Roman Kreuziger

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Roman Kreuziger


fullname = Roman Kreuziger
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|5|6
country = CZE
height = height|m=1.83
weight = convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Liquigas
discipline = Road
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 2006–
proteams = Liquigas
majorwins = flagiconUCI Junior Road World Championships (2004)
Tour de Suisse (2008)
updated = June 22, 2008

Roman Kreuziger (born May 6, 1986 in Moravská Třebová) is a Czech professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Liquigas. Kreuziger is an all-rounder, with climbing and time trial abilities, becoming a contender for the General Classification of stage races. He is also considered one of the biggest talents of the sport after winning the 2004 Junior Road World Championships and the 2008 Tour de Suisse at the age of 22.

His father, Roman Kreuziger, was also a bicycle racer who won the Österreich Rundfahrt in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983.

Career

He turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas after a successful amateur career which saw him win the Junior Road World Championships in 2004 and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni in 2005. In 2007, he showed great improvements in his abilities by placing 2nd in the prologues of Paris-Nice and the Tour de Romandie, where he also finished sixth overall. He took his first professional victory in the second stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. In late 2007 he also completed his first Grand Tour after finishing 21st in the Vuelta a España.

In 2008 he finished second in the Tour de Romandie, 35 seconds behind Andreas Klöden, one of the world's leading riders. He avenged his loss by winning the Tour de Suisse by finishing 49 seconds ahead of Klöden and winning the mountain time trial to Klausen Pass.

Palmares

;2003: 2nd, European U19 Cyclo-Cross Championship;2004: World U19 Road Race Champion : CZE U19 Road Race Champion: CZE U19 Time Trial Champion : sica World U19 Time Trial Championship : sica World U19 Cyclo-Cross Championship;2005 : 2nd, CZE U23 Time Trial Championship ;2007: 1st, Trofeo Città di Borgomanero (with Vincenzo Nibali): 2nd, Prologue, Paris-Nice: 1st, Stage 2, Settimana Lombarda : 6th Overall, Tour de Romandie:: 2nd, Prologue: 21th Overall, Vuelta a España;2008: 2n, Overall, Tour de Romandie: 1st Overall, Tour de Suisse:: 1st, Stage 8, (ITT): 13th overall, Tour de France

External links

* [http://www.teamliquigas.it/2008/ita/main.php?mod=kreuziger Rider Profile - Liquigas website]
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Persondata
NAME= Kreuziger, Roman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1986-05-06
PLACE OF BIRTH=Moravská Trebová Czech Republic
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=