Koen de Kort Official Website

Welcome to the Koen de Kort official website

Koen de Kort is a Dutch cyclist and is riding for the Pro-continental Project 1t4i (former Skil-Shimano) cycling team since January 2009.

On this website you will find regular news on Koen's races. If he manages to find the time, Koen tries to write a report after every race so you can gain an insight into the peloton and Koens experiences within it.

Read the latest news about Koen on Twitter and read his Blog

 

Passing through the Netherlands
On Saturday January 14th and after several months away,  Koen returned to the Netherlands. His stay in his home country was not long however as Koen was off to a training camp in Spain on Tuesday with Project 1t4i. It has been announced that Koen will tackle the Tour of Oman after the Tour of Qatar.

You can view a promo film of the Tour of Oman here:

 

Programme 2012

Feb. 5th-10th Tour of Qatar
Feb. 14th-19th Tour of Oman

Presentation Project 1t4i
Ahead of the announcement of the new sponsor which will take place during the spring, Team Project 1t4i (formerly Skil-Shimano) was presented in Altea, in Spain. Koen was present at the presentation after a plane journey of more than 36 hours from Australia to Spain. The main stars were German new comer John Degenkolb and his compatriot sprinter Marcel Kittel who took 17 wins last year for Skil.

Photo: John Degenkolb, Marcel Kittel and Koen listen attentively (with thanks to Cor Vos)

 

Koen begins his official roard season in Qatar
After warming up in Melbourne with the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Koen will start his official road season of 2012 with the Tour of Qatar. Koen has already left Australia and joined his team Project 1t4i teammates for a training camp in Spain.

 

11th place in final race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic 2012
Koen has finished the final race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic with 11th place. Koen crossed the line 30 seconds behind Australian Caleb Ewan who bested his breakaway companions in the sprint. Koen's teammates Bernie Sulzberger and Chris Sutton crossed the line 4 seconds behind Ewan in 4th and 6th place respectively. The overall classification was taken by Australian Allan Davis who scored enough points by finishing third in the final race to win ahead of Ewan. Sulzberger and Sutton finished in 4th and 5th place while Koen was 10th. These high placings enabled Koen's team, Urban Hotels, to win the team classification of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic.

 

3rd place in the third race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic 2012
On January 3rd, Koen obtained third place in the third race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Koen was together with Australians Mark O'Brien and Johnny Walker in pursuit of the two leaders Anthong Giacoppo and Luke Durbridge, both Australians. The three were unfortunately unable to close the gap but Koen did manage to take 3rd place, 25 seconds down on Giacoppo who bet his breakaway companion in the sprint.

Tropical conditions in the second race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic 2012
The second race of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic took place on conditions that were like melting asphalt. With the temperatures of 41 degrees celcius, it would be better to stay inside in the shade with air conditioning. In the tough race, Koen's Australian teammate Bernie Sulzberger withstood the heat and was part of the leading group. After about 50 minutes, Sulzberger came 3rd in the sprint. Koen dropped out of the race.

Jayco Bay Cycling Classic 2012
Koen started the new year with the first stage of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Australia. The first stage consisted of a criterium over a 600 metre circuit. Koen is competing in the race as part of the Urban Hotels team which includes Chris Sutton, Bart de Backer, Richard Lang and Bernie Sulzberger. "It was a tough race to start the year with," Koen said afterwards. "But with Sutton taking 2nd place behind winner Greg Henderson and 4th place for Sulzberger it was mission accomplished for us. Only 15 riders finished the race.

Programme 2012

January 1st - 4th Jayco Bay Cycling Classic 2012 (Australia)

 

 

 

Photocard 2011:   You can order this card by sending a stamped self-addressed evenlope to: Photocard Koen de Kort Dennendreef 9 5298WH Liempde