Ján Svorada (born 28 August 1968 in

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other #Names and etymology, alternative names) is a List of towns in Slovakia, city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech Republic, Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a populati ...

) is a retired Slovak and

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road racing cyclist. He was born in Czechoslovakia; when that country split up in 1993, he raced for Slovakia until 1996, when he started racing for the Czech Republic. When Svorada won Stage 2 of the 1998 Tour de France he became a rarity in professional cycling because at that point he became a Tour de France stage winner who won at least one stage with two different nationalities. His first stage win at the Tour de France (Stage 7 in 1994) was obtained as a Slovak cyclist, and later he won also a stage in 1998 as a Czech rider. He competed for the Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

Major results

;1988 :1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour ;1990 :1st Jersey yellow

Overall Peace Race ::1st Jersey violet

Active rider classification ::1st MaillotPuntosRojos

Sprints classification ::1st Jersey pink

Combination classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 9b :1st Stage 2 GP Tell ;1992 :1st Stage 1

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

:2nd Overall GP du Midi-Libre ::1st Stage 1 ;1993 :1st Jersey blue

Intergiro classification

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

:7th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde ;1994 :1st Jersey yellow

Overall GP du Midi-Libre :

::1st Stages 9, 11 & 17 :1st Stage 5a Vuelta a Andalucía :1st Stage 4

:1st Stage 7

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

:1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain ;1995 :1st Stage 8 Tirreno–Adriatico :1st Stage 12

;1996 :1st Jersey orange

Overall

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna :1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse :1st Grand Prix de Denain :2nd

Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in south ...

:4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ::1st Stage 1 :4th Scheldeprijs : Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stages 5a & 8 ;1997 :

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stages 11, 16 & 17 :

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) 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 the Basque Country. The race has had ...

::1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4 : Tour of Galicia ::1st Stages 1 & 3a :1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna :1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal :3rd

:5th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m ...

:7th Overall

::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 :7th CoreStates Classic ;1998 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico :1st Stage 4 4 Jours de Dunkerque :1st Stage 2

:1st First Union Classic :1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen :3rd Giro della Provincia di Siracusa : Volta a Portugal ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ;1999 :1st Stage 3

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

:1st Stage 8 Tirreno–Adriatico :1st Clásica de Almería ;2000 :1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico :1st Stage 1a Giro del Trentino :1st Stage 3

:2nd Clásica de Almería ;2001 :1st Stage 3 4 Jours de Dunkerque :1st Stage 2 GP du Midi-Libre :1st Stage 20

(Champs-Élysées) :1st Profronde van Pijnacker :3rd Overall

;2002 : Tour of Belgium ::1st Stages 1 & 4 :1st Stage 1

:1st Wiener Radfest :1st Linz :6th Scheldeprijs :8th

Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

;2003 :1st Stage 1 International Tour of Rhodes :1st Stage 1

:1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali :3rd Overall Tour of Qatar :8th

;2004 :1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino :1st Stage 1

:1st Rokycany :7th

;2005 :1st Road race, National Road Championships :1st Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt :1st Stage 3 Rothaus Regio-Tour :3rd Stausee Rundfahrt ;2006 :5th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th GP Hydraulika Mikolasek

References

External links

Official website

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