Jan Hirt

Jan Hirt
Personal information
Hirt in 2014
Full name	Jan Hirt
Born	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33) Třebíč, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Soudal–Quick-Step
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
2012	Podenzano Tecninox
2012	Leopard–Trek Continental Team (stagiaire)

Professional teams
2013	Leopard–Trek Continental Team
2014	Etixx
2015–2017	CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice
2018–2019	Astana^[1]
2020	CCC Team^[2]
2021–2022	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux^[3]
2023–	Soudal–Quick-Step

Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2022) Stage races Tour of Oman (2022)

Jan Hirt (born 21 January 1991) is a Czech professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.^[4]

Career

Hirt joined Leopard–Trek Continental Team in 2012 as a stagiaire,^[5] later becoming a member of the team in 2013 before moving to Etixx the following year.^[6] During the 2014 season, he came third in the general classification (GC) of the Tour Alsace, four seconds behind Jack Haig and ten seconds behind winner Karel Hnik.^[7] In 2015, Hirt moved to CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice^[8] where he competed in the Tour of Austria, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, Tour de Pologne, and the Il Lombardia in the same year. He achieved success in Austria, coming second on the fourth stage to move to the top of the GC before moving down to third where he later finished. However, Hirt did not finish the Il Lombardia.^[5]

In 2016, Hirt again competed in the Tour of Austria where he won the fourth stage to move into the lead of the GC. He started the next stage with a 1:17 lead over second-placed Guillaume Martin, a gap which he held to the end of the competition three days later.^[9]^[10] He also competed in the Abu Dhabi Tour, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Turkey, Volta a Catalunya, and the Il Lombardia, where he again did not finish. In 2017, Hirt competed in his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia where he placed 12th in the GC. He also competed in the Tour de Suisse, Tour de Pologne, and the Volta a Catalunya^[5] and in August signed a two-year deal with Astana for the 2018 season. Cyclingnews.com described Hirt as a "key GC addition" to the team.^[11]

In 2018, Hirt competed in two Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España and the Giro, where he finished 74th and 46th, respectively. He also competed in the Il Lombardia, Volta a Catalunya, Tour of Oman, and the Tour of the Alps, where he finished 10th in the GC.^[5]