Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional

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who currently rides for

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. Mohorič turned professional in 2014. He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the UCI Gravel World Championships in 2023.

Early and personal life

Born on 19 October 1994, in

Kranj Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest o ...

, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in

Šenčur Šenčur (; in older sources also ''Šentjur'',''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 7. ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in ...

, Slovenia.

Career

Mohorič won the 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships and the 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships, becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years. He signed with , a

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, for the 2014 season. Mohorič signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season. He was named in the start list for the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race, cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two race stage, stages took place ...

, but he withdrew on the 6th stage. Subsequently, it was announced that he would join from 2016 on a two-year contract. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Giro d'Italia The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both ...

. Mohorič secured his first Grand Tour stage win when he soloed to victory in Stage 7 of the 2017

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. In Stage 10 of the 2018

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 ...

he took his second win in a Grand Tour, winning a two-man sprint against Nico Denz. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Tour de France The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 race stage, stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before movi ...

. He participated in the

2020 Tour de France The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The race began ...

and the

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, garnering two stage wins in the 2021 Tour after crashing out of the Giro two months before. His second victory came the day after a police raid on the Bahrain Victorious hotel stemming from allegations of doping; Mohorič celebrated his win by 'zipping' his lips, adding in a post-race interview, "At the end of the day I’ve got nothing to hide. I don’t care too much." In 2022, Mohorič won the Milan-San Remo monument, attacking on the descent of the Poggio using a dropper seatpost. He defeated

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to win the 2022 CRO Race. He won stage 19 of the

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in a photo finish with

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, by a margin of 0.004 seconds. He later received praise for his interview after the race, in which he talked about the cruel nature of professional cycling. After the Tour, Mohoric rode the 2023 Tour de Pologne, where he won stage 2 and took the leader's jersey. Heading into the final stage, Mohoric was tied for the overall lead with João Almeida. During the stage, Mohoric won an intermediate sprint, gaining bonus seconds and winning the overall by a single second. In October 2023, Mohorič won the UCI Gravel World Championships, holding off

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and Connor Swift during a solo attack in the final 20 km of the 169 km course in

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, Italy.

Major results

Gravel

;2023 : 1st

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

;2024 : 7th

Road

;2011 : 3rd Overall GP Général Patton : 7th Overall

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich, ...

;2012 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Silver medal uci

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 ...

: 1st Overall Giro di Basilicata ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (

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), & 4 : 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana : 1st Overall Junioren Radrundfahrt Oberösterreich : UEC European Championships ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Time trial ::4th Road race ;2013 : 1st Road race, UCI World Under-23 Championships : National Championships ::4th Road race ::4th

: 7th

Piccolo Giro di Lombardia The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U, meaning it is reserved for under 23 riders. The race acts as the U23 counterpart to the Giro di Lombardia T ...

;2014 : 5th

, National Championships ;2015 : 5th Road race, National Championships : 6th

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

;2016 (1 pro win) : 2nd

, National Championships : 3rd Overall

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and has been part of the UCI ProSeries since 2023, previously having been on the UCI Asia Tour. The ev ...

::1st Stage 6 ;2017 (2) : 1st Stage 7

: 1st Hong Kong Challenge : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 6th Overall

Tour of Guangxi The Tour of Guangxi (officially known as the GREE-Tour of Guangxi for sponsorship purposes) is an annual professional Road bicycle racing, cycling race held in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The m ...

: 8th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...

;2018 (7) : 1st Road race, National Championships : 1st Overall

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall BinckBank Tour : 1st

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano The GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the race joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the ...

: 1st Stage 10

: 1st Stage 1

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...

: 7th

Giro della Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

;2019 (1) : 1st Stage 7

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: National Championships ::2nd

::5th Road race : 3rd

Gran Premio di Lugano The Gran Premio di Lugano () is a road bicycle race held annually in Lugano, Switzerland. Prior to 1981 it was held as an individual time trial but in recent years it has been organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

: 5th

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 ...

: 9th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

;2020 : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 4th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

: 10th

;2021 (4) : 1st Road race, National Championships :

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 Stages 7 & 19 ::Held after Stage 7 ::

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, ...

Stages 7 & 19 : 2nd Overall

Benelux Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the ori ...

::1st Stage 7 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 7th Overall

::1st Points classification : 8th

Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to: * Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherl ...

: 10th

;2022 (2) : 1st Overall CRO Race : 1st

: 2nd

, National Championships : 2nd

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Piedmont region, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. From 2005–2019, the race was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eur ...

: 4th

E3 Saxo Bank Classic E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

: 5th

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

: 9th

;2023 (6) : 1st Overall

::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Stage 19

: 1st Stage 4 CRO Race : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 3rd

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

: 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 6th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche (; ) is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

: 7th Overall Renewi Tour ::1st Stage 5 : 7th E3 Saxo Classic : 8th

;2024 (2) : National Championships ::1st

::3rd Road race : 1st Stage 2

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...

: 3rd

: 5th

: 6th Overall

: 6th

: 8th Overall Renewi Tour : 10th

;2025 : 2nd Overall Tour de la Provence

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Major championships results timeline

References

External links

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Matej Mohorič
at ''Cycling Base'' *
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at Cannondale-Garmin (archived) * *
Matej Mohorič
at the

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