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Janez Brajkovic

Key Stats

Team: Astana
Nationality: Slovenian
Born: December 18, 1983
Hometown: Metlika, Slovenia
Turned Pro: 2005

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2009

2nd, stage 1, Giro del Trentino
5th, stage 2 Giro del Trentino
2nd overall, Giro del Trentino
3rd, stage, 1 TTT, Giro d'Italia
4th, stage 12, Giro d'Itali

2007
1st overall, Tour de Georgia

2006
Vuelta a España leader’s jersey (stage 8 and 9)

2005
3rd, European under-23 time trial championship

2004
1st, world under-23 time trial championship
2nd, European under-23 time trial championship

Biography

Discovery Channel picked up Brajkovic midway through the 2005 season, and he did not disappoint. At that year’s world championships, the lithe rider finished 11th (and two places in front of Paolo Bettini).