Koen de Kort
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Infobox cyclist tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the Template:Cycling data RB3, Template:Cycling data ONC, Template:Cycling data AST, Template:Cycling data SKS and Template:Cycling data TFS men teams.[1] Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional team Template:Cycling data TFS men.[2]
Career
He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde.
Rabobank GS3 (2002–2004)
From 2002 to 2004, he was in the Template:Cycling data RB3 development team of the Template:Cycling data RAB cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix.
Liberty Seguros–Würth (2005–2006)
In 2005 he became professional with the ProTour team Template:Cycling data ONC of Manolo Saiz.[2] That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.[3]
Astana (2007–2008)
In 2007 De Kort joined the Template:Cycling data AST team. Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, Astana did not have much chance to compete in 2007 and was limited in 2008. Speaking to Dutch media, De Kort expressed his frustrations at not having the chance to compete after being in a similar situation in 2006 with the Liberty Seguros team. In 2008, De Kort finished 5th at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, 12th at the Eneco Tour and 4th at the Ster Elektrotoer.
Skil–Shimano (2009–2016)
He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Template:Cycling data SKS team.[4] He stayed with the team in 2012, when it rebranded to Template:Cycling data SKS and finished 3rd in Dwars door Vlaanderen as well as 16th in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships.[5] From 2013 to 2016, De Kort was a vital member of the Template:Cycling data SKS squad, representing the team at 7 Grand Tours and 12 Classics.
Trek–Segafredo (2017–2021)
In 2017, De Kort joined Template:Cycling data TFS, and was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[6]
In June 2021, three of the fingers on his right hand were amputated following an accident while driving a vehicle off-road.[7]
Personal life
Prior to becoming a professional cyclist,[8] De Kort studied Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, before studying for a Master's degree with the Johan Cruyff Institute.[9]
Major results
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- 2000
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2002
- 10th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 10th Ronde van Overijssel
- 2003
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 8th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 10th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
- 2004
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Thomas Dekker)
- 2nd Under-23 race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 8th Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 8th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 8th Chrono des Nations U23
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2008
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2009
- 1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan
- 2010
- 9th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2012
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2018
- 9th Japan Cup
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 |
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | — | — | 108 | — | — | 103 | 138 | 92 | 73 | — | 70 | 78 | 125 | — | — |
| A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 85 | — | DNF | 64 | 96 | 77 | — | — | 82 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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External links
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