Kristijan Koren

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Kristijan Koren
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Koren at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Born (1986-11-25) 25 November 1986 (age 37)
Postojna, Slovenia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Team information
Current team Adria Mobil
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-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
National Road Race Championships (2022)

Kristijan Koren (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Adria Mobil.

Contents

During a twelve-year professional 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

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

Koren previously resided in Budanje, Slovenia. [2] [23]

Major results

Source: [24]

2006
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
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 MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
3rd Road race
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
Voided results from January 2011 to December 2012
2011
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Coppa Bernocchi
6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2012
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Jersey green.svg Points 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 MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia ——————— 128 — DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 93 85 98 100 135 69 152 — 102 —
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España Did not contest during his career
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQDisqualified
No.Results expunged

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