Janez Brajkovič
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Brajkovič at the 2012 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Janez Brajkovič |
| Nickname | JB Junior |
| Born |
18 December 1983 Metlika, Slovenia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Bahrain–Merida |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005 | KRKA–Adria Mobil |
| 2005–2007 | Discovery Channel |
| 2008–2009 | Astana |
| 2010–2011 | Team RadioShack |
| 2012–2014 | Astana |
| 2015–2016 | UnitedHealthcare |
| 2017– | Bahrain–Merida |
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Janez Brajkovič (born 18 December 1983) is a racing cyclist from Metlika, Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for UCI World Tour team Bahrain–Merida.
Before he turned professional, Brajkovic won the World U-23 TT by beating pre-race favourite Thomas Dekker (formerly of Silence-Lotto) by 18 seconds, with a time of 46:56.39 with an average speed of 46.975 km/h.
Brajkovič joined Discovery Channel midway through the 2005 season. Brajkovič was signed up as a first year professional but missed the first half of the 2005 season due to contractual obligations (he was with KRKA – Adria Mobil). In July he turned professional and his debut race in the Eneco Tour and had a brilliant debut start. He finished 7th in the time trial, helped sprinter Max van Heeswijk win two stages, and finished in the top 20 in the General Classification won by Bobby Julich of Team CSC. But to prove it was no fluke he finished 14th in the time trial in the Deutschland Tour, and in the top 20 in the 2005 UCI World Road Race Championships in Madrid.
Brajkovič started 2006 impressively as well, finished 4th in the final time trial of Tour de Suisse 5th overall in the General Classification, and at 22 turned out to be Discovery's strongest rider in the race. Before that, in the Volta a Catalunya (Tour of Catalunya), he took 3rd in the stage 1 TT, 7th in stage 4 2:37 behind stage winner Carlos Castano (Kaiku), and 5th overall just 48 seconds down on over GC winner David Cañada (Saunier Duval-Prodir). He did not get to ride the Tour de France, but raced the Vuelta a España where he finished second on the first mountain stage, after getting beaten by Danilo Di Luca in the sprint at the summit. After finishing fourth in the second mountain stage to the Alto de El Morredero, he took the lead in the general classification, giving him the leader's jersey in a major tour for the first time in his young career.
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