Stefan Denifl (born 22 September 1987 in Fulpmes, Austria) is a professional cyclist who is riding for the UCI Professional Continental team, IAM Cycling. In 2012 he rode for a year with Vacansoleil–DCM.
Denifl began the cycling in 2001 in the "Team Bike Denifl" as a mountain biker. In 2003, he moved to the street in the "Team ÖAMTC Recheis Lattella". From 2004 he focused on road cycling. In 2005, he was taken by Heiko Salzwedel in the T-Mobile Development Programme and included his first experience with the professional cyclists. In 2006 he signed with his first UCI Continental team Vorarlberger, and from 2007 to 2009 he was part of Elk Haus–Simplon. In 2009, he rode as a trainee for Cervélo TestTeam, and rode with them as a full professional the next year.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2007
- 9th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2008
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
- 2009
- 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 7th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2010
- 7th Overall Tour of Austria
- 7th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 8th Overall Vuelta Castilla y Leon
- 2011
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Overall Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2012
- 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2013
- 1st Mountains classification Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2014
- 7th Overall Paris–Nice
- 2015
- 1st Mountains classification Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Best Austrian Rider classification
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | 52 |
Tour | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta | WD | — | — | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP