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| Full name | Roman Kreuziger | ||
| Born | May 6, 1986 Moravská Třebová, Czech Republic |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (140 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Astana | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2006–2010 2011– |
Liquigas Astana |
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| Infobox last updated on May 29, 2011 |
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Roman Kreuziger (Czech pronunciation: [ˈroman ˈkrojtsɪɡr̩]; born May 6, 1986) is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Astana. 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.
His father, Roman Kreuziger, was also a bicycle racer who won the Österreich Rundfahrt in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983.
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[edit] Career
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 2nd 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 2nd 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 Kreuziger made the move from Liquigas-Doimo to Astana after five seasons with the Italian team.[1]
[edit] Palmares
- 2004
- 1st
World U-19 Road Race Champion - 1st
Czech Republic U-19 Road Race Champion - 1st Czech Republic U-19 Time Trial Champion
- 2nd
World U-19 Time Trial Championship - 2nd World U-19 Cyclo-Cross Championship
- 2007
- 1st Trofeo Città di Borgomanero
- 1st Stage 2 Settimana Lombarda
- 2nd Prologue Paris–Nice
- 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 Jersey
- 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 Jersey
- 1st
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
- 1st Mountains classification
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Young Rider Jersey
- 1st
[edit] Grand Tour General Classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| Giro | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Tour | – | 12 | 9 | 9 | 112 |
| Vuelta | 21 | – | 61 | 28 | – |
WD = withdrew
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Roman Kreuziger homepage
- Rider Profile – Liquigas website
- Roman Kreuziger profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Cycling Base (French)
