Jan Hirt
Hirt in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jan Hirt |
Born |
| 21 January 1991
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Soudal–Quick-Step |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur teams | |
2012 | Podenzano Tecninox |
2012 | Leopard–Trek Continental Team (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2013 | Leopard–Trek Continental Team |
2014 | Etixx |
2015–2017 | CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice |
2018–2019 | Astana[1] |
2020 | CCC Team[2] |
2021–2022 | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux[3] |
2023– | Soudal–Quick-Step |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Jan Hirt (born 21 January 1991) is a Czech professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[4]
Career
[edit]Hirt joined Leopard–Trek Continental Team in 2012 as a stagiaire,[5] later becoming a member of the team in 2013 before moving to Etixx the following year.[6] During the 2014 season, he came third in the general classification (GC) of the Tour Alsace, four seconds behind Jack Haig and ten seconds behind winner Karel Hnik.[7] In 2015, Hirt moved to CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice[8] where he competed in the Tour of Austria, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, Tour de Pologne, and the Il Lombardia in the same year. He achieved success in Austria, coming second on the fourth stage to move to the top of the GC before moving down to third where he later finished. However, Hirt did not finish the Il Lombardia.[5]
In 2016, Hirt again competed in the Tour of Austria where he won the fourth stage to move into the lead of the GC. He started the next stage with a 1:17 lead over second-placed Guillaume Martin, a gap which he held to the end of the competition three days later.[9][10] He also competed in the Abu Dhabi Tour, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, and the Il Lombardia, where he again did not finish. In 2017, Hirt competed in his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia where he placed 12th in the GC. He also competed in the Tour de Suisse, Tour de Pologne, and the Volta a Catalunya[5] and in August signed a two-year deal with Astana for the 2018 season. Cyclingnews.com described Hirt as a "key GC addition" to the team.[11]
In 2018, Hirt competed in two Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España and the Giro, where he finished 74th and 46th, respectively. He also competed in the Il Lombardia, Volta a Catalunya, Tour of Oman, and the Tour of the Alps, where he finished 10th in the GC.[5]
After two seasons with Astana, Hirt joined CCC Team for one year before moving to Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux in 2021.[2] The following year, he took his first wins since 2016 and the biggest of his career at the Tour of Oman, winning stage five and the overall classification.[12] Three months later, in May, he won stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, ultimately finishing 6th overall.[13]
In 2023, Hirt joined Soudal–Quick-Step on a two-year contract. At the 2024 Tour of Oman, he finished second overall, 19 seconds off Adam Yates.[14]
Major results
[edit]- 2008
- 1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud
- 2009
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Overall GP Général Patton
- 1st Stage 2
- 2012
- 5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 9th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2013
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
- 2nd Overall Peace Race U23
- 4th Overall Tour Alsace
- 7th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 8th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 1st Stage 4
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Tour Alsace
- 3rd Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje
- 6th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
- 8th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2015
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic
- 8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Polski
- 10th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
- 2016 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 4
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Tour of Croatia
- 5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 6th Pro Ötztaler 5500
- 2018
- 10th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 2019
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 7th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 2021
- 7th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2022 (3)
- 1st
Overall Tour of Oman
- 1st Stage 5
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 16
- 2024
- 2nd Overall Tour of Oman
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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12 | 46 | 27 | — | 26 | 6 | DNF | 8 |
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— | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | |
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— | 74 | — | 56 | 28 | DNF | 59 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Jan Hirt joins CCC Team after two years at Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Riders | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". www.soudal-quickstepteam.com. Soudal–Quick-Step.
- ^ a b c d "Jan Hirt". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Transfers overview". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Tour Alsace: Brockhoff wins final stage". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Transfers overview". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Jan Hirt wins Tour of Austria's queen stage". cyclingnews.com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Jan Hirt wins Tour of Austria". cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (15 February 2022). "Tour of Oman: Jan Hirt seals overall victory as Gaviria wins final sprint". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (24 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia: Jan Hirt wins stage 16". CyclingNews. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (14 February 2024). "Tour of Oman: Adam Yates wins on Green Mountain to seal overall victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
External links
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