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]
.jpg) Mohorič in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matej Mohorič |
| Born | 19 October 1994 Kranj, Slovenia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur, Classics specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2013 | Sava |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Cannondale |
| 2015 | Cannondale–Garmin |
| 2016–2017 | Lampre–Merida |
| 2018– | Bahrain–Merida[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
| |
Early and personal life
editBorn on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Šenčur, Slovenia.[4][7]
Career
editMohorič 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]
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]
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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
editGravel
edit- 2023
- 1st
UCI World Championships
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
- 1st
Overall Giro di Basilicata- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT), & 4
- 1st
- 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 1st Overall Junioren Radrundfahrt Oberösterreich
- UEC European Road Championships
- 3rd
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 3rd
- 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
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | 98 | 135 | 30 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 119 | 76 | 31 | 86 | 72 | |
 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 | 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 | — | ||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
editExternal links
edit
- Matej Mohorič at Cycling Archives
- Matej Mohorič at ProCyclingStats
- Cycling Base: Matej Mohorič
- Cycling Quotient: Matej Mohorič
- Cannondale-Garmin: Matej Mohorič
