Koos Moerenhout
Koos Moerenhout at the Clásica San Sebastian 2007 | |
To person | |
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Nickname | Koos |
Date of birth | 5th November 1973 |
nation | Netherlands |
discipline | Street |
End of career | 2010 |
Team (s) | |
1994 1996–1999 2000 2001–2005 2006 2007–2010 |
Motorola ( Stagiaire ) Rabobank Farm Frites Domo-Farm Frites / Davitamon-Lotto Phonak Cycling Team Rabobank |
Most important successes | |
Team (s) as team manager | |
2013–2016 2017– |
Rabobank-Liv Hagens Berman Axeon |
Team (s) as coach | |
2019– | National road team of the Netherlands |
Last updated: June 16, 2011 |
Jacobus Moerenhout , or Koos for short , (born November 5, 1973 in Achthuizen ) is a Dutch cycling manager, trainer and former racing cyclist .
Athletic career
Moerenhout began at the age of eight years in cycling, by the way he played some years football . At the age of 13 he decided to start at the De Hoekse Renners cycling club . In 1994 he won a stage of the Tour of Austria and was second overall. In addition to the second overall place at the Flèche du Sud in Luxembourg , he also won the Liège Tour.
From September 1994 Moerenhout drove as a stagiaire for the US professional team Motorola , in 1996 he signed a contract with the Dutch cycling team Rabobank and had his first success by winning the Circuit Franco-Belge . After a total of three victories in his first year in the elite, he won a stage of the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour the following year . In the 1998 season Moerenhout was nominated for the Tour de France for the first time . He reached Paris as 44th overall . In 1999 he won another stage in the Tour of the Basque Country .
In 2000 Moerenhout moved to Farm Frites , another Dutch team, with whom he won a stage of the Tour Down Under and shortly thereafter also competed in the Tour de Langkawi . For the first time he started at the Giro d'Italia . In the same year he started at the Olympic Games in Sydney and took part in both the time trial (26th) and the road race (task). From the 2001 season he drove for Lotto-Domo , which emerged from the Farm Frites team, and again won a stage of the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour. In 2006 Moerenhout drove for the Swiss ProTeam Phonak , which was dissolved at the end of the 2006 season.
From the 2007 season Moerenhout drove for the Dutch team Rabobank . He was twice the Dutch road racing champion (2007 and 2009). In 2010 he won a stage of the Eneco Tour . After this season he ended his active cycling career.
Moerenhout competed among the elite for a total of 17 years. During these years he started on 17 major country tours . His best placement was 15th at the 2005 Vuelta a España .
Professional
After the end of his active career, Moerenhout switched to various supervisory functions. From 2013 to 2016 he was the sporting director of the women's cycling team Rabobank-Liv and from 2017 of the U23 team Hagens Berman Axeon . In November 2018, the Dutch cycling association KNWU announced that Moerenhout had been hired as the new coach for the Dutch national road team. He will hold this position at the same time as his position at Hagens Berman Axeon .
Miscellaneous
The Koos Moerenhout Classic Everyman's Race has been held in Moerenhout's hometown of Steenbergen since 2011 .
successes
1994
- one stage tour of Austria
1996
- Overall ranking and one stage Circuit Franco-Belge
1997
- a stage Rhineland-Palatinate tour
1999
- one stage tour of the Basque Country
2000
- a stage tour down under
2003
- a stage Rhineland-Palatinate tour
2007
2009
- Dutch champion - road race
- one stage tour of Austria
2010
- one stage Eneco Tour
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | 52 | - | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
Tour de France | - | 44 | - | 77 | - | - | 128 | 100 | - | 60 | - | 33 | - | 49 |
Vuelta a España | 65 | DNF | DNF | - | - | 72 | - | - | 14th | - | 42 | - | 36 | - |
Teams
- 1994 Motorola (Stagiaire, from September 1)
- 1996 Rabobank
- 1997 Rabobank
- 1998 Rabobank
- 1999 Rabobank
- 2000 farm fries
- 2001 Domo Farm Fries
- 2002 Domo Farm Fries
- 2003 Lotto Domo
- 2004 Lotto Domo
- 2005 Davitamon Lotto
- 2006 Phonak Hearing Systems
- 2007 Rabobank
- 2008 Rabobank
- 2009 Rabobank
- 2010 Rabobank
Web links
- Koos Moerenhout in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Koos Moerenhout in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Koos Moerenhout in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Koos Moerenhout, een leven op de fiets. In: wimijpelaar.wordpress.com. October 6, 2010, accessed December 31, 2018 (Dutch).
- ^ Moerenhout named as Dutch national coach. In: Cycling News. November 24, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Koos Moerenhout nieuwe bondscoach wegwielrennen bij elite mannen. In: internetbode.nl. November 23, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Welkom bij de Koos Moerenhout Classic. In: koosmoerenhoutclassic.nl. December 31, 2018, accessed December 31, 2018 (Dutch).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Moerenhout, Koos |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Moerenhout, Jacobus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Achthuizen |