Uroš Murn was a Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

n professional road bicycle racer, most recently for UCI ProTour

UCI ProTour

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 team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team was a United States-based professional road bicycle racing team. It was the continuation of the 2004 U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team. Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France winner, was its leader until July 2005...

. Murn joined Discovery Channel having previously ridden on the ProTour for Phonak Hearing Systems

Phonak (cycling team)

Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005...

Born in Novo Mesto

Novo Mesto

Novo Mesto is a city and municipality in southeastern Slovenia, close to the border with Croatia. The town is traditionally considered the economic and cultural centre of the historic Lower Carniola region.-Geography:...

, Murn turned professional in 1997 with the Slovenian Krka squad. In 2000, Murn moved to the Italian

Italy

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 Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini team, where he stayed for four seasons. Early successes in the Tours of Croatia and Slovenia, where Murn won two stages and a stage and the sprints competition respectively, were not matched in later season. Murn took the opportunity to move to the top tier of racing with Phonak in 2004.

On 6 December 2010, it was reported by the Slovenian Press Agency that Uroš Murn decided to end his bicycling career.

Palmarès

1997 - Krka

1998 - Krka

• Solidarity Tour, 1 stage

1999 - Krka-Telekom Slovenje

• GP Krka
• GP Kranj, 1 stage

2000 - Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini

• Tour of Slovenia
  • Stage 3, winner
  • Sprints competition
• Tour of Croatia
  • Stage 1, winner
  • Stage 6A, winner

2001 - Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini

2002 - Formaggi Trentini

• GP Krka

2003 - Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi Immobiliare

• Stausee-Rundfahrt
• Giro d'Abruzzo - Foreign Riders' Competition

2004 - Phonak Hearing Systems National Champion

• GP Krka

2005 - Phonak Hearing Systems

• Setmana Catalana, one stage

2006 - Phonak Hearing Systems

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