# Jans Koerts

Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1992 until 2007. He notably won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.

## Career

Koerts started his career at PDM–Concorde–Ultima in 1991 as a stagiare.
At the 2000 Vuelta a España Koerts won the Stage 3 mass sprint. In 2005 during stage four of the Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho Koerts crashed heavily breaking both ankles, his ribs and fractured his femur. He did not race again until Ster van Zwolle in march 2007. Due tohis crash he did not continue with Cofidis, instead he had to find a lower team to race on.

## Doping

In 2007 Koerts admitted to doping over a span of eleven years. In 1993 while at Festina–Lotus Koerts started taking Testosterone under guidance from the team doctor. In 1997 at Rabobank was encouraged to Micro-dose on EPO he refused. However, in 1999, after being demoted to a lower level team he started to dope. He continued to dope occasionally until 2004.

## Post professional cycling

After retiring from professional cycling Koerts started a coaching company which is still running as of 2024. Koerts also works as a sales assistant at bike shop in Australia.

## Major results

Sources:

### 1989

    1st Omloop Houtse Linies
    10th Overall ZLM Tour

### 1990

    1st Overall, Sachsen Tour
    5th Overall ZLM Tour
       1st Stage 4

### 1991

    1st Stage 1, OZ Wielerweekend
    1st Ronde van Noord-Holland
    1st Ster van Zwolle
    1st Stages 4 & 5a, Circuit Franco-Belge

### 1992

    1st Ronde van Limburg
    3rd Overall Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
    5th Tour de Midi-Pyrenees

### 1993

    1st Stage 2 Route Adélie de Vitré
    1st Stage 1 Volta a Portugal
    4th GP Wielerrevue
    5th Trofeo Luis Puig

### 1994

    1st Grand Prix de Denain
    1st Stage 1, Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    1st Sprints classification Ronde van Nederland
    3rd Tour of Leuven
    3rd Clásica de Almería
    6th Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
    6th Classic Haribo

### 1995

    1st GP Briek Schotte
    1st GP Stad Sint-Niklaas
    1st Dentergem
    1st Buggenhout
    1st Omloop van het Houtland
    2nd Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
    4th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

### 1996

    1st Stages 2 & 3, Commonwealth Bank Classic
    1st GP Rik Van Steenbergen
    1st Stage 2, Teleflex Tour
    1st Wielsbeke
    1st Strombeek-Bever
    1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos

### 1997

    3rd Schaal Sels
    5th Trofeo Luis Puig
    7th Druivenkoers Overijse

### 1998

    1st Affligem
    1st Stages 1 & 6, Commonwealth Bank Classic
    1st Ruddervoorde
    1st Stage 5, Post Danmark Rundt
    1st Sprints classification Ronde van Nederland
    4th Flèche Hesbignonne
    4th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
    6th Delta Profonde
    7th Acht Van Chaam

### 1999

    1st Stage 1, Commonwealth Bank Classic
    1st Overall, OZ Wielerweekend
       1st Stage 1,
    1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen
    1st Ronde van Noord-Holland
    1st Stages 3 & 6, Rapport Toer
    1st Stages 1 & 4, Giro del Capo
    1st Stage 2, Ster der Beloften
    1st Stages 1 & 2, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
    1st Ronde van Drenthe
    1st Izegem
    1st Stage 3, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
    1st GP Wielerrevue
    Commonwealth Bank Classic
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    8th Ronde van Limburg
    10th Omloop van het Houtland

### 2000

    1st Stages 1 & 2, Commonwealth Bank Classic
    1st Eindhoven
    1st Omloop van het Waasland-Kemzeke
    1st Stage 3a, Three Days of De Panne
    1st Sparkassen Giro
    1st Epe, Derny
    1st Stage 3, Vuelta a España

### 2001

    1st Road race, National Championships
    1st Profronde van Zwolle
    1st Stages 4 & 6, Tour de Langkawi
    1st Stage 3, Paris–Nice
    1st Stage 4, Tour de Picardie
    1st Clarendon Cup
    1st Profronde van Heerlen

### 2003

    1st Stage 2, Tour of Belgium
    1st Brussel–Ingooigem
    1st Stage 4, Sachsen Tour
    1st Stage 4, Post Danmark Rundt
    1st Tour Beneden-Maas (Tour de Rijke)
    1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    1st Ronde van Noord-Holland

### 2004

    1st Tour de Rijke

### 2021

    2nd Just Ride Zwift Challenge
Sporting positions :
| Preceded byLéon van Bon | Dutch National Road Race Champion 2001 | Succeeded byStefan van Dijk |