Roman Kreuziger
Czech professional cyclist
Career and Biography
He turned professional in 2006 with Liquigas after a successful amateur career which saw him win the Junior Road World Championships in 2004 and a stage of the Giro delle Regioni in 2005. In 2007, he showed great improvements in his abilities by placing 2nd in the prologues of Paris-Nice and the Tour de Romandie, where he also finished sixth overall. He took his first professional victory in the second stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda. In late 2007 he also completed his first Grand Tour after finishing 21st in the Vuelta a Espana.
In 2008 he finished second in Tour de Romandie, 35 seconds behind Andreas Klöden. He got his revenge in the Tour de Suisse where he won the race 49 seconds ahead of Klöden.
In 2008 also starting at Tour de France. His best place in one stage was 6th.