Matej Mohorič
Mohorič at Tour of Austria 2018 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Matej Mohorič |
Born |
Kranj, Slovenia | 19 October 1994
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Bahrain–Merida |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Puncheur |
Amateur team(s) | |
2013 | Sava |
Professional team(s) | |
2014 | Cannondale |
2015 | Cannondale–Garmin |
2016–2017 | Lampre–Merida |
2018– | Bahrain–Merida |
Major wins | |
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Medal record
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Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovene professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for Bahrain–Merida in the UCI World Tour.[1] Mohorič turned professional in 2014.[2]
Biography
Born on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Podblica, Slovenia.[2][3]
Mohorič won the 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships[4] and the 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships,[5][6] becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years.[4]
He signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[7][8]
Mohorič signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[9][10] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[11] but he withdrew on the 6th stage.[12] Subsequently, it was announced that he would join Lampre–Merida from 2016 on a two-year contract.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[13] Mohorič secured his first Grand Tour stage win when he soloed to victory in Stage 7 of the 2017 Vuelta a España. In Stage 10 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia he took his second win in a Grand Tour, winning a two men sprint against Nico Denz.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2011
- 7th Overall Regio-Tour
- 2012
- UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Giro di Basilicata - 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT), & 4
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Giro della Lunigiana - 1st
Overall Junioren Radrundfahrt Oberösterreich - UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 3rd
- 2013
- 1st
Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships - National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 7th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2014
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Japan Cup
- 2016
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st Stage 6
- 2017
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
- 1st Hong Kong Challenge
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall BinckBank Tour - 1st
Overall Deutschland Tour - 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
- 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 7th Giro della Toscana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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— | 98 | 135 | 30 | |
— | — | — | — | |
DNF | — | 30 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "New signings for Bahrain-Merida - Transfer Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
Bahrain-Merida has strengthened its team for 2018 by signing Gorka Izagirre and Matej Mohorič.
- 1 2 "Matej Mohorič". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Matej Mohorič". Strava. San Francisco, California: Strava, Inc. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Mohoric joins Lampre-Merida". cyclingnews.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ↑ Alasdair Fotheringham (27 September 2014). "Mohoric wins U23 men's road race world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "Mohoric attacks to solo win in under-23 worlds road race". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ Daniel Benson (15 September 2014). "Mohoric signs with Cannondale team for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling announce 2015 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ↑ "De La Cruz no toma la salida y se retira el esloveno Mohoric" [De la Cruz doesn't take the start and the Slovenian Mohoric withdraws]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Grupo Godó. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links
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