Nationality: German
Height: 180cm
Weight: 79kg
Team: Trek-Segafredo
Versatile sprinter John Degenkolb quickly established himself in the professional peloton, winning five stages of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana for the Project 1t4i team having only turned professional the previous year. The following season, Degenkolb won Paris-Tours, Paris-Bourges and the Vattenfall Cyclassics. But it was his ninth place in the 2013 Tour of Flanders that perhaps signalled what was to come.
Degenkolb distinguished himself from pure sprinter and German team-mate Marcel Kittel by excelling in the classics and tougher, hillier races. Victory in the 2014 Ghent-Wevelgem, in addition to stage wins and points classification victories that year in Tour Méditerranéen, Paris-Nice and the Vuelta a Espana, as well as second place in Paris-Roubaix, underlined his credentials.
It was to be 2015 that Degenkolb really came good, claiming both Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix, two of cycling's biggest one-day races.
2016 wasn't a great year for the German after a horror crash saw him nearly his index finger, ending his career in January. The majority of the year was spent rehabilitating the rider and nursing him back to health. It wasn't until October that Degenkolb registered his first one day win following the his lay off.
After a tough final year at Giant-Alpecin, the German joined Trek-Segafredo to begin anew. He notched his first win with them at the Dubai tour in Feburary with a win on stage three. He will go to the Tour de France hoping he can break his duck at the Grand Tour.
Major results: Paris-Roubaix 2015 | Milan-San Remo 2015 | Ghent-Wevelgem 2014 | Four stages of 2014 Vuelta a Espana | Five stages of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana
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John Degenkolb says he didn't leave Trek-Segafredo because of Tour de France omission
Lotto-Soudal will be bolstered by the arrivial of not just the German, but also Philippe Gilbert
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Alex Dowsett takes overall victory at Bayern Rundfahrt
British rider held on for his first professional stage-race win as John Degenkolb took the final sprint
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John Degenkolb hopes to learn from watching Classics on TV ahead of May return
John Degenkolb is confident he can still have a successful 2016 and hopes he can learn something new about Paris-Roubaix by watching it on TV
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John Degenkolb to Trek-Segafredo 'a done deal'
John Degenkolb will replace Fabian Cancellara at Trek-Segafredo in 2017, according to a source with knowledge of the situation
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Green jersey is not John Degenkolb's Tour de France goal
Giant-Alpecin sprinter John Degenkolb says he's only interested in stage wins at the Tour de France, not so much winning the green jersey
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John Degenkolb to lead Giant-Alpecin at Vuelta a España
Nine-time stage winner John Degenkolb returns to the Vuelta a España to lead Giant-Alpecin
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John Degenkolb to miss World Championships TTT after suffering with infection
German quadruple Vuelta a Espana stage winner John Degenkolb in hospital after infection flared up
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John Degenkolb wins stage three of Paris-Nice to take race lead
Giant-Shimano's fast finisher finally gets it right at the Mangy Cours circuit after two near misses.
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British woman formally charged in Giant-Alpecin collision
The 73-year-old world has been formally charged with crimes relating to the incident at a training camp in Spain
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'There's no point worrying about the time cut' - sprinters battle through the mountains
With two 146km mountain stages before Paris, the Tour de France sprinters are facing a race against time to avoid the cut
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There's nothing but love between Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb
Team Giant-Alpecin sprinters Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb see themselves as friends, not rivals, insisting they can coexist on the same team
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John Degenkolb shows off new custom Trek Madone for 2018 season
John Degenkolb has produced some nice custom designs on his bikes in the past, here is his latest on Trek's aero Madone
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John Degenkolb takes Ghent-Wevelgem victory
German sprinter John Degenkolb survives the bergs and crashes to win in Belgium
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Marco Pantani remembered 10 years after his death
International cycling news round-up (Feb 13): Cancellara's hour record rescheduled; Cannondale bike theft; Degenkolb wins; and more
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John Degenkolb signs with Lotto-Soudal as they continue to improve Classics line-up
John Degenkolb will be joining Lotto-Soudal next season as they continue to add talent to their Classics line-up.
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John Degenkolb wins the 2015 Milan-San Remo
-German Giant-Alpecin rider sprints to victory ahead of Alexander Kristoff and Michael Matthews. -Photos by Graham Watson
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John Degenkolb: It doesn't matter if Marcel Kittel returns to cycling, he just needs to enjoy what he does
Degenkolb says he is giving any support he can to his compatriot
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Tom Dumoulin and John Degenkolb in Giant-Alpecin's Tour de France line-up
Warren Barguil will spearhead Giant-Alpecin's assault on the general classification of the 2016 Tour de France
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Giant-Alpecin develop their own marginal gains ahead of the Tour de France
Aerodynamics, safety and overnight recovery have been improved for Giant-Alpecin's riders ahead of the Tour de France
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John Degenkolb sprints to first win of 2018 on opening day of Challenge Mallorca
German John Degenkolb claims the Trofeo Campos-Porreres-Felanitx-Ses Salines, the opening race in the four-day Challenge Mallorca
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John Degenkolb makes it two at the Vuelta a Espana
Stage five win for German sprinter John Degenkolb at the Vuelta a Espana; Michael Matthews retains overall lead
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John Degenkolb 'hospitalised' after suffering 'serious lack of power'
Trek-Segafredo say that German rider John Degenkolb is in hospital having checks on his heart and lungs
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John Degenkolb still Plan A for Germany at Road World Championships
Paul Voss backs recovering Deutschland team-mate
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Michael Matthews unhappy after being 'grabbed' by John Degenkolb in post-race spat (video)
Michael Matthews has registered his discontent after a spat with Tour de France stage 16 runner up John Degenkolb after the finish in Romans-sur-Isère.
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A weekend to forget for John Degenkolb
Giant-Alpecin's John Degenkolb questions why Sunday's Ghent-Wevelgem wasn't neutralised as strong winds decimated the peloton
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Fabio Aru wins 2015 Vuelta a España as Degenkolb takes final stage in Madrid
Fabio Aru finished the final stage of the Vuelta a España safely to seal his maiden Grand Tour win as John Degenkolb took the stage
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John Degenkolb bounces back from Tour de France injury
"The injury that he’s got I think probably only five per cent of the Tour de France riders would continue with that." - Giant-Shimano pilot Koen de Kort
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'I can still perform really well when everybody's suffered a lot, it’s my biggest talent'
John Degenkolb is the rightful heir to the Classics throne, and he has a tailor made team, and the whole of Germany, behind him
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‘It was the most emotional victory of my career’: John Degenkolb reflects on Tour de France Roubaix stage win
John Degenkolb said his Roubaix stage win at the Tour de France was “was the most emotional victory of his career.”
