Hanka Kupfernagel (born 19 March 1974 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a retired German professional cycle racer. During most of her career her primary focus was cyclo-cross racing, however, she has also won major road, track and mountain bike races. She has won seven consecutive medals at the UCI Women's Cyclo-cross World Championships, including three gold medals in 2000, 2001 and 2005; two silver medals in 2002 and 2003; and the bronze medal in 2004. Her major career victories also include a gold medal in the individual time trial competition at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart and a silver medal in the road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
She finished 1st in the year-end UCI world class rankings in 1997 and 1999 winning the 1999 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine in the process. Kupfernagel captured the Emakumeen Bira cyclo-cross race for three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999.
In 2007, the three-times world cyclo-cross champion added world time trial champion to her palmares when she won gold at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships Women's Time Trial. She also won the Sparkassen Giro Bochum.
In 2008, she had a very strong cyclo-cross season, winning two World Cup races and even though she finished in the second place six times, she had enough point to claim the overall World Cup title. She seemed to be the favourite for the women's race at the 2009 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, but she was not able to defend her title as Marianne Vos beat her during a sprint finish and left her with the silver medal.
Kupfernagel officially retired in 2016. , velomotion.de, 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2021-12-22. After three and a half years out of competition she participated in the German cyclo-cross championship 2019 at the age of 44 finishing the race in second place. Leipziger Volkszeitung, 2019-01-12. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
Major results Road
1992 1st Road Race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
1994 1st Overall Berliner Rundfahrt 1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 2nd Frühjahrsstraßenpreis 3rd Overall Essen Etappenfahrt 1st Stage 1 3rd Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine
1995 National Road Championships 1st Road Race 1st Time Trial 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Frühjahrsstraßenpreis 1st Laimnau-Wiesertsweiler 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt 1st Karbach Criterium 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium 1st Forst Criterium 1st Forst Chrono (TTT) 1st Irrel-Ferschweller 1st Bollendorf Criterium 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
1996 1st Road Race, U23 UEC European Road Championships 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf Criterium 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt Criterium 1st Wißmannsdorf I Criterium 1st Wißmannsdorf II Criterium 1st Genthin Criterium 1st Genthin Chrono (TTT) 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium
1997 National Road Championships 1st Road Race 1st Time Trial 1st Hill Climb 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca 1st Overall Tour du Finistère 1st Stages 1a, 2 & 6a 1st Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1st Niederwangen Criterium 1st Forst Criterium 1st Forst Chrono (TTT) 1st Bad Schussenried Criterium 7th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
1998 1st Road Race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st Overall Tour de Bretagne 1st Söhnlein-Rheingold-Strassenpreis 1st Wiesbaden Criterium 1st Eberdingen–Hochdorf Criterium 1st Main-Spessart Rundfahrt Criterium 1st Karbach Criterium 1st Oy-Mittelberg Criterium 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse UCI Road World Championships 3rd Road Race 3rd Time Trial 3rd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 9th La Flèche Wallonne
1999 1st Road Race, National Road Championships 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Overall RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 1st La Flèche Wallonne 1st Berlin Criterium 1st Sankt Wendel Criterium 2nd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 2nd Canberra Women's Classic 3rd Liberty Classic
2000 National Road Championships 1st Road Race 1st Time Trial 1st Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 1st Overall Gracia–Orlová 1st Overall RaboSter Zeeuwsche Eilanden 1st Stage 3a 1st Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 1st Stage 5b Olympic Games 2nd Road Race 8th Time Trial 3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
2001 1st Dortmund Classic 1st Boxmeer Criterium National Road Championships 2nd Road Race 3rd Time Trial
2002 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
2003 1st Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen 2nd Overall Albstadt Frauen Etappenrennen 2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
2004 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
2006 3rd Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine
2007 1st Time Trial, UCI Road World Championships 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 1st Stage 3 1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum 1st Stage 4a Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st Stage 1 Albstadt Frauen Etapperen
2008 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships
2009 1st Stage 5 Tour du Grand Montréal
2010 1st Overall Albstadt Frauen Etapperen 1st Stage 2 3rd Time Trial, National Road Championships
2011 1st Overall Albstadt Frauen Etapperen 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Stage 3 Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine 3rd Road Race, National Road Championships 4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2012 1st Overall Albstadt Frauen Etapperen 2nd Overall Tour de Free State Open de Suède Vårgårda 2nd Road Race 5th Team Time Trial 6th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Prologue
2013 1st Overall Albstadt Frauen Etapperen 9th Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen
2015 5th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 5th Nagrade Ljubljana
Cyclo-cross & Mountainbike
1995 1st Nobeyama Supercross #1 1st Shiojiri Cyclo-cross
1996 1st Herford Cyclo-cross
1997 1st GP Montferland Cyclo-cross
1999 1st München Cyclo-cross 1st Obergösgen Cyclo-cross 1st Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross
2000 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st Schulteiss Cup Cyclocross 1st Lutterbach Cyclo-cross 1st Gavere Cyclo-cross 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti Cyclo-cross 1st Zolder Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross
2001 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Wortegem-Petegem 1st Kersttrofee 1st Azencross 1st Lutterbach Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross
2002 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
2003 1st UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Sankt Wendel Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main, Cyclo-cross 1st Kleinmachnow Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Duinencross Koksijde, Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
2004 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking 1st Overall UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup 1st UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Schulteiss Cup Berlin Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross 3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
2005 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Internationale Sluitingsprijs 1st Schulteiss Cup Berlin Cyclo-cross 1st Magstadt Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 3rd UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships
2006 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin 1st Magstadt, Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup Lorsch Cyclo-cross 1st Kersttrofee Hofstade Cyclo-cross 1st Azencross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 2nd UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships
2007 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st National Mountainbike (XC) Championship 1st GP Adri van der Poel 1st Azencross 1st Frankfurt am Main
2008 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships 1st UEC European Cyclo-cross Championships 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Liévin Cyclo-cross 1st GP Adri van der Poel 1st Tabor Cyclo-cross 1st Nootdorp Pijnacker Cyclo-cross 1st Frankfurt am Main Cyclo-cross 1st Scheldecross 1st Herford Cyclo-cross
2009 1st UCI Cyclo-cross World Ranking 1st Overall UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st City Cross Cup Lorsch Cyclo-cross 1st Strullendorf Cyclo-cross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
2010 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Nommay Cyclo-cross 1st Wetzikon Cyclo-cross 1st Scheldecross 2nd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
2011 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st Vlaamse Witloof Veldrit 1st Baden Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup 1st Frenkendorf Cyclo-cross
2012 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships 1st GP Oberbaselbiet 1st City Cross Cup 1st Frankfurt am Main
2013 1st Stadl-Paura Cyclo-cross 1st City Cross Cup
2014 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
2015 1st Illnau Cyclo-cross 1st Steinmaur Cyclo-cross
Track 1991 2nd UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
1992 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships 1st Individual Pursuit 1st Points Race
1993 1st Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships
1994 1st Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships
1995 1st Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships
1996 2nd Individual Pursuit, National Track Championships
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