Koen de Kort
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Koen de Kort is a Dutch
professional cyclist. He grew up in Liempde in Noord Brabant. From 2002 to 2004, he was in the development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix. In 2005, he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Serguros-Wurth of Manolo Saiz
. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir
. In 2007 de Kort joined the . Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexandre 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 Serguros team. He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil-Shimano team.
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2010
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
professional cyclist. He grew up in Liempde in Noord Brabant. From 2002 to 2004, he was in the development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix. In 2005, he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Serguros-Wurth of Manolo Saiz
Manolo Saiz
Manuel "Manolo" Saiz Balbás is the former team manager of one of the most successful Spanish professional road bicycle racing teams, first called Team ONCE, then Liberty Seguros-Würth, Astana-Würth, and lastly Astana Team.Saiz was a hands-on manager and directeur sportif...
. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir
Tour de l'Avenir
Tour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...
. In 2007 de Kort joined the . Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin
Andrey Kashechkin
Andrey Kashechkin is a Kazakhstani road racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI ProTour team .Kashechkin was born in Kyzyl-Orda, in the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic....
, 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 Serguros team. He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil-Shimano team.
Most important results
2004- 1st U-23 Paris–Roubaix
- 1st GP Eddy Merckx
- 1st Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd National Championship U23 Cyclo-cross
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
2005
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de L'avenir
2006
- 10th Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
- 13th Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
- 16th Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
2007
- 3rd Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
2008
- 3rd Individual Time Trial Dutch Championships
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotour
- 12th Overall ENECO Tour of Benelux
2009
- 1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan
- 9th Stage 3 Tour de FranceTour de FranceThe Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...
2010
- 9th in Dutch Championships
- 7th in Stage 3 Tour of Denmark
- 6th in Stage 6 ENECO Tour
- 4th in Stage 2 Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
- 3rd in Stage 4 Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
- 7th in Stage 6 Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
- 5th in Stage 7 Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....
- 9th Overall Tour of BritainTour of BritainThe Tour of Britain is a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain....