Matej Jurčo

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Matej Jurčo Road cycling
Matej Jurčo (2007)
Matej Jurčo (2007)
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Date of birth August 8, 1984
nation SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
discipline Road / mountain bike
End of career 2015
Last updated: June 25, 2017

Matej Jurčo (born August 8, 1984 in Poprad ) is a Slovak cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2002 Matej Jurčo secured the overall victory of the Junior Cycling World Cup and in 2003 he became Slovak champion in the U23 individual time trial . He then received a contract as a stagiaire from De Nardi-Colpack .

In 2004 Jurčo drove for De Nardi , placed third in the overall ranking of the UNIQA Classic in Austria and became Slovak champion in the individual time trial for the first time. For the 2005 season he moved to the Italian UCI ProTeam Domina Vacanze and defended his championship title. From 2006 Jurčo has been driving for the German-Italian team Milram and was able to become national champion in both individual time trials and road races in 2008 .

In 2004 and 2008 Jurčo started at the Olympic Games. Both times he could not finish the road race, in 2004 in Athens he finished 35th in the individual time trial and four years later he finished 28th.

In 2015 Matej Jurčo ended his sporting career after becoming a five-time Slovak champion in the individual time trial and in 2008 in the road race.

successes

2002
2003
  • MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovak champion in individual time trial (U23)
2004
  • MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovak champion in the individual time trial
2005
  • MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovak champion in the individual time trial
2006
  • MaillotSlovakia.svgSlovak champion in the individual time trial
2008
  • MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovak champion in road racing
  • MaillotSlovakia.svg Slovak champion in the individual time trial
2010
2011
2012

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - 129
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - -
Golden jersey Vuelta a España DNF - 133 81
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

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