Koen de Kort
Koen de Kort (2015) | |
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Date of birth | September 8, 1982 |
nation | Netherlands |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | Trek-Segafredo |
function | driver |
Last updated: December 31, 2016 |
Koen de Kort (born September 8, 1982 in Gouda ) is a Dutch cyclist .
Career
Koen de Kort began his international career in 2002 at Rabobank TT3 , the junior team of the “big” Rabobank team. In late summer 2003 he drove as a trainee at Rabobank , but stayed with the farm team for another year . In 2004 he won the U23 event in Paris-Roubaix and won the pair time trial Grand Prix Eddy Merckx together with Thomas Dekker . At the Tour de l'Avenir 2005 he was able to win a stage.
In 2005, de Kort received his first regular contract with a ProTeam, the Spanish Liberty Seguros-Würth Team . In 2008 he switched to the Dutch Professional Continental Team Skil-Shimano and came third in the Dutch time trial championship.
From 2014, de Kort drove in the same teams as John Degenkolb and became his "right hand", so drove the Degenkolb sprints. For the 2017 season, the two drivers switched together with Team Trek-Segafredo .
Private
De Kort spent numerous training periods in Australia , where he met his Australian wife, with whom he lives in Andorra . According to his own statements, he speaks English , Catalan and Spanish more often than Dutch .
Palmarès
2004
- Paris-Roubaix (U23)
- Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Thomas Dekker )
- 2005
- a stage Tour de l'Avenir
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | 124 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | - | - | - | 111 | - | - | 103 | 138 | 92 | 73 | - | 70 | 78 | 125 |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 85 | - | DNF | 64 | 96 | - | - |
Teams
- 2002 Rabobank TT3
- 2003 Rabobank TT3
- 2003 Rabobank (stagiaire)
- 2004 Rabobank TT3
- 2005 Liberty Seguros-Würth
- 2006 Liberty Seguros-Würth / Team Astana
- 2007 Team Astana
- 2008 Team Astana
- 2009 Skil-Shimano
- 2010 Skil-Shimano
- 2011 Skil-Shimano
- 2012 Argos-Shimano team
- 2013 Argos-Shimano team
- 2014 Team Giant-Shimano
- 2015 Team Giant-Alpecin
- 2016 Team Giant-Alpecin
- 2017 Trek-Segafredo
- 2018 Trek-Segafredo
Web links
- Koen de Kort in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Koen de Kort in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ John Degenkolb and Koen De Kort to join Trek-Segafredo in 2017. In: treksegafredo.com. August 12, 2016, accessed December 31, 2016 .
- ↑ Edward Pickering: Double Dutch . In: Procycling , German edition . September, 2017, p. 100 ff .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kort, Koen de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gouda cheese |