Jan Polanc
Jan Polanc (born May 6, 1992 in Kranj ) is a Slovenian cyclist .
Career
Jan Polanc was Slovenian champion in road racing in the junior class in 2009. The next year he won the individual time trial title and was fifth in the road race of the Junior World Championship and he won a stage in the Giro della Lunigiana .
Between 2011 and mid-2013 Polanc drove for the Slovenian Continental Team Radenska . During this time he won national individual time titles of the U23, the one-day race Piccolo Giro di Lombardia and the overall standings and a stage of the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia .
He then switched to the Italian ProTeam Lampre-Merida , for which he achieved his greatest success to date at the Giro d'Italia 2015 with the victory on the 5th stage after Abetone , after being part of a smaller group of outsiders at the beginning of the stage. from which he could withdraw on the target slope. On the 4th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2017 with a mountain finish on Mount Etna , he was able to repeat this success in a comparable way.
successes
2009
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Slovenian Champion - Road Race (Juniors) - a stage of the Giro della Lunigiana
2010
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Slovenian Champion - Individual Time Trial (Juniors)
2012
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Slovenian Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
- Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2013
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
2015
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
2017
- Mountain classification Tour La Provence
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
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Slovenian champion - individual time trial
Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
42 | 53 | - | 11 | 32 | 15th |
 Tour de France
|
- | - | 54 | - | - | |
 Vuelta a España
|
- | - | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2011 Radenska
- 2012 Radenska
- 2013 Radenska (until July 31)
- 2013 Lampre-Merida (from August 1st)
- 2014 Lampre-Merida
- 2015 Lampre-Merida
- 2016 Lampre-Merida
- 2017 UAE Team Emirates
- 2018 UAE Team Emirates
- 2019 UAE Team Emirates
Web links
- Jan Polanc in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Jan Polanc in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Polanc makes Lampres screwed up Giro start forgotten. radsport-news.com, May 13, 2015, accessed May 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Polanc defies the headwind and all favorites on Etna. radsport-news.com, October 10, 2017, accessed October 10, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polanc, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kranj |