| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jans Koerts |
| Born | (1969-08-24) 24 August 1969 (age 55) Eefde, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1992 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde |
| 1993–1994 | Festina–Lotus |
| 1995–1996 | Palmans–Ipso |
| 1997–1998 | Rabobank |
| 1999 | Team Cologne |
| 2000 | Farm Frites |
| 2001 | Mercury–Viatel |
| 2002 | Domo–Farm Frites |
| 2003 | BankGiroLoterij–Batavus |
| 2004 | Vlaanderen–T Interim |
| 2005 | Cofidis |
| 2006–2007 | Time-Van Hemert |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. He notably won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.
Career
Koerts started his career at PDM–Concorde–Ultima in 1991 as a stagiare.
At the 2000 Vuelta a España Koerts won the Stage 3 mass sprint. In 2005 during stage four of the Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho Koerts crashed heavily breaking both ankles, his ribs and fractured his femur. He did not race again until Ster van Zwolle in march 2007. Due tohis crash he did not continue with Cofidis, instead he had to find a lower team to race on.
Doping
In 2007 Koerts admitted to doping over a span of eleven years. In 1993 while at Festina–Lotus Koerts started taking Testosterone under guidance from the team doctor. In 1997 at Rabobank was encouraged to Micro-dose on EPO he refused. However, in 1999, after being demoted to a lower level team he started to dope. He continued to dope occasionally until 2004.
Post professional cycling
After retiring from professional cycling Koerts started a coaching company which is still running as of 2024. Koerts also works as a sales assistant at bike shop in Australia.
Major results
Sources:
- 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
- 1st
- 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
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byLéon van Bon | Dutch National Road Race Champion 2001 |
Succeeded byStefan van Dijk |
External links
- Jans Koerts at UCI
- Jans Koerts at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Jans Koerts at ProCyclingStats
- Jans Koerts at Cycling Quotient
References
- ^ "Jans Koerts". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Jans KOERTS". UCI. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "'Als iedereen doping neemt, dan doe je gewoon mee'". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). 10 August 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Koerts improves by one". Cycling News. 28 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- Zalewski, Mark (13 July 2005). "Koerts seriously injured". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- Prell, Monika (3 March 2007). "Koerts makes a comeback". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- Westemeyer, Susan (31 August 2005). "Koerts to leave Cofidis". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Koerts admission #1 . Dopeology". www.dopeology.org. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Koerts admission #2 . Dopeology". www.dopeology.org. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Coaching | Jans Koerts Training". JKT. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Just Ride Nerang - Your Number one 1 Gold Coast Bike shop". Just Ride. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Jans Koerts". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Jans Koerts". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.