Jan Tratnik

{{Short description|Slovenian cyclist (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jan Tratnik | image = Jan Tratnik (2023).jpg | caption = Tratnik in 2023 | fullname = Jan Tratnik | nickname = Syuk<ref>{{Cite web |title=Syuk - Jan Tranik |url=https://jan-tratnik.com/syuk/ |quote=Syuk is Jan’s nickname which he got after his older brother, who was a basketball player.}}</ref> | birth_date = {{bda|1990|2|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia | height = 1.73 m | weight = 67 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|RBH}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Rouleur | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 2009–2010 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RAR|2009}} | proyears2 = 2011 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|OPQ|2011}} | proyears3 = 2012 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|RAR|2012}} | proyears4 = 2013 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TIR2|2013}} | proyears5 = 2014–2016 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AMP|2014}} | proyears6 = 2017–2018 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|CCC|2017}}<ref name="ccc">{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ccc-sprandi-polkowice-signs-szymon-sajnok/ |title=CCC Sprandi Polkowice signs Szymon Sajnok |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=12 November 2017 |access-date=7 January 2018 |first=Paweł |last=Gadzała |quote=With two newly-signed rouleurs – Paweł Bernas (Domin Sport) and Kamil Gradek (ONE Pro Cycling) – the team is expected to focus more on flatter stages and one-day races and play cards of Jan Tratnik, Jonas Koch, Frantisek Sisr or Alan Banaszek.}}</ref> | proyears7 = 2019–2022 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|TBM|2019}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html |title=Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |work=Merida Bikes |publisher=Merida Industry Co., Ltd. |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101111509/https://www.merida-bikes.com/en/p/team/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-119.html |archive-date=1 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-bahrain-mclaren/ |title=2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren |first=Daniel |last=Ostanek |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=26 December 2019 |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279 |title=Bahrain Victorious |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101044146/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15229/1002125/279 |archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears8 = 2023–2024 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17723 |title=Team Jumbo–Visma |publisher=UCI |access-date=6 January 2023}}</ref> | proyears9 = 2025– | proteam9 = {{UCI team code|RBH|2025}} | majorwins = '''Grand Tours''' :'''Giro d'Italia''' ::1 individual stage (2020) '''One-day races and Classics''' :National Road Race Championships (2016) :National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2018, 2021, 2022) :Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2024) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{SLO}} }} {{MedalCompetition | European Road Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2012 Goes | Under 23 road race}} }}

'''Jan Tratnik''' (born 23 February 1990) is a Slovenian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|RBH}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20246 |title=RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE |work=UCI.org |accessdate=1 January 2025}}</ref> Professional since 2009, he has won the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and a stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia.<ref name="omloop">{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/it-was-just-instinct-jan-tratnik-strikes-out-for-glory-at-omloop-het-nieuwsblad/ |title='It was just instinct' - Jan Tratnik strikes out for glory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad |work=Cycling News |date=24 February 2024 |accessdate=24 February 2024 |author=Ostanek, Daniel}}</ref> Tratnik is also a four time Slovenian national time trial champion and a one-time national road race champion.

==Career== ===Junior years (2007–2008)=== Tratnik started cycling at the age of 17 on the advice of Borut Božič who noticed him during a mountain bike competition organized by his school. He found success in races during his second season as a junior in 2008, winning the national junior time trial championship and the Coppa Linari.<ref>{{cite web |lang=en |url=http://www.italiaciclismo.net/gara_juniores_1654_2008_08_18_borgo_a_buggiano_pt_47_coppa_linari.htm |title=Coppa Linari, Vince lo Sloveno Tratnik Jan (Hit Gorica) |date=18 August 2008 |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref>

===Under-23 years (2009–2012)=== Moving up to the under-23 category, he was recruited by UCI Continental team {{UCI team code|RAR|2009}}, which he rode the 2009 and 2010 seasons for. With the team, he had his first victory at the under-23 level, winning the 2010 Gran Premio della Liberazione. He also finished second overall in the Giro delle Regioni, an event on the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup calendar, and competed at the under-23 world championships both years. At the world championships, Tratnik placed 60th in the road race and 52nd in the time trial in 2009, and did not finish the road race in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/76th-uci-road-world-championships-cm/mens-u23-road-race/results |title=Sicard wins world Under 23 road title |work=Cycling News |date=26 September 2009}}</ref>

The following season, Tratnik made the step up to the UCI World Tour with {{UCI team code|OPQ|2011}}. However, he was let go at the end of the season after a lack of results, largely due to an eating disorder causing him to lose an unhealthy amount of weight, forcing him to rejoin {{UCI team code|RAR|2012}} in 2012.<ref name="gcn">{{cite web |url=https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/features/jan-tratnik-overcame-his-darkest-days-to-take-his-most-beautiful-win-at-omloop-het-nieuwsblad |title=Jan Tratnik overcame his darkest days to take his 'most beautiful' win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad |publisher=Global Cycling Network |date=25 February 2024 |accessdate=4 April 2024 |author=Bensom, Daniel |work=Global Cycling Network }}</ref> That season, he won the European under-23 road race championships in his final year as an under-23 rider.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/2012-08-12/196868/sloveen-tratnik-grijpt-goes-europese-titel#.VrnaEVKODSa |title=Sloveen Tratnik grijpt in Goes Europese titel |work=omroepzeeland.nllang=nl |access-date=2024-04-04 |archive-date=2012-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813225047/http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/2012-08-12/196868/sloveen-tratnik-grijpt-goes-europese-titel#.VrnaEVKODSa |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Continental teams (2013–2016)=== For the 2013 season, Tratnik again moved teams, this time to Austrian Continental squad {{UCI team code|TIR2|2013}}. He once again struggled to find form and was involved in several crashes throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jan-tratnik.com/story/#section-cff8136 |title=2012-2013: Dark Years |work=jan-tratnik.com |accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2014, he transferred again, to another Austrian Continental team, {{UCI team code|AMP|2014}}, on a three-year contract. Here he found success at a number of Continental Tour level events. In 2015, he won the Grand Prix Südkärnten, the second stage and the general classification of the East Bohemia Tour as well as the fifth stage and the points classification of the Tour de Hongrie. He also finished third in the fourth stage of the Tour of Austria and won the points classification. That same year, he won the elite national time trial championships and placed fourth in the road race. In 2016, his success continued, winning the elite national road race championship and the overall classification of the East Bohemia Tour.

===CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice (2017–2018)=== Tratnik's results for {{UCI team code|AMP|2014}} caught the attention of Polish UCI Professional Continental team {{UCI team code|CCC|2017}}, who signed him on a two-year contract starting in 2017.<ref name="ccc"/> With the team, Tranik found his best form yet in his career. In 2017, he won the Okolo Slovenska and competed in his first Grand Tour: the Giro d'Italia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Classement général 4 - General classification 4 |url=http://www.okoloslovenska.com/fileman/Uploads/etapy-2017/prolog/General%20Final.pdf |work=Okolo Slovenska |publisher=Slovak Cycling Federation |date=11 June 2017 |accessdate=9 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2017 |title=2017 Giro d'Italia Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref> He also proved himself to be a strong time trialist, finishing 10th in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2017/elite-men-individual-time-trial/results/ |title=Dumoulin wins time trial world championship in Bergen |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=20 September 2017 |accessdate=23 September 2017}}</ref>

In his second season with the team, Tratnik maintained this form, winning the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in Late, a time trial, followed by Volta Limburg Classic a week later.<ref>[https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Le-slovene-jan-tratnik-remporte-la-volta-limburg-classic/888684 Le Slovène Jan Tratnik remporte la Volta Limburg Classic] - ''L'Équipe'', 31 March 2018.</ref> He also won his second national time trial championship and finished second overall in the Tour de Luxembourg among other results.

=== Bahrain–Merida: Return to the World Tour (2019–2022)=== In 2019 Tratnik returned to the UCI World Tour after a seven year absence with his signing to {{UCI team code|TBM|2019}}. In his first season with the team, Tratnik took his first ever World Tour victory, the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, and competed in his first Tour de France. The following March, Tratnik nearly won a stage of Paris–Nice but was caught with 200 meters remaining.<ref>[https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Paris-nice-niccolo-bonifazio-remporte-la-5e-etape/1119086 Paris-Nice : Niccolo Bonifazio remporte la 5e étape]</ref> However, in October, he took his biggest win in his career yet, winning stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, six seconds ahead of Ben O'Connor.<ref name="CN16">{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2020/stage-16/results/ |title=Giro d'Italia: Tratnik wins stage 16 |first=Kirsten |last=Frattini |publisher=CyclingNews |date=20 October 2020 |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, he won the national time trial championships a third time and defended his title again the following year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bahraincyclingteam.com/jan-tratnik-wins-slovenian-itt-national-championships/ |title=Jan Tratnik Wins Slovenian ITT National Championships |publisher={{UCI team code|TBM|2022}} | work=bahraincyclingteam.com | date=23 June 2022 | accessdate=4 April 2024}}</ref> In 2022, he also placed ninth in the Dwars door Vlaanderen and Milan–San Remo. He also entered the Giro d'Italia, but suffered from a fracture to his right scaphoid during stage 1, forcing him to drop out two days later.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclismactu.net/news-route-tombe-sur-giro-jan-tratnik-souffre-d-une-fracture-du-poignet-64683.html |title=Route - Tombé sur le Giro, Jan Tratnik souffre d'une fracture du poignet |work=cyclismactu.net |date=9 May 2022 |author=Clément Labat-Gest}}.</ref>

=== Team Jumbo–Visma (2023–2024)=== In 2023, Tratnik moved to {{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}. He was slated to ride the 2023 Giro d'Italia in support of Primož Roglič. However, the day before the race, he was hit by a car while doing recon for the time trial, breaking his kneecap in the process. He was able to return to training four weeks later, and competed in the Vuelta a España.<ref name="gcn"/>

Tratnik started the 2024 season strong, taking his biggest one-day race victory yet: the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in a two-man sprint against Nils Politt.<ref name="omloop"/>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2008 : National Junior Championships ::1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Time trial ::3rd Road race : 1st Coppa Linari : 2nd Overall Po Stajerski ;2009 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Poreč Trophy : 10th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal ;2010 : 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione : 2nd Overall Giro delle Regioni : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy ;2012 : 1st {{cjersey|european champion}} Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza : 9th Central European Tour Budapest GP ;2014 : 1st GP Kranj : 3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP : 4th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 4th Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc : 5th Banja Luka–Belgrade II : 5th Raiffeisen Grand Prix : 6th Poreč Trophy : 7th Grand Prix Südkärnten : 8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 9th GP Izola ;2015 (1 pro win) : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall East Bohemia Tour ::1st Stage 2 : Tour de Hongrie ::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification, Tour of Austria : 4th GP Adria Mobil : 6th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 10th Belgrade Banjaluka I ;2016 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Road race, National Road Championships : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall East Bohemia Tour ::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification, Istrian Spring Trophy : 1st {{cjersey|blue}} Mountains classification, Tour of Slovenia : 2nd Poreč Trophy : 3rd Rudi Altig Race : 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska ::1st Stage 5 : 9th GP Izola ;2017 (2) : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Okolo Slovenska ::1st {{cjersey|blue polkadot}} Points classification ::1st Prologue : 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo : 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships ;2018 (3) : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Volta Limburg Classic : 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg : 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska : 3rd Overall CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie ::1st Stage 1 (ITT) : 5th Brabantse Pijl : 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt ;2019 (1) : 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie : 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships : 8th Chrono des Nations ;2020 (1) : 1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia : 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships ;2021 (1) : National Road Championships ::1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Time trial ::4th Road race ;2022 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|slovenia}} Time trial, National Road Championships : 9th Milan–San Remo : 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2023 : 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice : 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos : 9th Coppa Bernocchi ;2024 (1) : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 2nd Vuelta a Murcia : 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve : 3rd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior : 8th Road race, Olympic Games : {{cjersey|red number}} Combativity award Stage 10 Giro d'Italia {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | 106 | — | — | 62 | 70 | DNF | — | 34 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | — | — | 93 | — | — | 72 | — | 64 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | 38 | — |}

===Classics results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Monument ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 134 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | 91 | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | — | — | 87 | — | — | 12 | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | — | — | 86 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | |- ! Classic ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | style="background:gold" |'''1''' | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Strade Bianche | — | — | 37 | DNF | 82 | 37 | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | DNF | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — | — | 32 | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 33 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | — | DNF | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Brabantse Pijl | 35 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | 92 | — | — | DNF | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race | 89 | — | DNF | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH | 47 | 12 | — | — | |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | Eschborn–Frankfurt | 33 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | — | — | — | — | — | |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |- ! scope="row" | IP | In progress |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Jan Tratnik}} * {{official website|https://jan-tratnik.com/}} * {{UCI}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{CQ Ranking}} * {{CycleBase}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|jan-tratnik}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730150457/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jan-tratnik_1981126 Jan Tratnik] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jan-tratnik_1981126 alternate link]) * [https://pariz2024.olympic.si/teamslovenia/jan-tratnik Jan Tratnik] at Team Slovenia {{in lang|sl}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tratnik, Jan}} Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Slovenian male cyclists Category:21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Category:Slovenian Giro d'Italia stage winners Category:European Games competitors for Slovenia Category:Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Category:Olympic cyclists for Slovenia Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics