Jan Tratnik (born 23 February 1990) is a Slovenian cyclist who rides for

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. Professional since 2009, he has won the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and a stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Tratnik is also a four time Slovenian national time trial champion and a one-time national road race champion.

Career

Junior years (2007–2008)

Tratnik started cycling at the age of 17 on the advice of

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who noticed him during a mountain bike competition organized by his school. He found success in races during his second season as a junior in 2008, winning the national junior time trial championship and the Coppa Linari.

Under-23 years (2009–2012)

Moving up to the under-23 category, he was recruited by

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, which he rode the 2009 and 2010 seasons for. With the team, he had his first victory at the under-23 level, winning the 2010

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. He also finished second overall in the Giro delle Regioni, an event on the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup calendar, and competed at the under-23 world championships both years. At the world championships, Tratnik placed 60th in the road race and 52nd in the time trial in

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, and did not finish the road race in

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. The following season, Tratnik made the step up to the

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with . However, he was let go at the end of the season after a lack of results, largely due to an eating disorder causing him to lose an unhealthy amount of weight, forcing him to rejoin in 2012. That season, he won the European under-23 road race championships in his final year as an under-23 rider.

Continental teams (2013–2016)

For the 2013 season, Tratnik again moved teams, this time to Austrian Continental squad . He once again struggled to find form and was involved in several crashes throughout the year. In 2014, he transferred again, to another Austrian Continental team, , on a three-year contract. Here he found success at a number of Continental Tour level events. In 2015, he won the Grand Prix Südkärnten, the second stage and the general classification of the East Bohemia Tour as well as the fifth stage and the points classification of the Tour de Hongrie. He also finished third in the fourth stage of the

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and won the points classification. That same year, he won the elite national time trial championships and placed fourth in the road race. In 2016, his success continued, winning the elite national road race championship and the overall classification of the East Bohemia Tour.

CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice (2017–2018)

Tratnik's results for caught the attention of Polish

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team , who signed him on a two-year contract starting in 2017. With the team, Tranik found his best form yet in his career. In 2017, he won the

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and competed in his first Grand Tour: the

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. He also proved himself to be a strong time trialist, finishing 10th in the

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at the

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. In his second season with the team, Tratnik maintined this form, winning the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in Late, a time trial, followed by Volta Limburg Classic a week later. He also won his second national time trial championship and finished second overall in the

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among other results.

Bahrain–Merida: Return to the World Tour (2019–2022)

In 2019 Tratnik returned to the

after a seven year absence with his signing to . In his first season with the team, Tratnik took his first ever World Tour victory, the prologue of the

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, and competed in his first

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. The following March, Tratnik nearly won a stage of

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but was caught with 200 meters remaining. However, in October, he took his biggest win in his career yet, winning stage 16 of the

, six seconds ahead of Ben O'Connor. In 2021, he won the national time trial championships a third time and defended his title again the following year. In 2022, he also placed ninth in the Dwars door Vlaanderen and

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. He also entered the

, but suffered from a fracture to his right

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during stage 1, forcing him to drop out two days later..

Team Jumbo–Visma (2023–2024)

In 2023, Tratnik moved to . He was slated to ride the 2023 Giro d'Italia in support of

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. However, the day before the race, he was hit by a car while doing recon for the time trial, breaking his kneecap in the process. He was able to return to training four weeks later, and competed in the

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. Tratnik started the 2024 season strong, taking his biggest one-day race victory yet: the

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in a two-man sprint against Nils Politt.

Major results

;2008 : National Junior Championships ::1st

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::3rd Road race : 1st Coppa Linari : 2nd Overall Po Stajerski ;2009 : 3rd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Poreč Trophy : 10th Overall

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;2010 : 1st

: 2nd Overall Giro delle Regioni : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy ;2012 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza : 9th Central European Tour Budapest GP ;2014 : 1st GP Kranj : 3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP : 4th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 4th Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc : 5th Banja Luka–Belgrade II : 5th Raiffeisen Grand Prix : 6th Poreč Trophy : 7th Grand Prix Südkärnten : 8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 9th GP Izola ;2015 (1 pro win) : National Road Championships ::1st

::4th Road race : 1st Overall East Bohemia Tour ::1st Stage 2 : Tour de Hongrie ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Points classification,

: 4th

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: 6th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 10th Belgrade Banjaluka I ;2016 (1) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall East Bohemia Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Points classification, Istrian Spring Trophy : 1st Mountains classification,

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: 2nd Poreč Trophy : 3rd Rudi Altig Race : 7th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 9th GP Izola ;2017 (2) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Prologue : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Overall

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: 10th

;2018 (3) : National Road Championships ::1st

::4th Road race : 1st Volta Limburg Classic : 1st Stage 4 ( ITT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall

: 3rd Overall CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie ::1st Stage 1 ( ITT) : 5th Brabantse Pijl : 9th

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;2019 (1) : 1st Prologue

: 3rd

, National Road Championships : 8th Chrono des Nations ;2020 (1) : 1st Stage 16

: 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships ;2021 (1) : National Road Championships ::1st

::4th Road race ;2022 (1) : 1st

, National Road Championships : 9th

: 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2023 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

: 1st Stage 2 ( TTT)

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: 9th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...

;2024 (1) : 1st

: 2nd

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: 3rd Overall

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: 3rd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior : 8th Road race,

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: Combativity award Stage 10

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

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Jan Tratnik
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