Matej Mohorič

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Matej Mohorič
Mohorič in 2022
Personal information
Full nameMatej Mohorič
Born (1994-10-19) 19 October 1994 (age 29)
Kranj, Slovenia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur, Classics specialist
Amateur team
2013Sava
Professional teams
2014Cannondale
2015Cannondale–Garmin
2016–2017Lampre–Merida
2018–Bahrain–Merida[1][2]
Major wins
Road
Grand Tours
Tour de France
3 individual stages (2021, 2023)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2018)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2017)

Stage races

BinckBank Tour (2018)
Deutschland Tour (2018)
Tour de Pologne (2023)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2018, 2021)
Milan–San Remo (2022)
GP Industria & Artigianato (2018)
Gravel
World Championships (2023)
Medal record
Representing  Slovenia
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Valkenburg Junior road race
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tuscany Under-23 road race
Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Junior time trial
Men's gravel bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Veneto Elite

Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[3] Mohorič turned professional in 2014.[4] He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the UCI Gravel World Championships in 2023.[5][6]

Early and personal life[edit]

Born on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Šenčur, Slovenia.[4][7]

Career[edit]

Mohorič won the 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships[8] and the 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships,[9][10] becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years.[8]

Mohorič celebrating victory on Stage 7 of the 2017 Vuelta a Espana.

He signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[11][12]

Mohorič signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[13][14] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[15] but he withdrew on the 6th stage.[16] Subsequently, it was announced that he would join Lampre–Merida from 2016 on a two-year contract.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[17] Mohorič secured his first Grand Tour stage win when he soloed to victory in Stage 7 of the 2017 Vuelta a España. In Stage 10 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia he took his second win in a Grand Tour, winning a two-man sprint against Nico Denz.

In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[18]

He participated in the 2020 Tour de France and the 2021 Tour de France, garnering two stage wins in the 2021 Tour after crashing out of the Giro two months before. His second victory came the day after a police raid on the Bahrain Victorious hotel stemming from allegations of doping; Mohorič celebrated his win by 'zipping' his lips, adding in a post-race interview, "At the end of the day I’ve got nothing to hide. I don’t care too much."[19]

Mohoric at the 2021 Tour de France

In 2022, Mohorič won the Milan-San Remo monument, attacking on the descent of the Poggio using a dropper seatpost.[20] He defeated Jonas Vingegaard to win the 2022 CRO Race.[21]

He won stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France in a photo finish with Kasper Asgreen, by a margin of 0.004 seconds.[22] He later received praise for his interview after the race, in which he talked about the cruel nature of professional cycling.[23]

In October 2023, Mohorič won the UCI Gravel World Championships, holding off Florian Vermeersch and Connor Swift during a solo attack in the final 20 km of the 169 km course in Veneto, Italy.[24]

Major results[edit]

Road[edit]

2011
3rd Overall GP Général Patton
7th Overall Regio-Tour
2012
UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Overall Giro di Basilicata
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT), & 4
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Overall Junioren Radrundfahrt Oberösterreich
UEC European Road Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
2013
1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
National Road Championships
4th Road race
4th Time trial
7th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2014
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2015
5th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Japan Cup
2016 (1 pro win)
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
1st Stage 6
2017 (2)
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
1st Hong Kong Challenge
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of Guangxi
8th Trofeo Laigueglia
2018 (7)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Deutschland Tour
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
1st Overall BinckBank Tour
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
7th Giro della Toscana
2019 (1)
1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
5th Milan–San Remo
9th Gent–Wevelgem
2020
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Milan–San Remo
2021 (4)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
Tour de France
1st Stages 7 & 19
Held after Stage 7
Combativity award Stages 7 & 19
2nd Overall Benelux Tour
1st Stage 7
2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Points classification
8th Amstel Gold Race
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2022 (2)
1st Overall CRO Race
1st Milan–San Remo
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Gran Piemonte
4th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
5th Paris–Roubaix
9th Gent–Wevelgem
2023 (6)
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 19 Tour de France
1st Stage 4 CRO Race
2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
1st Stage 5
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
6th Strade Bianche
7th Overall Renewi Tour
1st Stage 5
7th E3 Saxo Classic
8th Milan–San Remo
2024 (1)
1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
5th Strade Bianche
6th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 98 135 30 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 119 76 31 86 72
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF 30 DNF

Classics results timeline[edit]

Monument 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo 57 25 5 10 11 1 8 6
Tour of Flanders 41 21 DNF
Paris–Roubaix 70 NH DNF 5 29
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 127 DNF 93 36 4 10 37 40
Giro di Lombardia 56 DNF 61
Classic 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 17 21 24
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 50 3 79
Strade Bianche 80 11 19 56 DNF 6 5
E3 Saxo Bank Classic 27 NH 4 7 15
Gent–Wevelgem 9 9 43 13
Amstel Gold Race 112 DNF 99 86 46 NH 9 13 33
Clásica de San Sebastián NH 2 DNF
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 78 65 22 36 Not held 54 5
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 62 28 41 26 DNF 18
Gran Piemonte 2

Major championships results timeline[edit]

Event 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Olympic Games Road race Not held DNF Not held Not held
Time trial
World Championships Road race 91 DNF DNF 14
Time trial 56
National Championships Road race 4 15 5 7 3 1 5 3 1 3
Time trial 5 2 2 2
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Gravel[edit]

2023
1st UCI World Championships

References[edit]

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