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019|work={{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}|publisher=Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG|date=12 October 2018|accessdate=2 January 2019|archive-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090206/https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710|url-status=dead}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2020–2021 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TLJ|2020}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bianchi.com/team-jumbo-visma-2020-roster-presented-in-amsterdam/|title=Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam|work=Bianchi|publisher=F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A.|date=20 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279|title=Jumbo-Visma|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102145838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}</ref> }} '''Christoph Pfingsten''' (born 20 November 1987) is a German former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2021. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.<ref name="Vuelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2016_Startlist |title=71st Vuelta a España |accessdate=20 August 2016 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref> In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.<ref name="Giro18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2018/startlist |title=2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List |access-date=3 May 2018 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2006 : 2nd Overall Mainfranken-Tour ;2007 : 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc ;2009 : 4th Overall Tour de Berlin : 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23 : 7th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ;2010 : 3rd Overall Ringerike GP ::1st Stage 5 : 4th Rund um Düren : 8th Arno Wallaard Memorial ;2011 : 9th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ;2012 : 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour ;2013 : 1st Prologue (TTT) Volta a Portugal : 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 3rd Ronde van Overijssel ;2014 : 4th Overall Flèche du Sud ::1st Prologue : 8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes ;2015 : 10th Scheldeprijs ;2016 : 5th Overall Danmark Rundt ;2018 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour : 7th Gran Piemonte ;2019 : 2nd Rund um Köln {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |58 |— |DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | 75 | 142 |— |— |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
===Cyclo-cross=== {{div col}} ;2004–2005 : 2nd National Junior Championships : 3rd 15px UCI Junior World Championships : 3rd 15px UEC European Junior Championships ;2008–2009 : 2nd 15px UCI Under-23 World Championships ;2009–2010 : 2nd National Championships : 2nd Int. Radcross : 3rd Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen ;2010–2011 : 1st Internationale Döhlauer Crossrennen : 2nd National Championships : 2nd Velka Cena Mesta Tabora : Toi Toi Cup ::1st Uničov ::3rd Loštice ;2011–2012 : 1st 20px National Championships : 1st Overall Toi Toi Cup ::1st Holé Vrchy ::1st Louny ::1st Hlinsko : 1st Frankfurter Rad-Cross ;2012–2013 : 2nd Frankfurter Rad-Cross : 3rd National Championships {{div col end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pfingsten, Christoph}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:German male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Potsdam Category:Summer World University Games medalists in cycling Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany Category:Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Category:German cyclo-cross cyclists Category:Cyclists from Brandenburg Category:21st-century German sportsmen