Kristijan Koren

Kristijan Koren
Koren at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Born (1986-11-25) 25 November 1986 (age 39)
Postojna, Slovenia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamKolesarski Klub Novo Mesto
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Domestique
Amateur teams
2005–2007Sava
2008Perutnina Ptuj
2009Bottoli Nordelettrica Ramonda
Professional teams
2010–2014Liquigas–Doimo
2015–2017Cannondale–Garmin
2018–2019Bahrain–Merida
2022–2023Adria Mobil
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2022)

Kristijan Koren (born 25 November 1986) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode for UCI Continental team Kolesarski Klub Novo Mesto.

During his racing career, Koren won the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore in 2010, and the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2022. He also served a doping suspension between 2019 and 2021, for his involvement in Operation Aderlass, an investigation into the practices of German physician Mark Schmidt.

Career

Born in Postojna, Koren turned professional with Liquigas–Doimo, a UCI ProTeam, in 2010. He remained with Liquigas–Cannondale for the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons.

Koren signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In 2019, Koren was banned for two years after it was found that he had doped. The discovery was part of Operation Aderlass.

Upon the conclusion of his suspension, Koren returned to professional racing, competing at the Tour of Slovenia and the GP Kranj in 2021, with the Slovenia national team. He remained without a team until the following May, when he joined the Adria Mobil team ahead of the 2022 Tour de Hongrie. The following month, Koren won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships, after an attack 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) from the finish. It was his final victory, as he announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of 2023.

Personal life

Koren previously resided in Budanje, Slovenia.

Major results

Source:

2006
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
5th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2007
National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
6th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
6th La Côte Picarde
8th Overall The Paths of King Nikola
2008
1st La Côte Picarde
Vuelta a Cuba
1st Stages 5 & 15
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
1st Prologue
3rd Overall Giro delle Regioni
3rd Tour de Rijke
UEC European Road Under-23 Championships
6th Road race
10th Time trial
7th Time trial, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
7th Gran Premio della Liberazione
2009
Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Stages 1a (TTT) & 7
2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Giro del Medio Brenta
5th Time trial, Mediterranean Games
5th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st Stage 3
5th Overall Girobio
1st Stages 8 & 9
7th Memorial Davide Fardelli
2010
1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
Voided results from January 2011 to December 2012
2011
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Coppa Bernocchi
6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2012
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
2014
2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
4th Overall Tour of Slovenia
5th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
9th Dutch Food Valley Classic
2021
6th GP Kranj
2022
1st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — 128 — DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 93 85 98 100 135 69 152 — 102 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España Did not contest during his career
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified
No. Results expunged

References

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  21. ↑ Wagner, Kate (27 June 2022). "Kristijan Koren wins men's road race title at Slovenian Road Championships". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  22. ↑ "Kristijan Koren in Boštjan Murn sta kolo postavila v kot" [Kristijan Koren and Boštjan Murn placed the bike in the corner]. Adria Mobil (in Slovenian). Kolesarski klub Adria Mobil. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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