Jure Kocjan

Jure Kocjan (born 18 October 1984) is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016.

Career Born in Jesenice, Kocjan represented Slovenia in the Men's road race at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships. His first notable win came at the 2008 Vuelta a Cuba.

Kocjan joined for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. but following a retest in early 2016 of a sample from 2012 he was provisionally suspended by the UCI and fired by the team. He was subsequently given a four year ban by the UCI, with his ban expiring in January 2020.

Major results

2004 8th GP Kranj 2005 1st Stage 1 Jadranska Magistrala 7th Trofeo Zsšdi 2006 1st Tour of Vojvodina 2nd Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli 2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin 2nd GP Kooperativa 4th Giro del Mendrisiotto 4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 6th GP Kranj 7th Trofeo Zsšdi 2007 2nd Belgrade–Banja Luka II 3rd Trofeo Zsšdi 2008 Vuelta a Cuba 1st Stages 2 & 6 2nd GP Kranj 2nd Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt 4th Neuseen Classics 8th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stage 8 8th Tour de Rijke 2009 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 3 5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake 1st Stages 3 & 8 7th GP Kranj 7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 10th Cholet-Pays de Loire 2010 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano 4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 5th Neuseen Classics 7th Rund um Köln 7th Trofeo Laigueglia 10th Giro del Friuli 2011 2nd Flèche d'Emeraude 2nd Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano 4th GP Kranj 4th Montepaschi Strade Bianche 4th Gran Premio di Lugano 4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 5th Philadelphia International Championship 6th Overall Tour du Limousin 6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 2012 Tour du Limousin 1st Stages 1 & 3 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 8th Flèche d'Emeraude 10th Route Adélie 2014

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional 1st Stages 3 & 6a

2nd Philadelphia International Championship 2015 1st Stage 2 Tour of Utah 2nd Winston-Salem Cycling Classic