Emil Herzog

Emil Herzog was born on 6 October 2004 in Weiler-Simmerberg, Germany. He rode for Rad-Union 1913 Wangen as a youth and for Team Auto Eder in 2021 and 2022. As a junior in 2021 he won the German time trial title and finished second overall at the Course de la Paix Juniors, winning its young rider classification. He also won the young rider classification at the Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot and the Internationale Juniorenrundfahrt that year.

His best year as a junior was 2022. He won the road race at the UCI Junior Road World Championships and took bronze in the world time trial. He also won the German junior road race title and several stage races: the Grand Prix Rüebliland, the Course de la Paix Juniors and the Internationale Cottbuser Junioren-Etappenfahrt. Other wins that year included the Grand Prix West Bohemia and the Giro di Primavera. He finished third in the European junior time trial and fifth in Paris–Roubaix Juniors.

In 2023 he rode for Hagens Berman Axeon, and he finished seventh at the G.P. Palio del Recioto. He joined Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe in 2024 and was seventh at Milano–Torino that year. In 2025 he finished eighth overall at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, third on a stage of the Tour of the Alps and 14th overall at the Tour de Hongrie. As of October 2026, ProCyclingStats lists no professional wins and no Grand Tour starts for him.

His 2026 season included several top-ten finishes. He was second on stage 5 of the Volta Comunitat Valenciana in February. He finished 15th overall at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (third in the young rider classification) and 83rd at Strade Bianche. In the German national championships in June he was 15th in the road race and tenth in the time trial. On 30 August he finished fourth at the Bretagne Classic. He was eighth overall at the CRO Race in September, third in its young rider classification, and seventh in the European Championships road race on 4 October. He ended his season at the Tour of Guangxi, finishing 78th overall.