Ján Svorada
Ján Svorada (born August 28, 1968 in Trenčín) is a retired Slovak and Czech road racing cyclist. Svorada was born in Czechoslovakia; when that country split up in 1993, Svorada raced for Slovakia until 1996, when he started racing for the Czech Republic.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Svorada |
| Born | August 28, 1968 Trenčín, Czechoslovakia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional teams | |
| 1991–1995 | Lampre |
| 1996 | Ceramiche Panaria |
| 1997–1998 | Mapei |
| 1999–2004 | Lampre-Daikin |
| 2005 | Ed' System ZVVZ |
| Major wins | |
| Giro d'Italia, 5 stages Tour de France, 3 stages Vuelta a España, 3 stages Midi Libre (1994) | |
When Svorada won Stage 2 of the 1998 Tour de France he became a rarity in professional cycling because he at that point became a Tour de France stage winner who won at least one stage wth two different nationalities. His first stage win at the Tour de France (Stage 7 in 1994) was obtained as a Slovak cyclist, and later he won also a stage in 1998 as a Czech rider.
Major results
- 1988
- 1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour
- 1990
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 9b
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 GP Tell
- 1992
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Overall GP du Midi-Libre
- 1st Stage 1
- 1993
- 1st
- 7th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
- 1994
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 9, 11 & 17
- 1st Stage 5a Vuelta a Andalucia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain
- 1995
- 1st Stage 8 Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
- 1996
- 1st
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Grand Prix de Denain
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Scheldeprijs
- Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stages 5a & 8
- 1997
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 11, 16 & 17
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4
- Tour of Galicia
- 1st Stages 1 & 3a
- 1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 5th Paris-Tours
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
- 7th CoreStates Classic
- 1998
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4 4 Jours de Dunkerque
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
- 1st First Union Classic
- 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 3rd Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
- Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1999
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 8 Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 2000
- 1st Stage 2 Tirreno-Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1a Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 2001
- 1st Stage 3 4 Jours de Dunkerque
- 1st Stage 2 GP du Midi-Libre
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France (Champs-Elysées)
- 1st Profronde van Pijnacker
- 3rd Overall Etoile de Bessèges
- 2002
- Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Wiener Radfest
- 1st Linz
- 6th Scheldeprijs
- 8th Milan-San Remo
- 2003
- 1st Stage 1 International Tour of Rhodes
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
- 8th Milan-San Remo
- 2004
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Rokycany
- 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 2005
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3 Rothaus Regio-Tour
- 3rd Stausee Rundfahrt
- 2006
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th GP Hydraulika Mikolasek
External links
- Official website
- Ján Svorada at Cycling Archives
- Ján Svorada at ProCyclingStats
- Official Tour de France results for Ján Svorada
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