Gregor Gazvoda Explained
| Gregor Gazvoda |
| Fullname: | Gregor Gazvoda |
| Nickname: | Grega |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Maribor, Yugoslavia |
| Height: | 1.87 m |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Amateuryears1: | 2000–2003 |
| Proyears1: | 2004–2008 |
| Proyears2: | 2009 |
| Proyears3: | 2010 |
| Proyears4: | 2011 |
| Proyears5: | 2012 |
| Proyears6: | 2013 |
| Proyears7: | 2014 |
| Proteam7: | [1] |
| Proyears8: | 2015–2016 |
| Proyears9: | 2017–2018 |
| Manageyears1: | 2019– |
| Majorwins: | Tour of Qinghai Lake (2011)
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Gregor Gazvoda (born 15 October 1981) is a Slovenian former professional racing cyclist, who currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team .[2]
Career
After racing for at Continental level for four years – the team folded in 2008 – he raced for the Japanese team Meitan-Hompo and then joined Perutnina Ptuj again as the team was re-established. He was the first Slovenian cyclist to win a 2.HC race at Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was the points he gathered at the UCI Asia Tour that helped him get a contract with a UCI ProTour team for 2012.[3]
Gazvoda rejoined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – [4] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1]
Major results
- 2002
8th Overall Olympia's Tour
1st Stage 8 (ITT)
8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2004
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2005
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba
- 2007
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
9th Chrono des Nations
- 2008
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Tour of Vojvodina II
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Circuit des Ardennes
6th Chrono des Nations
9th Ljubljana–Zagreb
- 2009
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2010
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 2 Tour of Qinghai Lake
8th Tour of Taihu Lake
- 2011
1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stage 3
1st Tour of Vojvodina I
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Banja Luka–Belgrade I
- 2012
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
5th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
- 2014
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
2nd Time trial, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- News: Gazvoda se vrača v ekipo Arbo Gebruder Weiss-Oberndorfer. Slovenian. Gazvoda is returning to the team Arbo Gebruder Weiss-Oberndorfer. Siol. TSmedia. 24 November 2013. 22 December 2013.
- Web site: Tirol KTM Cycling Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 March 2021. https://archive.today/20210301192016/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15284/1001387/276. 1 March 2021.
- Web site: Gazvoda makes Grand Tour debut at Giro d'Italia. 12 May 2012 .
- News: Brammeier looking to step up personal performances with Champion System team. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 10 December 2012. 1 January 2013. Also coming on board is a past three-time Slovenian national TT champion Gregor Gazvoda, who will move from the WorldTour-level Ag2r La Mondiale team..
