Kristijan Durasek
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kristijan Đurasek |
| Born |
26 July 1987 Varaždin, Croatia |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2008 | Perutnina Ptuj |
| 2009–2011 | Loborika |
| 2012 | Adria Mobil |
| 2013– | Lampre–Merida |
| Major wins | |
Kristijan Đurasek (born 26 July 1987) is a Croatian professional road bicycle racer. He has been competing since 2005, and currently rides for the UCI World Tour team UAE Team Emirates. He represented Croatia at two Summer Olympics (in 2012 and 2016).
Đurasek started racing for Slovenian continental team Perutnina Ptuj in 2006, but his professional career only started in 2008. At the time he did not have much success in international races. He competed for Perutnina Ptuj for three years during which he won five medals at the Croatian road cycling championships.
Đurasek signed a contract with Croatian continental team Loborika at the beginning of 2009. In 2011, he won his first UCI Europe Tour race at the GP Folignano. Two days later he repeated his success by winning the Trofeo Bastianelli. During those years he won three more medals at the Croatian road cycling championships including both national titles at the 2011 championships.
In 2012, Đurasek competed for continental team Adria Mobil. His most notable results were third place in the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano, seventh place in the Giro dell'Appennino and third place in the Passo della Bocchetta stage in the Giro di Padania. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a late replacement for Robert Kišerlovski, who was injured on the 14th stage of the Tour de France. He finished 68th in the road race, 40 seconds behind the race winner Alexander Vinokourov.
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