{{short description|Dutch road bicycle racer}} {{family name hatnote|de Kort|Kort|lang=Dutch}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Koen de Kort | image = Koen de Kort - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Men's road race).jpg | caption = De Kort at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships | fullname = Koen de Kort | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|9|8}} | birth_place = Gouda, Netherlands | height = {{height|m=1.80}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS}} | discipline = Road | role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Team support manager}} | ridertype = All-rounder | proyears1 = 2002–2004 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2002}} | proyears2 = 2005–2006 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ONC|2005}} | proyears3 = 2007–2008 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|AST|2007}} | proyears4 = 2009–2016 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|SKS|2009}} | proyears5 = 2017–2021 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://racing.trekbikes.com/stories/trek-segafredo-women/trek-segafredo-announce-official-2019-rosters-for-men-and-women|title=Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women|work=Trek Bicycle Corporation|publisher=Intrepid Corporation|date=27 December 2018|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trek-segafredo-announce-complete-2020-mens-roster/|title=Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=9 November 2019|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> | manageyears1 = 2021– | manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|TFS men|2021}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = }} '''Koen de Kort''' (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the {{UCI team code|RB3|2004}}, {{UCI team code|ONC|2006c}}, {{UCI team code|AST|2008}}, {{UCI team code|SKS|2016}} and {{UCI team code|TFS men|2021}} teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15233/1001628/279|title=Trek - Segafredo|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102200011/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15233/1001628/279|archive-date=2 January 2021}}</ref> Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional team {{UCI team code|TFS men}}.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Benson|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/koen-de-kort-retires-and-moves-into-trek-segafredo-management/ |title=Koen de Kort retires and moves into Trek-Segafredo management|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref>
== Career == He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde.
===Rabobank GS3 (2002–2004)=== From 2002 to 2004, he was in the {{UCI team code|RB3|2002}} development team of the {{UCI team code|RAB|2002}} 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 {{UCI team code|ONC|2005}} of Manolo Saiz.<ref name="Retirement"/> That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/stf/avenir/2005/us/etape_04.html|title=De Kort triumphs|publisher=Le Tour.fr|access-date=2007-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224922/http://www.letour.fr/stf/avenir/2005/us/etape_04.html|archive-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Astana (2007–2008)=== In 2007 De Kort joined the {{UCI team code|AST|2007}} 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 {{UCI team code|SKS|2009}} team.<ref>{{cite news|first=Shane|last=Stokes|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/9280/Koen-De-Kort-agrees-new-contract-with-Skil-Shimano.aspx|title=Koen De Kort agrees new contract with Skil Shimano|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=3 August 2011|accessdate=13 November 2023|quote=He moved to Skil Shimano prior to the start of the 2009 season.}}</ref> He stayed with the team in 2012, when it rebranded to {{UCI team code|SKS|2012b|nolink=yes}} and finished 3rd in Dwars door Vlaanderen as well as 16th in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships.<ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Benson|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2012/elite-men-road-race/results/|title=Gilbert wins world championship in Valkenburg|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=23 September 2012|accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref> From 2013 to 2016, De Kort was a vital member of the {{UCI team code|SKS|2016|nolink=yes}} squad, representing the team at 7 Grand Tours and 12 Classics.
===Trek–Segafredo (2017–2021)=== In 2017, De Kort joined {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}, and was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.<ref name="2017TDF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2017_Startlist |title=2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List |access-date=28 June 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}</ref>
In June 2021, three of the fingers on his right hand were amputated following an accident while driving a vehicle off-road.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210624-dutch-cyclist-koen-de-kort-has-three-fingers-amputated-after-crash| title =Dutch cyclist Koen de Kort has three fingers amputated after crash|author=Agence France-Presse|date=24 June 2021|publisher =France 24}}</ref>
==Personal life== Prior to becoming a professional cyclist,<ref>{{cite news|first=Rachel|last=Jary|url=https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/koen-de-kort-on-retirement-injury-and-the-next-chapter-with-trek-segafredo|title=Koen de Kort on retirement, injury and the next chapter with Trek-Segafredo|work=Rouleur|publisher=Gruppo Media Ltd|date=13 August 2021|accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref> De Kort studied Human Movement Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, before studying for a Master's degree with the Johan Cruyff Institute.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://johancruyffinstitute.com/en/blog-en/sport-management/koen-de-kort/|title=Koen de Kort: 'Graduating from the Master in Sport Management is like crossing the finish line in the Tour'|website=Johan Cruyff Institute|date=5 May 2023|accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref>
== Major results == Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=191|title=Koen De Kort|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=13 November 2023}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;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 20px 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 {{div col end}}
=== Grand Tour general classification results timeline ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2006 ! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 124 |— |— |— |— |— |— | 77 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— | 134 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |— | 108 |— |— | 103 | 138 | 92 | 73 |— | 70 | 78 | 125 |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A gold jersey/20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |— |— |— |— |— | 67 | 85 |— | DNF | 64 | 96 | 77 |— |— | 82 |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Koen de Kort}} *{{official website}} *{{UCI rider}} *{{Procyclingstats}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kort, Koen De}} Category:Living people Category:1982 births Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Gouda, South Holland Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Category:Cyclists from South Holland Category:Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam alumni Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen