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Servais Knaven

Key Stats

Nationality: Dutch
Born: March 6, 1971
Hometown: Lobith, The Netherlands
Residence: Weelde, Belgium
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 150 pounds
Strengths: one-day racing
Turned Pro: 1994

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, Paris-Roubaix 2001
Dutch road champion 1995

2007
7th, Dutch road championship
10th overall, Tour of Qatar

2006
7th, Dutch time trial championship
9th, stage 1, Ster Elektrotoer

2005
1st, stage 5, Tirreno-Adriatico 5
3rd, prologue, Eneco Tour
6th overall, Three Days of de Panne
8th, stage 1, Three Days of de Panne

2004
2nd, stage 2, Ster Elektrotoer
3rd, prologue, Three Days of West Flanders
3rd, Profronde Oostvoorne
4th overall, Three Days of West Flanders
4th, Acht van Chaam
6th, stage 3, Tour of Qatar
7th, Dwars door Flanders
7th, GP Eddy Merckx
8th overall, Tour of Qatar

2003
1st, stage 5, Tour of Qatar
1st, stage 17, Tour de France
1st, Acht van Chaam
1st, Profkoers Heerlen
1st, Profronde Maarheeze
2nd, Ronde van Boxmeer
2nd, Profronde van Almelo
3rd, Profronde van Maastricht
3rd, Profronde Pijnacker
3rd, Dutch time trial championship
4th, stage 2, Three Days of West Flanders
4th, Grote Scheldeprijs-Schoten
4th, Profronde Van Surhuisterveen
5th overall, Three Days of West Flanders
5th, Ghent-Wevelgem
5th, Profronde van Stiphout
7th, Paris-Roubaix
7th, stage 4, Tour of Belgium
8th, stage 1, national
9th, Ronde Van Midden Zeeland

2001
1st, Paris-Roubaix
2nd, Dutch time trial championship
3rd, stage 8, Tour de France
4th, stage 2, Tour de France
6th, Dwars door Flanders
6th, stage 1, Tour de Suisse

2000
2nd, Dutch time trial championship
3rd, prologue, Tour of The Netherlands
3rd overall, Tour of The Netherlands
4th, stage 6, Tour de France
4th, stage 3a, Tour of The Netherlands
5th, GP Eddy Merckx
6th, stage 3b, Tour of The Netherlands
7th, stage 18, Tour de France 18 Lausanne-Freiburg
7th, Dutch road championship
7th, stage 18, Tour de France

1999
1st, Ronde Van Midden Zeeland
2nd, prologue, Tour of Sweden
2nd, Campeonato Nacional Ruta
2nd, Dutch road championship
4th, stage 2, Vuelta a Burgos
4th, stage 3, Vuelta
5th, Circuito de Getxo
5th, stage 3, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
8th, GP Eddy Merckx

1997
3rd, Dutch road championship
8th, stage 3b, Tour of The Netherlands
8th overall, Tour of The Netherlands
8th, stage 19, Tour de France

1995
1st, Dutch road championship

Biography

A long-time pro, Knaven rode for TVM from 1994 to 1999, Farm Frites from 2000 to 2002, and Quick-Step from 2003 to 2006.