Jans Koerts

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Jans Koerts
Personal information
Full nameJans Koerts
Born (1969-08-24) 24 August 1969 (age 56)
Eefde, the Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
1992PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1993–1994Festina–Lotus
1995–1996Palmans–Ipso
1997–1998Rabobank
1999Team Cologne
2000Farm Frites
2001Mercury–Viatel
2002Domo–Farm Frites
2003BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2004Vlaanderen–T Interim
2005Cofidis
2006–2007Time-Van Hemert
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2000)

Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2001)

Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.[1] He was professional from 1992 until 2007.[2] He won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.

Career

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Koerts started his career at PDM–Concorde–Ultima in 1991.[3] At the 2000 Vuelta a España, he won the Stage 3 mass sprint.[4]

In 2005 during stage four of the Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho Koerts crashed heavily breaking both ankles, his ribs and fractured his femur.[5] He did not race again until Ster van Zwolle in March 2007.[6] Following his crash he left Cofidis.[7]

Doping

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In 2007 Koerts admitted to doping over a span of eleven years.[8][9] In 1993 while at Festina–Lotus, he started taking testosterone under guidance from the team doctor. In 1997 at Rabobank, he was encouraged to microdose on erythropoietin (EPO), but refused. However, in 1999, after being demoted to a lower level team he started to dope. He continued to dope occasionally until 2004.[3]

Post professional cycling

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After retiring from professional cycling, Koerts started a coaching company which is still running as of 2024.[10] He also works as a sales assistant at bike shop in Australia.[11]

Major results

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Sources:[1][12][13]

1989 1st Omloop Houtse Linies 10th Overall ZLM Tour 1990 1st Overall, Sachsen Tour 5th Overall ZLM Tour 1st Stage 4 1991 1st Stage 1, OZ Wielerweekend 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland 1st Ster van Zwolle 1st Stages 4 & 5a, Circuit Franco-Belge 1992 1st Ronde van Limburg 3rd Overall Dwars door West-Vlaanderen 5th Tour de Midi-Pyrenees 1993 1st Stage 2 Route Adélie de Vitré 1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal 4th GP Wielerrevue 5th Trofeo Luis Puig 1994 1st Grand Prix de Denain 1st Stage 1, Tour du Poitou-Charentes 1st Sprints classification Ronde van Nederland 3rd Tour of Leuven 3rd Clásica de Almería 6th Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne 6th Classic Haribo 1995 1st GP Briek Schotte 1st GP Stad Sint-Niklaas 1st Dentergem 1st Buggenhout 1st Omloop van het Houtland 2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 4th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen 1996 1st Stages 2 & 3, Commonwealth Bank Classic 1st GP Rik Van Steenbergen 1st Stage 2, Teleflex Tour 1st Wielsbeke 1st Strombeek-Bever 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos 1997 3rd Schaal Sels 5th Trofeo Luis Puig 7th Druivenkoers Overijse 1998 1st Affligem 1st Stages 1 & 6, Commonwealth Bank Classic 1st Ruddervoorde 1st Stage 5, Post Danmark Rundt 1st Sprints classification Ronde van Nederland 4th Flèche Hesbignonne 4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 6th Delta Profonde 7th Acht Van Chaam 1999 1st Stage 1, Commonwealth Bank Classic 1st Overall, OZ Wielerweekend 1st Stage 1, 1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland 1st Stages 3 & 6, Rapport Toer 1st Stages 1 & 4, Giro del Capo 1st Stage 2, Ster der Beloften 1st Stages 1 & 2, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Ronde van Drenthe 1st Izegem 1st Stage 3, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1st GP Wielerrevue Commonwealth Bank Classic 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 4 8th Ronde van Limburg 10th Omloop van het Houtland 2000 1st Stages 1 & 2, Commonwealth Bank Classic 1st Eindhoven 1st Omloop van het Waasland-Kemzeke 1st Stage 3a, Three Days of De Panne 1st Sparkassen Giro 1st Epe, Derny 1st Stage 3, Vuelta a España 2001 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Profronde van Zwolle 1st Stages 4 & 6, Tour de Langkawi 1st Stage 3, Paris–Nice 1st Stage 4, Tour de Picardie 1st Clarendon Cup 1st Profronde van Heerlen 2003 1st Stage 2, Tour of Belgium 1st Brussel–Ingooigem 1st Stage 4, Sachsen Tour 1st Stage 4, Post Danmark Rundt 1st Tour Beneden-Maas (Tour de Rijke) 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland 2004 1st Tour de Rijke 2021 2nd Just Ride Zwift Challenge
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Jans Koerts". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Jans KOERTS". UCI. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "'Als iedereen doping neemt, dan doe je gewoon mee'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 10 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Koerts improves by one". Cycling News. 28 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ Zalewski, Mark (13 July 2005). "Koerts seriously injured". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  6. ^ Prell, Monika (3 March 2007). "Koerts makes a comeback". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ Westemeyer, Susan (31 August 2005). "Koerts to leave Cofidis". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Koerts admission #1 . Dopeology". www.dopeology.org. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Koerts admission #2 . Dopeology". www.dopeology.org. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Coaching | Jans Koerts Training". JKT. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Just Ride Nerang - Your Number one 1 Gold Coast Bike shop". Just Ride. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Jans Koerts". www.cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Jans Koerts". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

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