Robert Kišerlovski (born 9 August 1986) is a
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n former professional
road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2005 and 2018 for the , , , , , , and squads.
Career
At the
2011 Paris–Nice
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, Kišerlovski crashed on a slippery downhill and slid underneath a parked truck, being caught underneath it for several minutes and needing eight stitches.
On Stage 14 of the
2012 Tour de France
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Kišerlovski came off the worst when the road was sabotaged with tacks. Kišerlovski crashed, breaking his collarbone, and was left having to abandon the race. The injury forced him to miss the
Summer Olympics in
London
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.
Kišerlovski left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.
In September 2014 it was announced that he would be joining at the start of 2015 on a two-year contract with a view to riding as a domestique for riders such as
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice ( 2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the V ...
.
He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist
Emanuel Kišerlovski.
Major results
;2005
: 8th Overall
Tour of Slovenia
Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...
;2006
: 2nd
GP Kranj
GP Kranj is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Kranj, Slovenia. Since 2007, The race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is ...
: 4th Overall
Tour of Slovenia
Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...
;2007
: 1st
Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
;2008
: 3rd Overall
Tour of Slovenia
Tour of Slovenia is a stage race cycling race held in Slovenia. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...
: 5th Overall
Istrian Spring Trophy
Istrian Spring Trophy ( hr, Istarsko proljeće) is a stage road bicycle race held annually in the Croatian part of the Istria peninsula. The race was first organized in 1961 as a small competition reserved to local cyclists. In 2000, it was opened ...
: 6th
Trofeo Zsšdi
Trofeo Zsšdi-Unione dei Circoli Sportivi Sloveni in Italia is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. The trophy is contested around Trieste, near the frontier between Italy and Slovenia. Since 2005, it is classified a ...
: 8th Overall
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( en, Lombardic Cycling Week) is an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle ...
;2009
: 4th Overall
Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...
: 10th
Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
The Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Arona, Italy between 1997 and 2015. It was held primarily as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...
;2010
: 1st
Giro dell'Appennino
The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice ...
: 10th Overall
Giro d'Italia
::1st Stage 4 (
TTT)
;2011
: 6th Overall
Giro del Trentino
: 7th Overall
Giro di Sardegna
Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) was a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region. It was rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing i ...
: 7th
Classica Sarda
Classica Sarda was a road bicycle race that took place on the Italian island Sardinia. It was held after the Giro di Sardegna from 1948 until 1983.
During this period, it was organized under different names, like GP Alghero from 1965 to 1967, Mo ...
;2012
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium.
The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...
: 7th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...
: 9th Overall
Paris–Nice
: 9th
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland.
The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town o ...
;2013
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
;2014
: 7th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...
: 10th Overall
Volta a Catalunya
The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain.
It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...
: 10th Overall
Giro d'Italia
;2018
: 4th Overall
Tour de Yorkshire
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
Profile on team website*
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Living people
1986 births
Croatian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Čačak
Croats of Serbia