{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1969)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jans Koerts | image = | fullname = Jans Koerts | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1969|8|24}} | birth_place = Eefde, the Netherlands | height = 1.85m | weight = 78kg | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Sprinter | proyears1 = 1992 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|PDM|1992}} | proyears2 = 1993–1994 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FES|1993}} | proyears3 = 1995–1996 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|PCO|1995}} | proyears4 = 1997–1998 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|RAB|1997}} | proyears5 = 1999 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TCL|1999}} | proyears6 = 2000 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|TVM|2000}} | proyears7 = 2001 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|Mercury|2001}} | proyears8 = 2002 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|DFF|2002}} | proyears9 = 2003 | proteam9 = {{UCI team code|BCT2|2003}} | proyears10 = 2004 | proteam10 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2004}} | proyears11 = 2005 | proteam11 = {{UCI team code|COF|2005}} | proyears12 = 2006–2007 | proteam12 = Time-Van Hemert | majorwins ='''Grand Tours''' :'''Vuelta a España''' ::1 individual stage (2000) '''Single-day races and Classics''' :{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2001)}} }} '''Jans Koerts''' (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.<ref name="PCS">{{cite web |title=Jans Koerts |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jans-koerts |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> He was professional from 1992 until 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jans KOERTS |url=https://www.uci.org/rider-details/9208 |website=UCI |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> He won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.
==Career== Koerts started his career at {{UCI team code|PDM|1991}} in 1991.<ref name="blad1">{{cite web |title='Als iedereen doping neemt, dan doe je gewoon mee' |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/fs1fujgr |website=Het Nieuwsblad |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=nl-BE |date=10 August 2007}}</ref> At the 2000 Vuelta a España, he won the Stage 3 mass sprint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/aug00/vuelta00/stages/vuelta003r.shtml|title=Koerts improves by one |work=Cycling News|access-date=12 January 2024|date=28 August 2000}}</ref>
In 2005 during stage four of the Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho Koerts crashed heavily breaking both ankles, his ribs and fractured his femur.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zalewski |first1=Mark |title=Koerts seriously injured |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/koerts-seriously-injured/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en |date=13 July 2005}}</ref> He did not race again until Ster van Zwolle in March 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prell |first1=Monika |title=Koerts makes a comeback |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/koerts-makes-a-comeback/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en |date=3 March 2007}}</ref> Following his crash he left {{UCI team code|COF|2005}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westemeyer |first1=Susan |title=Koerts to leave Cofidis |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/koerts-to-leave-cofidis/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en |date=31 August 2005}}</ref>
==Doping== In 2007 Koerts admitted to doping over a span of eleven years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Koerts admission #1 . Dopeology |url=https://www.dopeology.org/incidents/Koerts-admission-1/ |website=www.dopeology.org |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Koerts admission #2 . Dopeology |url=https://www.dopeology.org/incidents/Koerts-admission-2/ |website=www.dopeology.org |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> In 1993 while at {{UCI team code|FES|1993}}, he started taking testosterone under guidance from the team doctor. In 1997 at {{UCI team code|RAB|1997}}, he was encouraged to microdose on erythropoietin (EPO), but refused. However, in 1999, after being demoted to a lower level team he started to dope. He continued to dope occasionally until 2004.<ref name="blad1" />
==Post professional cycling== After retiring from professional cycling, Koerts started a coaching company which is still running as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Coaching {{!}} Jans Koerts Training |url=https://www.janskoertstraining.com/ |website=JKT |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He also works as a sales assistant at bike shop in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just Ride Nerang - Your Number one 1 Gold Coast Bike shop |url=https://www.justridenerang.com.au/pages/about-us |website=Just Ride |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
==Major results== <small>Sources:<ref name="PCS" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Jans Koerts |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8447 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130917110206/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8447 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 17, 2013 |website=www.cyclingarchives.com |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jans Koerts |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=1277 |website=FirstCycling.com |access-date=12 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref></small> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;1989 : 1st Omloop Houtse Linies : 10th Overall ZLM Tour ;1990 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} 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 {{cjersey|green}} 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 {{cjersey|green}} 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 {{cjersey|yellow}} 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 {{cjersey|green}} 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 {{cjersey|dutch}} 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 {{div col end}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | before = Léon van Bon | title = {{nowrap|Dutch National Road Race<br>Champion}} | after = Stefan van Dijk | years = 2001}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koerts, Jans}} Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:People from Lochem Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:Dutch Vuelta a España stage winners Category:Cyclists from Gelderland Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen