Roman Kreuziger
.jpg) Kreuziger at the 2009 Tour de France. |
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| Full name | Roman Kreuziger |
| Born | 6 May 1986 Moravská Třebová, Czechoslovakia |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Saxo-Tinkoff |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-Rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2010 2011–2012 2013– |
Liquigas Astana Team Saxo-Tinkoff |
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Roman Kreuziger (Czech pronunciation: [ˈroman ˈkrojtsɪɡr̩]; born 6 May 1986) is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Team Saxo-Tinkoff.[1] Kreuziger is an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General classification of stage races. He is also considered one of the biggest talents of the sport after winning the 2004 Junior Road World Championships and the 2008 Tour de Suisse at the age of 22. Next year, he won the 2009 Tour de Romandie and in 2013, he was the victor of the Amstel Gold Race.
His father, Roman Kreuziger Sr., was also a bicycle racer who won the Österreich Rundfahrt in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983.
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Career [edit]
Liquigas (2006–2010) [edit]
He turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas after a successful amateur career which saw him win the Junior Road World Championships in 2004 and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni in 2005. In 2007 he showed great improvements in his abilities by placing second in the prologues of Paris–Nice and the Tour de Romandie, where he also finished sixth overall. He took his first professional victory in the second stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. In late 2007, he also completed his first Grand Tour after finishing 21st in the Vuelta a España.
In 2008 he finished second in the Tour de Romandie, 35 seconds behind Andreas Klöden, one of the world's leading riders. He avenged his loss by winning the Tour de Suisse by finishing 49 seconds ahead of Klöden and winning the mountain time trial to Klausen Pass. In his first Tour de France, he proved himself as an excellent climber among the world's greats, eventually finishing second in the youth competition, and 12th overall.
In 2009 he got back to the Tour de Romandie and finally succeeded in his attempt to win the race, getting also one stage victory. He added to this success by finishing in ninth place in the Tour de France.
In 2010 he won the Giro di Sardegna, finished third in Paris-Nice, and finished 9th overall in the Tour de France. He then made the move from Liquigas-Doimo to Astana after five seasons with the Italian team.[2]
Astana (2011–2012) [edit]
In 2011 Kreuziger won the mountains classification and a stage in the Giro del Trentino. He achieved a 4th place finish in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège by winning the sprint of the chasing group, almost half-a-minute behind winner Philippe Gilbert.[3] He then aimed for the Giro d'Italia. He ended up finishing 5th overall and he also won the young rider's classification.[4]
In 2012 he finished third in the Tirreno-Adriatico.[5] He entered the 2012 Giro d'Italia leading Team Astana with Paolo Tiralongo. He won the mountainous stage 19 after a solo breakaway[6] but had a disappointing 15th overall finish.[7]
Team Saxo-Tinkoff (2013–) [edit]
Kreuziger left Astana at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[1] In April 2013 he won the Amstel Gold Race. He broke free of the lead group with 7 km (4.3 mi) to go and resisted to the peloton's surge on the Cauberg, taking a solo triumph.[8] Kreuziger worked with doping doctor Michele Ferrari according to former teammate Leonardo Bertagnolli.[9] When asked about the allegations after the Amstel Gold Race, Kreuziger refused to comment on the ties, saying he would address the topic after the Tour de Romandie.[10]
Palmares [edit]
- 2004
- 1st
World Under-19 Road Race Championships - 1st National Under-19 Road Race Championships
- 1st National Under-19 Time Trial Championships
- 2nd
World Under-19 Time Trial Championships - 2nd World Under-19 Cyclo-Cross Championships
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stage 3
- 8th GP Palio del Recioto
- 10th Overall Giro della Toscana
- 2006
- 9th Trofeo Citta di Castelfidardo
- 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 2007
- 1st Trofeo Città di Borgomanero
- 6th Overall Settimana Lombarda
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 2
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 21st Overall Vuelta a España
- 2008
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 8 (ITT)
- 1st Young Riders Classification Tour of Missouri
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 12th Overall Tour de France
- 2009
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 10th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
- 2010
- 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
- 1st Mountains classification
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Young Rider classification
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 2013
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 6th GP Miguel Indurain
Grand Tour General classification results timeline [edit]
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| Giro | – | – | – | – | 5 | 15 |
| Tour | – | 12 | 9 | 8 | 112 | – |
| Vuelta | 21 | – | 61 | 28 | – | – |
WD = withdrew
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Kreuziger joins Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ "Kreuziger signs with Astana". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 16 August 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ FitzGerald, Michael (24 April 2011). "Gilbert wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ Barry Ryan (29 May 2011). "Contador claims second Giro d'Italia victory". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ "Nibali overhauls Horner to win Tirreno". SuperSport (Naspers). South African Press Association; Agence France-Presse. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (25 May 2012). "Roman Kreuziger climbs to victory in Alpi di Pampeago". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ "Giro d’Italia 2012 stage 21 results". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 27 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (14 April 2013). "Roman Kreuziger wins Amstel Gold Race". Cycling Weekly (IPC Media). Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- ^ Gregor Brown (11 October 2012). "Bertagnolli names Kreuziger". Velonews. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ^ Gregor Brown (20 April 2013). "Kreuziger refuses to talk about Ferrari ties". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Roman Kreuziger |
- Official website
- Roman Kreuziger profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Cycling Base (French)
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