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Karsten Kroon

  • Published Dec. 22, 2011
2011 BMC Karsten Kroon. Photo courtesy BMC (file)
  • Height: 5 ft 11 inch / 180 cm
  • Weight: 145 lbs / 66 kg
  • Birthdate: January 29, 1976
  • Nationality: Netherlands
  • Hometown: Dalen, The Netherlands
  • Current Residence: Rekem, Belgium
  • Team: BMC RACING TEAM
  • Specialties and Strengths: one-day classics, stage racing
  • Career Highlights:

    2010

    1st, Profronde van Heerlen (NED)
    3rd, Profonde van Maastricht (NED)
    5th, Ronde van Boxmeer (NED)

    2009

    2nd, Amstel Gold Race (NED)
    2nd, Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop (GER)
    4th, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (BEL)

    2008

    1st, Rund um den Henninger Turm (GER)
    1st, Stage 5, Sachsen-Tour (GER)
    1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (ESP)

  • About Me:

    Missed several weeks in 2010 after fracturing his cheekbone, nose and eye socket (zygomatic arch) in a high-speed crash at Flèche Wallonne … Competed in his first Tour de France since 2005 … Won post-Tour criterium Profronde van Heerlen … Stage winner at the 2002 Tour de France (Stage 8) … Has worn the King of the Mountains jersey in all three Grand Tours: Tour de France (2005), Giro d’Italia (2000) and Vuelta a España (2001).

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