Lukas Knöfler

Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.

Latest articles by Lukas Knöfler

'I dreamt of winning this race since the first edition' – MVP of the spring Franziska Koch crowns breakthrough Classics with Paris-Roubaix Femmes victory

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News German champion is third FDJ United-Suez rider to win a Classic this spring

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Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Franziska Koch outwits Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to claim biggest win of her career

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Results 25-year old German outsprints Vos in 2-up sprint as defending champion takes third in Roubaix

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Cresting the Koppenberg with leaders 'gave me a few goosebumps' – Zoe Bäckstedt impresses with fifth in Tour of Flanders

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News 21-year-old Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider returns with top result

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Tour of Flanders Women: Demi Vollering sails to victory after shedding rivals with a solo attack on Oude Kwaremont

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Results Pauline Ferrand-Prévot out-sprints Puck Pieterse for second

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'I have mixed feelings' - Late-race gamble falls short for Demi Vollering at Dwars door Vlaanderen

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News 'In the end, there are always things you can do better in hindsight' as FDJ United-Suez talent carries strong form into the Tour of Flanders

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Dwars door Vlaanderen Women: Marlen Reusser edges out Demi Vollering in thrilling photo-finish sprint to claim victory

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Results Movistar rider out-paces Vollering as Nooijen catches escapees to claim third

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'It was so close' - Breakthrough moment sees Fleur Moors on the podium at In Flanders Fields

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News 20-year-old Lidl-Trek talent finished second-place in the Women’s WorldTour classic, where she was only beaten by Lorena Wiebes

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In Flanders Fields Women: Lorena Wiebes sprints to record third consecutive victory in Wevelgem

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Results Fleur Moors second, Karlijn Swinkels third from a five-rider breakaway

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'It was too late' - Blocked in during final sprint left Elisa Balsamo unable to react to rival sprinters at Ronde van Brugge

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News 'I'm a bit disappointed, but my start of the season was not the best one, and I'm happy to be back on the podium in an important race' says Italian sprinter

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Ronde van Brugge Women: Carys Lloyd takes stunning sprint victory

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Results Wild weather hits women's classic as Elisa Balsamo, Nienke Veenhoven round out podium

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'She was the Plan A' – Defending champion Lorena Wiebes happy to play team role for SD Worx-Protime as Lotte Kopecky wins Milan-San Remo Women

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News 2025 winner relinquishes leadership as teammate keeps the title in the Dutch squad, finishes sixth on Via Roma

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Milan-San Remo Women: Lotte Kopecky holds off Noemi Rüegg for sprint victory on Via Roma

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Results Eleonora Gasparrini takes podium spot away from Puck Pieterse in final surge to the line

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'The best we could achieve in the situation' – SD Worx-Protime still waiting on first big Classics win of 2026 after defeat at Trofeo Alfredo Binda

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News Anna van der Breggen loses sprint to Karlijn Swinkels after covering breakaway moves

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Trofeo Alfredo Binda: Karlijn Swinkels edges Anna van der Breggen to claim first WorldTour victory

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Results Mie Bjørndal Ottestad rounds out the podium as three-rider break makes it to the line

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'I was strong enough to win' - Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney upset to miss Strade Bianche victory again

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News 'I don’t want to carry on with my career being second or third, I want to be winning' says Polish rider who finished second place for a fourth time in the Tuscan classic Saturday

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Strade Bianche Women: Elise Chabbey lands surprise victory in electric conclusion to a thriller in Tuscany

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Results FDJ-United-SUEZ rider beats former teammate Kasia Niewiadoma, with current teammate Franziska Koch third

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'I never came back' - Untimely mechanical leads to heartache for Lotte Kopecky in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

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News A bike change on the run-in to Muur van Geraardsbergen ruined chances of a result for SD Worx-ProTime rider

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Fierce fight between Demi Vollering vs Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney ends in a maiden victory for European champion

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Results Vollering out-sprints Polish champion as Lorena Wiebes has to settle for third from chase

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'I just embraced the game' – Elisa Longo Borghini plays it perfectly to win a third UAE Tour Women despite being 'uncertain about my shape'

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News Italian champion dedicates Jebel Hafeet victory to late friend

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UAE Tour Women: Elisa Longo Borghini seals third overall victory with another Jebel Hafeet masterclass on stage 4

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Results Monica Trinca Colonel second on stage ahead of Femke de Vries

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'You have to try something' to break Lorena Wiebes' sprint dominance, but EF Education-Oatly's efforts fall short at UAE Tour Women

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News Solo attacker Nina Berton had hoped for company in her stage 3 breakaway but insists you have to attack to beat Wiebes on flat stages

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UAE Tour Women: Untouchable Lorena Wiebes powers to third straight victory but pushed close by rivals in hectic stage 3 finish

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Results Lara Gillespie narrowly beaten into second, Amalie Dideriksen third in Abu Dhabi Breakwater, but no one can stop Wiebes from a 121st career victory

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'We learned from yesterday' - Nienke Veenhoven improves to podium on second day at UAE Tour Women to reaffirm her sprint pedigree

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News 21-year-old Dutch rider says team adjusted tactics, 'it’s better to be safe at the back than in the mess in the peloton'

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UAE Tour Women: Lorena Wiebes takes back-to-back wins after chaotic stage 2 sprint finish

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Results Dutch champion extends overall lead as several riders hit the deck in high-speed crash in final kilometres

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'This is one of the harder sprint stages to do' - Wiebes takes confidence from sprint victory at UAE Tour Women

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News Quasi-unbeatable sprinter speaks about the details of her craft

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