Servais Knaven

Servais Knaven is a Dutch road racing cyclist, born on 6 March 1971 in Lobith, Gelderland. His best known victory came at Paris-Roubaix in 2001, which he won on wet and muddy cobblestones by attacking with about ten kilometres left and finishing alone. His Domo-Farm Frites teammates Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins followed him home, completing a rare one-two-three for one team. He started and finished the race sixteen times, making him the second rider in history to do so. In 2003, riding for Quick-Step-Davitamon, he won Stage 17 of the Tour de France from a ten-man breakaway on a mostly flat run into Bordeaux. Knaven also represented the Netherlands at two Olympic Games, on the track at Barcelona in 1992 and in the road race in 2004, where he did not finish. After retiring he worked as a directeur sportif for Team Sky and Ineos Grenadiers, and he is now sporting and technical manager of AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-Step.