Jan Tratnik

Jan Tratnik (born 23 February 1990 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. Professional since 2009, he has won the 2024 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and a stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Tratnik is also a four time Slovenian national time trial champion and a one-time national road race champion.

Junior years (2007–2008)
Tratnik started cycling at the age of 17 on the advice of Borut Božič who noticed him during a mountain bike competition organized by his school. He found success in races during his second season as a junior in 2008, winning the national junior time trial championship and the Coppa Linari.

Under-23 years (2009–2012)
Moving up to the under-23 category, he was recruited by UCI Continental team, which he rode the 2009 and 2010 seasons for. With the team, he had his first victory at the under-23 level, winning the 2010 Gran Premio della Liberazione. He also finished second overall in the Giro delle Regioni, an event on the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup calendar, and competed at the under-23 world championships both years. At the world championships, Tratnik placed 60th in the road race and 52nd in the time trial in 2009, and did not finish the road race in 2010.

The following season, Tratnik made the step up to the UCI World Tour with. However, he was let go at the end of the season after a lack of results, largely due to an eating disorder causing him to lose an unhealthy amount of weight, forcing him to rejoin in 2012. That season, he won the European under-23 road race championships in his final year as an under-23 rider.

Continental teams (2013–2016)
For the 2013 season, Tratnik again moved teams, this time to Austrian Continental squad. He once again struggled to find form and was involved in several crashes throughout the year.

In 2014, he transferred again, to another Austrian Continental team,, on a three-year contract. Here he found success at a number of Continental Tour level events. In 2015, he won the Grand Prix Südkärnten, the second stage and the general classification of the East Bohemia Tour as well as the fifth stage and the points classification of the Tour de Hongrie. He also finished third in the fourth stage of the Tour of Austria and won the points classification. That same year, he won the elite national time trial championships and placed fourth in the road race. In 2016, his success continued, winning the elite national road race championship and the overall classification of the East Bohemia Tour.

CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice (2017–2018)
Tratnik's results for caught the attention of Polish UCI Professional Continental team, who signed him on a two-year contract starting in 2017. With the team, Tranik found his best form yet in his career. In 2017, he won the Okolo Slovenska and competed in his first Grand Tour: the Giro d'Italia. He also proved himself to be a strong time trialist, finishing 10th in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.

In his second season with the team, Tratnik maintined this form, winning the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali in Late, a time trial, followed by Volta Limburg Classic a week later. He also won his second national time trial championship and finished second overall in the Tour de Luxembourg among other results.

Bahrain–Merida: Return to the World Tour (2019–2022)
In 2019 Tratnik returned to the UCI World Tour after a seven year absence with his signing to. In his first season with the team, Tratnik took his first ever World Tour victory, the prologue of the Tour de Romandie, and competed in his first Tour de France. The following March, Tratnik nearly won a stage of Paris–Nice but was caught with 200 meters remaining. However, in October, he took his biggest win in his career yet, winning stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, six seconds ahead of Ben O'Connor.

In 2021, he won the national time trial championships a third time and defended his title again the following year. In 2022, he also placed ninth in the Dwars door Vlaanderen and Milan–San Remo. He also entered the Giro d'Italia, but suffered from a fracture to his right scaphoid during stage 1, forcing him to drop out two days later.

Team Jumbo–Visma (2023–Present)
In 2023, Tratnik moved to. He was slated to ride the 2023 Giro d'Italia in support of Primož Roglič. However, the day before the race, he was hit by a car while doing recon for the time trial, breaking his kneecap in the process. He was able to return to training four weeks later, and competed in the Vuelta a España.

Tratnik started the 2024 season strong, taking his biggest one-day race victory yet: the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in a two-man sprint against Nils Politt.

Major results

 * 2008
 * National Junior Championships
 * 1st Time trial
 * 3rd Road race
 * 1st Coppa Linari
 * 2nd Overall Po Stajerski


 * 2009
 * 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 5th Poreč Trophy
 * 10th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal


 * 2010
 * 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
 * 2nd Overall Giro delle Regioni
 * 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy


 * 2012
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
 * 7th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
 * 9th Central European Tour Budapest GP


 * 2014
 * 1st GP Kranj
 * 3rd Central European Tour Budapest GP
 * 4th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
 * 4th Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc
 * 5th Banja Luka–Belgrade II
 * 5th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
 * 6th Poreč Trophy
 * 7th Grand Prix Südkärnten
 * 8th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia
 * 9th GP Izola


 * 2015 (1 pro win)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall East Bohemia Tour
 * 1st Stage 2
 * Tour de Hongrie
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification, Tour of Austria
 * 4th GP Adria Mobil
 * 6th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia
 * 10th Belgrade Banjaluka I


 * 2016 (1)
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall East Bohemia Tour
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification, Istrian Spring Trophy
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Mountains classification, Tour of Slovenia
 * 2nd Poreč Trophy
 * 3rd Rudi Altig Race
 * 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 9th GP Izola


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 1st Jersey blue polkadot.svg Points classification
 * 1st Prologue
 * 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour
 * 4th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
 * 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2018 (3)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 1st Volta Limburg Classic
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 3rd Overall CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie
 * 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
 * 5th Brabantse Pijl
 * 9th Eschborn–Frankfurt


 * 2019 (1)
 * 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 8th Chrono des Nations


 * 2020 (1)
 * 1st Stage 16 Giro d'Italia
 * 6th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships


 * 2021 (1)
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial
 * 4th Road race


 * 2022 (1)
 * 1st MaillotEslovenia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 9th Milan–San Remo
 * 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen


 * 2023
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
 * 9th Coppa Bernocchi


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 2nd Vuelta a Murcia
 * 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
 * 3rd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 10 Giro d'Italia