Karsten Kroon
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| Full name | Karsten Kroon | ||
| Born | January 29, 1976  Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.80 m | ||
| Weight | 67 kg | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Team Saxo Bank | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Classics Rider | ||
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| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1997–2005 2006–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Rabobank Team CSC BMC Racing Team Team Saxo Bank |
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| Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012 |
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Karsten Kroon (born January 29, 1976 in Dalen) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Saxo Bank, a UCI ProTeam.[1]
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[edit] Career
Kroon showed his talent as an amateur by winning the professional Ronde van Drenthe in 1996. He joined the Rabobank youth squad in 1997 and won a number of amateur races in two years. In 1999, he moved to the senior squad. His few wins included stage 8, on Bastille Day, of the 2002 Tour de France. Kroon and his team-mate, Erik Dekker, finished in a seven-man group, and Kroon won a stage in his first Tour de France with the help of the more experienced Dekker.[2] Kroon led the mountain jersey competition in each of the three Grand Tours, though his lead did not last to the end.[3]
On 10 August 2005 he said that, until 2007, he was to ride for Saxo Bank. He wanted more freedom. "I've never said that I want to be leader," he told CyclingNews.com, "I only want to get chances".[4] In March and April 2006, he was joint team captain in ProTour races. He finished in the top ten of Tirreno–Adriatico and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. He helped Fränk Schleck win the Amstel Gold Race by disrupting the chase when Schleck attacked; Kroon finished fourth.[5] Kroon finally finished on the podium, in La Flèche Wallonne, third in front of Schleck. He also came second in the 2009 Amstel Gold Race, just behind Serguei Ivanov.
In 2010, Kroon joined BMC Racing Team,[6] but returned to Team Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.[1]
[edit] Palmares
- 1996
- 1st Ronde van Drenthe
- 1997
- 1st Vlaamse Pijl
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1998
- 1st Overall Ster der Beloften
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 6 Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Navarra
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Navarra
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a León
- 2000
- Held
Mountain jersey for 13 days Giro d'Italia - 2001
- 1st GP Kanton Aargau
- Held
King of the Mountains jersey Vuelta a España - 2002
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France
- 2003
- 1st Stage 5 GP Tour du Poitou
- 2004
- 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2005
- Held
King of the Mountains Jersey for Stage 6 Tour de France - 2006
- 1st Stage 2 3-Länder-Tour
- 1st Stage 5 3-Länder-Tour
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2007
- 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 5 Sachen Tour
- 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 2009
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 2010
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b "Kroon returns to Saxo Bank". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 7 October 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kroon-returns-to-saxo-bank. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Kroon takes stage victory, BBC Sport, July 14, 2002
- ^ "Kroon tiende Nederlander in bolletjestrui" (in Dutch). Wielcentrum.com. 7 July 2005. http://tourdefrance.wielercentrum.com/nieuws/2005/Kroon-tiende-Nederlander-in-bolletjestrui-2828.html. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Kroon to CSC, CyclingNews.com, August 10, 2005
- ^ Mixed fortunes for Kroon and Boogerd, Pro Cycling, April 17, 2006
- ^ VeloNews.com (2009-09-01). "Hincapie confirms to BMC with Ballan, Kroon, Burghardt". VeloNews. http://www.velonews.com/article/97306/. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Karsten Kroon |
- KarstenKroon.com (fansite)
- Team CSC profile
- Karsten Kroon profile at Cycling Archives
