Full name Koen de Kort 2005–2006 Liberty Seguros–Wurth Height 1.8 m Discipline Road 2007–2008 Astana Weight 70 kg | Rider type All-rounder Name Koen Kort Current team Team Skil-Shimano Role Cyclist | |
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Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch professional cyclist riding for the UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo.
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- Aso cycling security with team giant shimano s koen de kort english
- The season starts a conversation with marcel kittel and koen de kort
- Biography
- References
The season starts a conversation with marcel kittel and koen de kort
Biography
He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde. From 2002 to 2004, he was in the development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix. In 2005 he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Serguros-Wurth of Manolo Saiz. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir. In 2007 De Kort joined the Astana. Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, Astana did not have much chance to compete in 2007 and was limited in 2008. Speaking to Dutch media, De Kort expressed his frustrations at not having the chance to compete after being in a similar situation in 2006 with the Liberty Serguros team. He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil-Shimano team.
De Kort had a successful three years at Skil-Shimano with 5th at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, 12th at the Eneco Tour and 4th at Ster Elektrotoer all in 2008, he stayed with the team in 2012, when it rebranded to Argos-Shimano and finished 3rd in Dwars Door Vlaanderen as well as 16th in the World Championships Road Race in Valkenburg, both in 2012.
From 2013-17, de Kort was a vital member of the Team Giant squad, representing the team at seven Grand Tours and 12 Classics.
In 2017, de Kort joined Trek-Segafredo. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.