Uroš Murn
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Uroš Murn |
| Date of birth | February 9, 1975 (age 32) |
| Country |  Slovenia |
| Height | 1.83 m |
| Weight | 71 kg |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Discovery Channel |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1997-1999 2000-2003 2004-2006 2007- |
Krka Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini Phonak Discovery Channel |
| Major wins | |
| National Champion (2004) |
|
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 24, 2007 | |
Uroš Murn (born February 9, 1975) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Murn joined Discovery Channel having previously ridden on the ProTour for Phonak Hearing Systems
Born in Novo Mesto, Murn turned professional in 1997 with the Slovenian Krka squad. In 2000, Murn moved to the Italian Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini team, where he stayed for four seasons. Early successes in the Tours of Croatia and Slovenia, where Murn won two stages and a stage and the sprints competition respectively, were not matched in later season. Murn took the opportunity to move to the top tier of racing with Phonak in 2004.
[edit] Palmarès
- 1997 - Krka
- 1998 - Krka
- Solidarity Tour, 1 stage
- 1999 - Krka-Telekom Slovenje
- GP Krka
- GP Kranj, 1 stage
- 2000 - Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
- Tour of Slovenia
- Stage 3, winner
- Sprints competition
- Tour of Croatia
- Stage 1, winner
- Stage 6A, winner
- 2001 - Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
- 2002 - Formaggi Trentini
- GP Krka
- 2003 - Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi Immobiliare
- Stausee-Rundfahrt
- Giro d'Abruzzo - Foreign Riders' Competition
- 2004 - Phonak Hearing Systems
- National Champion
- GP Krka
- 2005 - Phonak Hearing Systems
- Setmana Catalana, one stage
- 2006 - Phonak Hearing Systems
| Riders on Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team |
|---|
|
Ivan Basso | Fumiyuki Beppu | Volodymyr Bileka | Janez Brajkovič | Alberto Contador | Antonio Cruz | Steve Cummings | Tom Danielson | John Devine | Stijn Devolder | Vladimir Gusev | George Hincapie | Levi Leipheimer | Fuyu Li | Trent Lowe | Egoi Martínez | Jason McCartney | Gianni Meersman | Uroš Murn | Benjamín Noval | Pavel Padrnos | Sérgio Paulinho | Yaroslav Popovych | José Luis Rubiera | Tomas Vaitkus | Jurgen Van Goolen | Brian Vandborg | Matt White |
| Manager |
| Johan Bruyneel |
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