Simon Špilak
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.jpg) Špilak at the 2013 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Špilak |
| Nickname | Spile |
| Born |
June 23, 1986 Tišina, Slovenia |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Katusha |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2007 2008–2011 2012– |
KRKA-Adria Mobil Lampre Team Katusha[1] |
| Major wins | |
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Single-day races and Classics
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Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014 | |
Simon Špilak (born June 23, 1986 in Tišina) is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer. He currently runs for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha.[2] He is best known for being the winner of the 2010 Tour de Romandie, after original race winner Alejandro Valverde had his results expunged as part of a doping suspension.
Palmares
- 2004
- 1st National Junior Road Race Championships
- 1st National Junior Time Trial Championships
- 3rd
World Junior Road Race Championships - 2005
- 1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2006
- 1st Trofej Plava Laguna 1
- 2007
- 1st U23 La Côte Picarde
- 2008
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Slovenia
- 2010
- 1st
Overall, Tour de Romandie[lower-alpha 1]
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 3rd Overall, Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2012
- 4th Overall Paris-Nice
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2013
- 1st GP Miguel Indurain
- 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 6th Overall Paris–Nice
- 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
48 | — | — | 117 | — | — |
| Tour |
— | 109 | WD | — | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
Notes
- ↑ Retroactively awarded after Alejandro Valverde's results were disqualified following his backdated two-year ban in June 2010.
References
- ↑ Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ↑ "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Simon Špilak at Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Špilak profile at Cycling Archives
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