Kristijan Koren
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Kristjan Koren is a Slovenia
n professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Liquigas-Doimo. He made his Grand Tour debut in the 2010 Tour de France
, finishing 94th overall. He featured in a breakaway on the 17th stage of that event, which finished at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet
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Slovenian National Time Trial Champion
2008
2009
2010
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 for UCI ProTeam Liquigas-Doimo. He made his Grand Tour debut in the 2010 Tour de France
2010 Tour de France
The 2010 Tour de France was the 97th edition of the Tour de France cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on with an 8.9 km prologue time trial in Rotterdam, the first start in the Netherlands since 1996...
, finishing 94th overall. He featured in a breakaway on the 17th stage of that event, which finished at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet is the highest road in the central Pyrenees in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées in France. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. Luz-Saint-Sauveur is at the bottom of the western side.Tourmalet is also a...
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Palmares
2007Slovenian National Time Trial Champion
2008
- 1st, La Cote Picardie
- 1st, Prologue, Isterain Spring Trophy
- 1st, Stages 5 & 13 Vuelta a CubaVuelta a CubaThe Vuelta a Cuba is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each February in Cuba. Vuelta Ciclista a Cuba is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored by the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body.-Past...
2009
- 1st, Stage 7, Giro Della Valle d'Aosta Mont Blanc
- 1st, Stages 8 & 9, Giro d'Italia u27
- 1st, Stage 3, Giro del Friuli-Venezia-Giulia
2010
- 1st Gran Premio Città di CamaioreGran Premio Città di CamaioreThe Gran Premio Città di Camaiore is a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was an amateur race between 1949 and 1965.-Winners :...
- 94th 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...