Uroš Murn

Uroš Murn (born 9 February 1975) is a Slovenian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professional from 1997 to 2010.

Born in Novo Mesto, Murn turned professional in 1997 with the Slovenian squad. In 2000, Murn moved to the Italian team, where he stayed for four seasons. Early successes in the Tours of Croatia and Slovenia, where Murn won two stages and a stage and the sprints competition respectively, were not matched in later season. Murn took the opportunity to move to the top tier of racing with Phonak in 2004.

On 6 December 2010, it was reported by the Slovenian Press Agency that Uroš Murn decided to end his bicycling career.

Major results

1998 1st Stage 3 Course Cycliste de Solidarnosc et des Champions Olympiques 2nd GP Aarhus 6th Overall Tour de Normandie 1999 1st GP Krka 3rd Overall GP Kranj 1st Stage 1 5th Overall UNIQA Classic 6th Route Adélie 2000 Tour of Slovenia 1st Stage 3 1st Sprints classification 1st Stages 1 & 6a Tour of Croatia 4th GP Miguel Induráin 5th Time trial, National Road Championships 10th Schaal Sels 2001 4th Coppa Sabatini 6th Coppa Placci 8th Coppa Bernocchi 2002 1st GP Krka 4th Coppa Placci 4th Giro dell'Appennino 7th Coppa Bernocchi 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 10th Overall Brixia Tour 10th Giro del Veneto 2003 1st Stausee Rundfahrt 1st Foreign Riders classification Giro d'Abruzzo 2nd US Pro Championship 5th San Francisco Grand Prix 5th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria 5th G.P. Costa degli Etruschi 6th Wachovia Invitational 8th Giro dell'Appennino 9th Wachovia Classic 10th Trofeo Laigueglia 2004

1st GP Krka 4th Coppa Sabatini 7th San Francisco Grand Prix 8th Paris–Tours 9th Giro del Piemonte 2005 1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana 9th Paris–Tours 2006 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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