Jure Kocjan (born 18 October 1984) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016.

Jure Kocjan
Kocjan in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJure Kocjan
Born (1984-10-18) 18 October 1984 (age 40)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2005–2007Radenska–Rog
2008Perutnina Ptuj
2009–2010Carmiooro A Style
2011–2012Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[1]
2014–2015Team SmartStop[2]
2016Lupus Racing Team
Major wins
Grand Prix Pino Cerami (2010)

Career

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Born in Jesenice, Kocjan represented Slovenia in the Men's road race at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[3] His first notable win came at the 2008 Vuelta a Cuba.[citation needed]

Kocjan joined Team SmartStop for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Euskaltel–Euskadi – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[2]

He signed for the Lupus Racing Team for 2016,[4] but following a retest in early 2016 of a sample from 2012 he was provisionally suspended by the UCI and fired by the team.[5] He was subsequently given a four year ban by the UCI,[6] with his ban expiring in January 2020.

Major results

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2004
8th GP Kranj
2005
1st Stage 1 Jadranska Magistrala
7th Trofeo Zsšdi
2006
1st Tour of Vojvodina
2nd Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
2nd GP Kooperativa
4th Giro del Mendrisiotto
4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
6th GP Kranj
7th Trofeo Zsšdi
2007
2nd Belgrade–Banja Luka II
3rd Trofeo Zsšdi
2008
Vuelta a Cuba
1st Stages 2 & 6
2nd GP Kranj
2nd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
4th Neuseen Classics
8th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stage 8
8th Tour de Rijke
2009
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stages 3 & 8
7th GP Kranj
7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
10th Cholet-Pays de Loire
2010
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
5th Neuseen Classics
7th Rund um Köln
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
10th Giro del Friuli
2011
2nd Flèche d'Emeraude
2nd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
4th GP Kranj
4th Montepaschi Strade Bianche
4th Gran Premio di Lugano
4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
5th Philadelphia International Championship
6th Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
2012
Tour du Limousin
1st Stages 1 & 3
7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
8th Flèche d'Emeraude
10th Route Adélie
2014
1st   Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay
1st   Points classification
1st Stage 4
Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
1st Stages 3 & 6a
1st   Sprints classification Tour of Utah
2nd Philadelphia International Championship
2015
1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah
2nd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

References

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  1. ^ "Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b Malach, Pat (25 November 2013). "Kocjan signs with SmartStop". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ Results
  4. ^ "Kocjan signs with Lupus Racing Team for 2016". 23 November 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Lupus Racing Team fires Kocjan". 2 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Home".
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