Ján Svorada

Ján Svorada (born 28 August 1968 in Trenčín) is a retired Slovak and Czech road racing cyclist.

He was born in Czechoslovakia; when that country split up in 1993, he raced for Slovakia until 1996, when he started racing for the Czech Republic.

When Svorada won Stage 2 of the 1998 Tour de France he became a rarity in professional cycling because at that point he became a Tour de France stage winner who won at least one stage with two different nationalities. His first stage win at the Tour de France (Stage 7 in 1994) was obtained as a Slovak cyclist, and later he won also a stage in 1998 as a Czech rider.

He competed for the Czech Republic at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Major results

 * 1988
 * 1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour


 * 1990
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Peace Race
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Active rider classification
 * 1st MaillotPuntosRojos.PNG Sprints classification
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Combination classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 2 & 9b
 * 1st Stage 2 GP Tell


 * 1992
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
 * 2nd Overall GP du Midi-Libre
 * 1st Stage 1


 * 1993
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Intergiro classification Giro d'Italia
 * 7th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde


 * 1994
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall GP du Midi-Libre
 * Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stages 9, 11 & 17
 * 1st Stage 5a Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain


 * 1995
 * 1st Stage 8 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia


 * 1996
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stages 4 & 5
 * 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 1 Giro di Sardegna
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Grand Prix de Denain
 * 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 4th Scheldeprijs
 * Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stages 5a & 8


 * 1997
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stages 11, 16 & 17
 * Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4
 * Tour of Galicia
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3a
 * 1st Stage 4 Giro di Sardegna
 * 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal
 * 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 5th Paris–Tours
 * 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
 * 7th CoreStates Classic


 * 1998
 * 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 4 4 Jours de Dunkerque
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour de France
 * 1st First Union Classic
 * 1st Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
 * 3rd Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
 * Volta a Portugal
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3


 * 1999
 * 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia
 * 1st Stage 8 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Clásica de Almería


 * 2000
 * 1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 1st Stage 1a Giro del Trentino
 * 1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia
 * 2nd Clásica de Almería


 * 2001
 * 1st Stage 3 4 Jours de Dunkerque
 * 1st Stage 2 GP du Midi-Libre
 * 1st Stage 20 Tour de France (Champs-Élysées)
 * 1st Profronde van Pijnacker
 * 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges


 * 2002
 * Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stages 1 & 4
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
 * 1st Wiener Radfest
 * 1st Linz
 * 6th Scheldeprijs
 * 8th Milan–San Remo


 * 2003
 * 1st Stage 1 International Tour of Rhodes
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Murcia
 * 1st Stage 1 Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
 * 8th Milan–San Remo


 * 2004
 * 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
 * 1st Stage 1 Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Rokycany
 * 7th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise


 * 2005
 * 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 1 Bayern Rundfahrt
 * 1st Stage 3 Rothaus Regio-Tour
 * 3rd Stausee Rundfahrt


 * 2006
 * 5th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 6th GP Hydraulika Mikolasek