Jure Kocjan Explained

Jure Kocjan
Fullname:	Jure Kocjan
Birth Date:	18 October 1984
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Sprinter
Proyears1:	2005–2007
Proyears2:	2008
Proyears3:	2009–2010
Proyears4:	2011–2012
Proyears5:	2013
Proteam5:	^[1]
Proyears6:	2014–2015
Proteam6:	^[2]
Proyears7:	2016
Majorwins:	Grand Prix Pino Cerami (2010)

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

Career

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.

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

He signed for the 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

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

Notes and References

Web site: Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – ESP. 5 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 26 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131226065803/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=NQ&RefDate=05.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. dead.
News: Kocjan signs with SmartStop. Pat. Malach. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 November 2013. 24 December 2013.
http://www.melbourne2010.com.au/site/_content/document/00000297-source.pdf Results
Web site: Kocjan signs with Lupus Racing Team for 2016. 29 June 2017. 23 November 2015.
Web site: Lupus Racing Team fires Kocjan. 2 February 2016.
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