# Jan Hirt

Jan Hirt (born 21 January 1991) is a Czech professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.

## Career

Hirt joined Leopard–Trek Continental Team in 2012 as a stagiaire, later becoming a member of the team in 2013 before moving to Etixx the following year. During the 2014 season, he came third in the general classification (GC) of the Tour Alsace, four seconds behind Jack Haig and ten seconds behind winner Karel Hnik. In 2015, Hirt moved to CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice where he competed in the Tour of Austria, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, Tour de Pologne, and the Il Lombardia in the same year. He achieved success in Austria, coming second on the fourth stage to move to the top of the GC before moving down to third where he later finished. However, Hirt did not finish the Il Lombardia.
In 2016, Hirt again competed in the Tour of Austria where he won the fourth stage to move into the lead of the GC. He started the next stage with a 1:17 lead over second-placed Guillaume Martin, a gap which he held to the end of the competition three days later. He also competed in the Abu Dhabi Tour, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, and the Il Lombardia, where he again did not finish. In 2017, Hirt competed in his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia where he placed 12th in the GC. He also competed in the Tour de Suisse, Tour de Pologne, and the Volta a Catalunya and in August signed a two-year deal with Astana for the 2018 season. Cyclingnews.com described Hirt as a "key GC addition" to the team.
In 2018, Hirt competed in two Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España and the Giro, where he finished 74th and 46th, respectively. He also competed in the Il Lombardia, Volta a Catalunya, Tour of Oman, and the Tour of the Alps, where he finished 10th in the GC.
After two seasons with Astana, Hirt joined CCC Team for one year before moving to Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux in 2021. The following year, he took his first wins since 2016 and the biggest of his career at the Tour of Oman, winning stage five and the overall classification. Three months later, in May, he won stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, ultimately finishing 6th overall.
In 2023, Hirt joined Soudal–Quick-Step on a two-year contract. At the 2024 Tour of Oman, he finished second overall, 19 seconds off Adam Yates.

## Major results
### 2008

    1st Stage 4 Tour du Pays de Vaud

### 2009

    1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    1st Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 2

### 2012

    5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
       1st Young rider classification
    9th Overall Czech Cycling Tour

### 2013

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
    2nd Overall Peace Race U23
    4th Overall Tour Alsace
    7th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    8th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
       1st Stage 4

### 2014

    3rd Overall Tour Alsace
    3rd Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje
    6th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
    8th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
       1st Czech rider classification
       1st Stage 3

### 2015

    3rd Overall Tour of Austria
    8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic
    8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Polski
    10th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich

### 2016 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Tour of Austria
       1st Stage 4

### 2017

    3rd Overall Tour of Croatia
    5th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
    6th Pro Ötztaler 5500

### 2018

    10th Overall Tour of the Alps

### 2019

    5th Overall Tour de Suisse
    7th Overall Tour of the Alps

### 2021

    7th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
       1st Czech rider classification

### 2022 (3)

    1st Overall Tour of Oman
       1st Stage 5
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 16

### 2024

    2nd Overall Tour of Oman
    8th Overall Giro d'Italia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 12 | 46 | 27 | — | 26 | 6 | DNF | 8 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 67 | — | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | — | 74 | — | 56 | 28 | DNF | 59 | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |