Koen de Kort
 Koen de Kort member of Skil-Shimano team |
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Koen de Kort |
| Born | September 8, 1982 Netherlands |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Project 1t4i |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002–2004 2005–2006 2007–2008 2009– |
Rabobank TT3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Astana Skil-Shimano |
| Infobox last updated on 14 January 2012 |
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Koen de Kort ( born 8 September 1982 in Gouda in The Netherlands) is a Dutch professional cyclist. He grew up in Liempde in Noord Brabant. From 2002 to 2004, he was in the development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix. In 2005, he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Serguros-Wurth of Manolo Saiz. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.[1] In 2007 de Kort joined the Astana. Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, Astana did not have much chance to compete in 2007 and was limited in 2008. Speaking to Dutch media, de Kort expressed his frustrations at not having the chance to compete after being in a similar situation in 2006 with the Liberty Serguros team. He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil-Shimano team.
[edit] Most important results
- 2004
- 1st U-23 Paris–Roubaix
- 1st GP Eddy Merckx
- 1st Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd National Championship U23 Cyclo-cross
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de L'avenir
- 2006
- 10th Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
- 13th Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
- 16th Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
- 2007
- 3rd Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
- 2008
- 3rd Individual Time Trial Dutch Championships
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotour
- 12th Overall ENECO Tour of Benelux
- 2009
- 1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan
- 9th Stage 3 Tour de France
- 2010
- 9th in Dutch Championships
- 7th in Stage 3 Tour of Denmark
- 6th in Stage 6 ENECO Tour
- 4th in Stage 2 Tour of Britain
- 3rd in Stage 4 Tour of Britain
- 7th in Stage 6 Tour of Britain
- 5th in Stage 7 Tour of Britain
- 9th Overall Tour of Britain
[edit] References
- ^ "De Kort triumphs". Le Tour.fr. http://www.letour.fr/stf/avenir/2005/us/etape_04.html. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
