Matej Jurčo
Matej Jurčo (2007) | |
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Date of birth | August 8, 1984 |
nation | 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
- Overall ranking of the Junior Cycling World Cup
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2008
- 2010
- a stage Vuelta Ciclista al Uruguay
- 2011
- a stage Dookoła Mazowsza
- 2012
- a stage and team time trial Czech Cycling Tour
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | 129 |
Tour de France | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | DNF | - | 133 | 81 |
Teams
- 2003 De Nardi-Colpack ( Stagiaire )
- 2004 De Nardi
- 2005 Domina Vacanze
- 2006 Team Milram
- 2007 Team Milram
- 2008 Team Milram
- 2010 Dukla Trenčín Merida
- 2011 Dukla Trenčín Merida
- 2012 Whirlpool Author
- 2013 Dukla Trenčín Trek
- 2014 Dukla Trenčín Trek
- 2015 Kemo Dukla Trenčín
Web links
- Matej Jurčo in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Matej Jurčo in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Matej Jurčo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Jurčo, Matej |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovak cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Poprad , Czechoslovakia (today: Slovakia ) |