Uroš Murn

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Uroš Murn
Personal information
Full name Uroš Murn
Date of birth February 9, 1975 (1975-02-09) (age 33)
Country Flag of Slovenia Slovenia
Height 1.83 m
Weight 71 kg
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
1997–1999
2000–2003
2004–2006
2007
Krka
Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
Phonak
Discovery Channel
Major wins
Flag of Slovenia National Champion (2004)
Infobox last updated on:
January 4, 2008

Uroš Murn (born February 9, 1975) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, most recently 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
  • Flag of Slovenia National Champion
  • GP Krka
2005 - Phonak Hearing Systems
  • Setmana Catalana, one stage
2006 - Phonak Hearing Systems


Persondata
NAME Murn, Uroš
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975-02-09
PLACE OF BIRTH Novo Mesto, Slovenia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH