Matej Mohorič (born 19 October 1994) is a Slovenian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[3] Mohorič turned professional in 2014.[4] He won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships in 2018 and 2021, and the UCI Gravel World Championships in 2023.[5][6]
 Mohorič in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matej Mohorič |
| Born | 19 October 1994 Kranj, Slovenia |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur, Classics specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2013 | Sava |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Cannondale |
| 2015 | Cannondale–Garmin |
| 2016–2017 | Lampre–Merida |
| 2018– | Bahrain–Merida[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
| |
Medal record | |
Early and personal life
Born on 19 October 1994, in Kranj, Slovenia, Mohorič currently resides in Šenčur, Slovenia.[4][7]
Career
Mohorič won the 2012 UCI World Junior Road Race Championships[8] and the 2013 UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships,[9][10] becoming the first rider to win world junior and under-23 titles in consecutive years.[8]
He signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[11][12]
Mohorič signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[13][14] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España,[15] but he withdrew on the 6th stage.[16] Subsequently, it was announced that he would join Lampre–Merida from 2016 on a two-year contract.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[17] Mohorič secured his first Grand Tour stage win when he soloed to victory in Stage 7 of the 2017 Vuelta a España. In Stage 10 of the 2018 Giro d'Italia 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.[18]
He participated in the 2020 Tour de France and the 2021 Tour de France, 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."[19]
In 2022, Mohorič won the Milan-San Remo monument, attacking on the descent of the Poggio using a dropper seatpost.[20] He defeated Jonas Vingegaard to win the 2022 CRO Race.[21]
He won stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France in a photo finish with Kasper Asgreen, by a margin of 0.004 seconds.[22] He later received praise for his interview after the race, in which he talked about the cruel nature of professional cycling.[23]
In October 2023, Mohorič won the UCI Gravel World Championships, holding off Florian Vermeersch and Connor Swift during a solo attack in the final 20 km of the 169 km course in Veneto, Italy.[24]
Major results
Gravel
- 2023
- 1st
UCI World Championships
Road
- 2011
- 3rd Overall GP Général Patton
- 7th Overall Regio-Tour
- 2012
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Giro di Basilicata
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT), & 4
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- UEC European Championships
- 3rd
Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 3rd
- 2013
- 1st
- National Championships
- 4th Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 7th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 2014
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 2015
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 6th Japan Cup
- 2016 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st Stage 6
- 2017 (2)
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
- 1st Hong Kong Challenge
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2018 (7)
- 1st
Road race, National Championships
- 1st
Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
- 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 7th Giro della Toscana
- 2019 (1)
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
- National Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2020
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 10th Milan–San Remo
- 2021 (4)
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 7 & 19
- Held
Combativity award Stages 7 & 19
- 2nd Overall Benelux Tour
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st
- 1st
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2022 (2)
- 1st
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Gran Piemonte
- 4th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2023 (6)
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 19 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4 CRO Race
- 2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Road race, National Championships
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 7th Overall Renewi Tour
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th E3 Saxo Classic
- 8th Milan–San Remo
- 2024 (2)
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 6th Milan–San Remo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 98 | 135 | 30 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
| — | — | — | — | — | 119 | 76 | 31 | 86 | 72 | ||
| — | DNF | — | 30 | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
| Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 57 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | 21 | DNF | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | NH | DNF | 5 | 29 | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | 127 | DNF | — | 93 | — | 36 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 40 | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | DNF | 61 | — | |
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 21 | 24 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | 3 | 79 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 80 | 11 | — | 19 | 56 | DNF | 6 | 5 |
| E3 Saxo Bank Classic | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | NH | — | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 9 | 43 | 13 |
| Amstel Gold Race | 112 | DNF | 99 | 86 | — | 46 | NH | 9 | 13 | 33 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | 2 | DNF | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | 78 | — | 65 | — | 22 | 36 | Not held | 54 | 5 | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | 62 | — | 28 | — | 41 | 26 | DNF | 18 | |||
| Gran Piemonte | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
Major championships results timeline
| Event | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | Not held | DNF | Not held | — | Not held | ||||||||
| Time trial | — | — | |||||||||||
| Road race | — | — | — | — | 91 | DNF | DNF | — | 14 | — | — | ||
| Time trial | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Road race | 4 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | ||
| Time trial | — | 5 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Matej Mohorič". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ "Mohoric goes solo for second Slovenian road race title". CyclingNews. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Deby, Quentin (8 October 2023). "UCI Gravel World Championships 2023: Niewiadoma And Mohorič Triumph In Veneto". BikeTips. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ "Matej Mohorič". Strava. San Francisco, California: Strava, Inc. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ a b c "Mohoric joins Lampre-Merida". cyclingnews.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ Alasdair Fotheringham (27 September 2014). "Mohoric wins U23 men's road race world championship". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Mohoric attacks to solo win in under-23 worlds road race". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Daniel Benson (15 September 2014). "Mohoric signs with Cannondale team for 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling announce 2015 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "De La Cruz no toma la salida y se retira el esloveno Mohoric" [De la Cruz doesn't take the start and the Slovenian Mohoric withdraws]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Grupo Godó. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Coyle, Harry. "TOUR DE FRANCE 2021 - MATEJ MOHORIC POINTEDLY CELEBRATES BY ZIPPING LIPS AFTER TAKING STAGE 19 VICTORY". Eurosport. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Laughlin, Ronan Mc (19 March 2022). "Mohorič used a dropper post to drop everyone at Milan-San Remo". CyclingTips. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ Laughlin, Ronan Mc (2 October 2022). "Matej Mohoric delighted after sealing CRO Race victory for Bahrain Victorious". Eurosport. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Matej Mohorič fights tears after winning Tour de France 19th stage by 0.004 seconds". Associated Press. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Schofield, Mike (21 July 2023). "Matej Mohorič talks the 'cruel' nature of cycling after winning the closest stage in Tour de France history". SB Nation. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ Price, Matilda (8 October 2023). "UCI Gravel World Championships: Matej Mohorič uses climbing strength to win rainbow jersey". Global Cycling Network. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
External links
- Matej Mohorič at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Matej Mohorič at ProCyclingStats
- Cycling Base: Matej Mohorič
- Cycling Quotient: Matej Mohorič
- Cannondale-Garmin: Matej Mohorič