Julian Kern (born December 28 1989 in Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl Germany) is a German road bicycle racer currently riding for the Ag2r-La Mondiale team. Kern previously competed for the Leopard-Trek Continental Team during the 2012 season before joining Ag2r-La Mondiale on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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