Maroš Kováč (born 11 April 1977 in

Košice Košice is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of approximately 230,000, Košice is the second-largest cit ...

) is a Slovak former

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, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the

De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa De Nardi was a professional cycling team based in Italy. Founded under a Slovak license, they helped nurture talented young riders. In 2003, the merged with Team Colpack-Astro, and took on Colpack as a co-sponsor. In 2005, Italian hotel group ...

and teams. He now works as a

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for

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Major results

Source:

Cyclo-cross

;1996–1997 : 2nd National Championships ;1997–1998 : 3rd National Championships ;2003–2004 : 5th World Military Championships ;2004–2005 : 3rd

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;2005–2006 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

National Championships : 3rd

Hlinsko Hlinsko () is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The local part of Betlém is well preserved example of folk architecture and is protected as a Cultural monument (Czech Republi ...

;2006–2007 : 2nd National Championships ;2007–2008 : 3rd National Championships

Road

;2001 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Team time trial, National Road Championships ;2002 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Team time trial, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 Tour d'Egypte : 1st Prologue

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey () is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 event, before being upgraded to 2.1 in 200 ...

;2003 : 1st Stage 7

Tour of South China Sea The Tour of South China Sea is an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It has been held during Christmas holiday every year since 1996 to celeb ...

: 2nd Overall Tour d'Egypte ::1st Stage 6 : 4th Time trial, World Military Championships ;2004 : 1st Overall Tour d'Egypte ::1st

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, Stages 2, 3 & 6 ;2005 : 1st Stage 1

Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc The Gemenc Grand Prix is a cycling race held annually in Hungary. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2 from 2005 to 2009 and back again in the same category in 2017. Winners References

* Cycle races in Hungary Recurring sporti ...

: 1st Stage 3

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska (; ) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages. History Okolo Slovenska ...

: 3rd Grand Prix Bradlo : 3rd Coupe des Carpathes : 5th Overall Tour d'Egypte ::1st Stage 1 ;2006 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 2

Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...

: 1st Stage 5

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

: 2nd Overall Kosice–Tatry–Kosice : 3rd Overall

* Cycle races in Hungary Recurring sporti ...

: 3rd Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego : 4th Overall Tour d'Egypte : 5th Grand Prix Bradlo : 6th Overall

Tour of Małopolska Tour of Malopolska ( Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. History The race was first held in 196 ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de Taiwan The Tour de Taiwan is an annual professional road bicycle racing race stage, stage race held in Taiwan since 1978, and has been part of the UCI Asia Tour since 2005. It was classed a 2.1 category race for the first time in 2012. History The Tour ...

;2007 : Tour d'Egypte ::1st

& Stage 4 : 1st Stage 2

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Kosice–Tatry–Kosice : 3rd Beograd–Cacak : 5th

Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic The Rutland–Melton International CiCLE Classic is a road bicycle race that starts in Oakham and finishes in Melton Mowbray. The 2008 version was 158 km long. The race is characterised by its off-road sections and short, sharp climbs on n ...

: 6th Overall

::1st Stage 4a (

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) : 6th

GP Hydraulika Mikolasek The Grand Prix Hydraulika Mikolasek was a single-day road cycling race held annually in Slovakia from 2005 to 2010. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced ...

;2008 : 2nd Beograd–Cacak : 2nd Grand Prix Bradlo : 3rd Coupe des Carpathes : 4th Overall Tour of Libya : 6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista Chiapas : 6th

Scandinavian Race Uppsala Scandinavian Race is an annual bicycle road race held in Uppsala, Sweden. Between the years 1909–1937 and 1940–1945 the race was run as a time trial; in 1956 it was held as a team time trial. Since 2008, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the U ...

: 8th Overall Umm Al Quwain Race ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall

Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a cycling race in West Poland that runs between the Baltic Sea and the Karkonosze. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Jeleni ...

;2009 : 4th Coupe des Carpathes : 6th East Midlands International CiCLE Classic : 7th Grand Prix Kooperativa ;2010 : 2nd Banja Luka–Beograd I : 3rd Overall

: 4th Overall The Paths of King Nikola ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Central European Tour Miskolc GP : 6th

: 8th Overall

: 8th Coupe des Carpathes : 9th

Memoriał Henryka Łasaka Memoriał Henryka Łasaka is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1999 and from 2005 to 2007, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI E ...

;2011 : 1st Challenge Khouribga, Challenge des phosphates ;2012 : 1st

Tour Bohemia The Tour Bohemia was a one-day cycling race held annually between 2012 and 2014 in the Czech Republic. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by t ...

: 1st Stage 2 Kosice–Tatry–Kosice : 1st Stage 3 Czech Cycling Tour : 7th Overall

::1st Points classification : 8th

Jūrmala Grand Prix The Jūrmala Grand Prix was a one-day cycling race held in Jūrmala, Latvia. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste In ...

: 8th

Tallinn–Tartu GP Tallinn–Tartu GP (before 2007, the E.O.S. Tallinn GP) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Tallinn, Estonia. From 2005 until 2012 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2008, Pro Cycling Club ...

: 10th Coupe des Carpathes ;2013 : 1st Prologue

Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organised with the support o ...

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 4th Memorial Oleg Dyachenko : 4th Central European Tour Miskolc GP : 7th Overall

Five Rings of Moscow The Five Rings of Moscow is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Moscow, Russia. It was first run in 1993 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.2 category race. The most successful riders are Sergey Firsanov Se ...

: 8th Banja Luka–Beograd II ;2014 : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour ::1st Blue-white-band-jersey

Points classification : 8th

Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje The Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje is a one-day cycling race held annually since 2012 in the Czech Republic. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

;2015 : 1st Stage 4

: 1st Stage 1

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie () is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, and the Budapest–Szo ...

: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 2nd

Korona Kocich Gór The Korona Kocich Gór is a one-day cycling race held in Poland. It was first held in 2013 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

;2016 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 6th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia

Mountain biking and hill climbs

;2005 : 2nd National Cross-Country Championships ;2009 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

National Hill Climb Championships ;2010 : 1st MaillotSlovakia

National Hill Climb Championships

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovac, Maros 1977 births Living people Slovak male cyclists Tour de Guadeloupe cyclists Sportspeople from Košice