Roman Kreuziger

Roman Kreuziger
Kreuziger at the 2009 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full nameRoman Kreuziger
Born (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 38)
Moravská Třebová, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)[1]
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider type
Professional teams
2006–2010Liquigas
2011–2012Astana
2013–2016Saxo–Tinkoff[2]
2017–2018Orica–Scott[3]
2019–2020Team Dimension Data[4][5]
2021Gazprom–RusVelo[6]
Managerial team
2022–Team Bahrain Victorious
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (2011)
1 individual stage (2012)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2008)
Tour de Romandie (2009)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2016)
Amstel Gold Race (2013)
Clásica de San Sebastián (2009)

Roman Kreuziger (Czech pronunciation: [ˈroman ˈkrojtsɪɡr̩]; born 6 May 1986) is a Czech former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021 for six different teams. His father, Roman Kreuziger Sr., was also a bicycle racer who won the Tour of Austria in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983.

Kreuziger competed as an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General classification of stage races. He was also considered one of the biggest talents of the sport after winning the junior road race at the 2004 UCI Road World Championships and the 2008 Tour de Suisse at the age of 22. The next year, he won the 2009 Tour de Romandie and in 2013, he was the victor of the Amstel Gold Race.

Since his retirement, Kreuziger now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Roman Kreuziger profile".
  2. ^ "Kreuziger joins Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank". Cyclingnews.com. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ^ "'Game-changing' Kreuziger joins ORICA-BikeExchange". Orica BikeExchange Cycling Australia. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ "NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Roman Kreuziger Joins Bahrain Victorius [sic] as Sports Director". Team Bahrain Victorious. Bahrain World Tour Cycling Team. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2023.