Kristijan Koren
![]() Koren at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Postojna, Slovenia | 25 November 1986
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Adria Mobil |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder Domestique |
Amateur teams | |
2005–2007 | Sava |
2008 | Perutnina Ptuj |
2009 | Bottoli Nordelettrica Ramonda |
Professional teams | |
2010–2014 | Liquigas–Doimo |
2015–2017 | Cannondale–Garmin[1][2] |
2018–2019 | Bahrain–Merida[3][4] |
2022–2023 | Adria Mobil |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics |
Kristijan Koren (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil.
During his racing career, Koren won the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore in 2010, and the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2022.[5] He also served a doping suspension between 2019 and 2021, for his involvement in Operation Aderlass, an investigation into the practices of German physician Mark Schmidt.
Career
[edit]Born in Postojna, Koren turned professional with Liquigas–Doimo, a UCI ProTeam, in 2010.[6][7] He remained with Liquigas–Cannondale for the 2011,[8][9] 2012,[10][11] 2013,[12][13] and 2014 seasons.[14][15]
Koren signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[16][17] He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[18] In 2019, Koren was banned for two years after it was found that he had doped. The discovery was part of Operation Aderlass.[19]
Upon the conclusion of his suspension, Koren returned to professional racing, competing at the Tour of Slovenia and the GP Kranj in 2021,[20] with the Slovenia national team. He remained without a team until the following May, when he joined the Adria Mobil team ahead of the 2022 Tour de Hongrie. The following month, Koren won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships, after an attack 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) from the finish.[21] It was his final victory, as he announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of 2023.[22]
Personal life
[edit]Koren previously resided in Budanje, Slovenia.[2][23]
Major results
[edit]Source: [24]
- 2006
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2007
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 6th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 6th La Côte Picarde
- 8th Overall The Paths of King Nikola
- 2008
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- Vuelta a Cuba
- 1st Stages 5 & 15
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 3rd Tour de Rijke
- UEC European Road Under-23 Championships
- 6th Road race
- 10th Time trial
- 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 7th Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 2009
- Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 1st Stages 1a (TTT) & 7
- 2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 5th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
- 5th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Girobio
- 1st Stages 8 & 9
- 7th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2010
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships4th Coppa Bernocchi6th Overall Tour of Slovenia- 2012
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia1stPoints classification
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2014
- 2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 5th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
- 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 2021
- 6th GP Kranj
- 2022
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 128 | — | DNF |
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93 | 100 | 135 | 69 | 152 | — | 102 | — | ||
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Did not contest during his career |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
Results expunged |
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Cannondale - Garmin (TCG) - USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Kristijan Koren". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Kristijan Koren is joining Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Bahrain–Merida. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team". Merida Bikes. Merida Industry Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Veteran Koren s samostojnim pobegom do državnega naslova Eugenija Bujak ubranila naslov". RTV Slo. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ Gregor Brown (1 October 2009). "Liquigas confirms young talent for 2010 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Richard Tyler (17 November 2009). "Liquigas confirm 2010 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Barry Ryan (13 October 2010). "King, Duggan and Wurf confirmed with Liquigas-Cannondale". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Ben Atkins (13 October 2010). "Liquigas-Cannondale signs seven more riders to complete 2011 roster". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Liquigas-Cannondale confirms Betancur for 2012 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Ben Atkins (23 November 2011). "Liquigas-Cannondale finalises roster, six new signings on board for 2012". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Team Cannondale plans for 2013". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale and Zani slated to take over Liquigas". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Lineup confirmed: Sagan, Moser, Basso and Viviani spearhead Cannondale Pro Cycling for 2014". VeloNation. Chevy Chase, Maryland: VeloNation LLC. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling announce 2015 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ Gregor Brown (14 November 2014). "Cannondale-Garmin announces 2015 team line-up". Cycling Weekly. London, England: Time Inc. (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Operation Aderlass: Cyclists Kristijan Koren and Borut Bozic given two-year bans". bbc.co.uk. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "GP Kranj: Individual Road Race - 25 Jul 2021". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Wagner, Kate (27 June 2022). "Kristijan Koren wins men's road race title at Slovenian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Kristijan Koren in Boštjan Murn sta kolo postavila v kot" [Kristijan Koren and Boštjan Murn placed the bike in the corner]. Adria Mobil (in Slovenian). Kolesarski klub Adria Mobil. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Kristijan Koren". Strava. San Francisco, California: Strava, Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Kristjan [sic] Koren". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
External links
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- Kristijan Koren at UCI
- Kristijan Koren at ProCyclingStats
- Kristijan Koren at Cycling Archives
- Kristijan Koren at CQ Ranking
- Cycling Base: Kristjan Koren
- Cannondale-Garmin: Kristjan Koren