Koen de Kort

Koen de Kort
	De Kort at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships
Personal information
Full name	Koen de Kort
Born	8 September 1982 (age 42); Gouda, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lidl–Trek
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Team support manager;
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
2002–2004	Rabobank GS3
2005–2006	Liberty Seguros–Würth
2007–2008	Astana
2009–2016	Skil–Shimano
2017–2021	Trek–Segafredo
Managerial team
2021–	Trek–Segafredo

Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the Rabobank GS3, Astana–Würth, Astana, Team Giant–Alpecin and Trek–Segafredo teams.^[3] Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional team Lidl–Trek.^[4]

Career

He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde.

Rabobank GS3 (2002–2004)

From 2002 to 2004, he was in the Rabobank GS3 development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix.

Liberty Seguros–Würth (2005–2006)

In 2005 he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Seguros–Würth of Manolo Saiz.^[4] That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.^[5]

Astana (2007–2008)

In 2007 De Kort joined the Astana team. 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 Seguros team. In 2008, De Kort finished 5th at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, 12th at the Eneco Tour and 4th at the Ster Elektrotoer.

Skil–Shimano (2009–2016)

He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil–Shimano team.^[6] 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 road race at the UCI Road World Championships.^[7] From 2013 to 2016, De Kort was a vital member of the Team Giant–Alpecin squad, representing the team at 7 Grand Tours and 12 Classics.

Trek–Segafredo (2017–2021)

In 2017, De Kort joined Trek–Segafredo, and was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.^[8]

In June 2021, three of the fingers on his right hand were amputated following an accident while driving a vehicle off-road.^[9]

Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional cyclist,^[10] De Kort studied Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, before studying for a Master's degree with the Johan Cruyff Institute.^[11]

Major results

Source:^[12]

2000

2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi

3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2002

10th Overall Olympia's Tour

10th Ronde van Overijssel

2003

3rd Overall Olympia's Tour

1st Young rider classification

8th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

10th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

2004

1st

Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant

1st Stage 1

1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Thomas Dekker)

2nd Under-23 race, National Cyclo-cross Championships

3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze

8th Overall Circuit des Mines

1st Stage 1 (TTT)

8th Overall Olympia's Tour

8th Chrono des Nations U23

2005

1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir

2008

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2009

1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan

2010

9th Overall Tour of Britain

2011

9th Overall Tour de Wallonie

10th Overall Herald Sun Tour

2012

3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen

7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

2018

9th Japan Cup

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	124	—	—	—	—	—	—	77	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	134
Tour de France	—	—	—	108	—	—	103	138	92	73	—	70	78	125	—	—
/ Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	67	85	—	DNF	64	96	77	—	—	82	—