Jans Koerts

Jans Koerts (born 24 August 1969) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.^[1] He was professional from 1992 until 2007.^[2] He notably won Stage 3 of the 2000 Vuelta a España.

Jans Koerts

Personal information
Full name	Jans Koerts
Born	(1969-08-24) 24 August 1969 (age 55) Eefde, the Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
1992	PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1993–1994	Festina–Lotus
1995–1996	Palmans–Ipso
1997–1998	Rabobank
1999	Team Cologne
2000	Farm Frites
2001	Mercury–Viatel
2002	Domo–Farm Frites
2003	BankGiroLoterij–Batavus
2004	Vlaanderen–T Interim
2005	Cofidis
2006–2007	Time-Van Hemert
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2000) Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2001)

Career

Koerts started his career at PDM–Concorde–Ultima in 1991 as a stagiare.^[3]

At the 2000 Vuelta a España Koerts won the Stage 3 mass sprint.^[4] In 2005 during stage four of the Trofeo Joaquim Agostinho Koerts crashed heavily breaking both ankles, his ribs and fractured his femur.^[5] He did not race again until Ster van Zwolle in march 2007.^[6] Due tohis crash he did not continue with Cofidis, instead he had to find a lower team to race on.^[7]

Doping

In 2007 Koerts admitted to doping over a span of eleven years.^[8][9] In 1993 while at Festina–Lotus Koerts started taking Testosterone under guidance from the team doctor. In 1997 at Rabobank was encouraged to Micro-dose on EPO he refused. However, in 1999, after being demoted to a lower level team he started to dope. He continued to dope occasionally until 2004.^[3]

Post professional cycling

After retiring from professional cycling Koerts started a coaching company which is still running as of 2024.^[10] Koerts also works as a sales assistant at bike shop in Australia.^[11]

Major results

Sources:^[1][12][13]

1989

1st Omloop Houtse Linies

10th Overall ZLM Tour

1990

1st 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 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 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 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 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 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

Sporting positions
Preceded by Léon van Bon	Dutch National Road Race Champion 2001	Succeeded by Stefan van Dijk

External links

• Jans Koerts at UCI
• Jans Koerts at Cycling Archives
• Jans Koerts at ProCyclingStats
• Jans Koerts at Cycling Quotient