# Koen de Kort

Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the Rabobank GS3, Astana–Würth, Astana, Team Giant–Alpecin and Trek–Segafredo teams. Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional team Lidl–Trek.

## Career

He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde.

### Rabobank GS3 (2002–2004)

From 2002 to 2004, he was in the Rabobank GS3 development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix.

### Liberty Seguros–Würth (2005–2006)

In 2005 he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Seguros–Würth of Manolo Saiz. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.

### Astana (2007–2008)

In 2007 De Kort joined the Astana team. Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, Astana did not have much chance to compete in 2007 and was limited in 2008. Speaking to Dutch media, De Kort expressed his frustrations at not having the chance to compete after being in a similar situation in 2006 with the Liberty Seguros team. In 2008, De Kort finished 5th at Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, 12th at the Eneco Tour and 4th at the Ster Elektrotoer.

### Skil–Shimano (2009–2016)

He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil–Shimano team. He stayed with the team in 2012, when it rebranded to Argos–Shimano and finished 3rd in Dwars door Vlaanderen as well as 16th in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships. From 2013 to 2016, De Kort was a vital member of the Team Giant–Alpecin squad, representing the team at 7 Grand Tours and 12 Classics.

### Trek–Segafredo (2017–2021)

In 2017, De Kort joined Trek–Segafredo, and was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.
In June 2021, three of the fingers on his right hand were amputated following an accident while driving a vehicle off-road.

## Personal life

Prior to becoming a professional cyclist, De Kort studied Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, before studying for a Master's degree with the Johan Cruyff Institute.

## Major results

Source:

### 2000

    2nd Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
    3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

### 2002

    10th Overall Olympia's Tour
    10th Ronde van Overijssel

### 2003

    3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    8th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    10th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton

### 2004

    1st Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
       1st Stage 1
    1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Thomas Dekker)
    2nd Under-23 race, National Cyclo-cross Championships
    3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
    8th Overall Circuit des Mines
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    8th Overall Olympia's Tour
    8th Chrono des Nations U23

### 2005

    1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir

### 2008

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
    5th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

### 2009

    1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan

### 2010

    9th Overall Tour of Britain

### 2011

    9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
    10th Overall Herald Sun Tour

### 2012

    3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

### 2018

    9th Japan Cup

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Giro d'Italia | 124 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 108 | — | — | 103 | 138 | 92 | 73 | — | 70 | 78 | 125 | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | 67 | 85 | — | DNF | 64 | 96 | 77 | — | — | 82 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |