Jan Hirt

Jan Hirt
Hirt in 2014
Personal information
Full nameJan Hirt
Born (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2012Podenzano Tecninox
2012Leopard–Trek Continental Team (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013Leopard–Trek Continental Team
2014Etixx
2015–2017CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018–2019Astana[1]
2020CCC Team[2]
2021–2022Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux[3]
2023–Soudal–Quick-Step
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2022)

Stage races

Tour of Oman (2022)

Jan Hirt (born 21 January 1991) is a Czech professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[4]

Career

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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

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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
1st Young rider classification
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
1st Czech rider classification
1st Stage 3
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
1st Czech rider classification
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

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Grand Tour 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 12 46 27 26 6 DNF 8
A yellow jersey Tour de France 67
A red jersey Vuelta a España 74 56 28 DNF 59
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Jan Hirt joins CCC Team after two years at Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Riders | Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team". www.soudal-quickstepteam.com. Soudal–Quick-Step.
  5. ^ a b c d "Jan Hirt". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Transfers overview". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tour Alsace: Brockhoff wins final stage". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Transfers overview". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Jan Hirt wins Tour of Austria's queen stage". cyclingnews.com. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Jan Hirt wins Tour of Austria". cyclingnews.com. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (24 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia: Jan Hirt wins stage 16". CyclingNews. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  14. ^ 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.
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