Karsten Kroon (born January 29 1976 in Dalen) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Saxo Bank in the UCI ProTour bicycling series.
As an amateur rider, Kroon showed his talent by winning the professional race of Ronde van Drenthe in 1996. He was then brought into the youth squad of Holland based team Rabobank in 1997, where Kroon won a number of amateur races in two years. In 1999, he moved to the senior squad of...
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Karsten Kroon (born January 29 1976 in Dalen) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team Saxo Bank in the UCI ProTour bicycling series.
As an amateur rider, Kroon showed his talent by winning the professional race of Ronde van Drenthe in 1996. He was then brought into the youth squad of Holland based team Rabobank in 1997, where Kroon won a number of amateur races in two years. In 1999, he moved to the senior squad of Rabobank, where he rode until 2005. He gathered but a handful of wins in his six years at Rabobank, most notably stage 8, on Bastille Day, of the 2002 Tour de France. Kroon and his Rabobank team mate Erik Dekker approached the finish in a seven man group, and with the help of the more experienced Dekker, Kroon won a stage win in his first ever Tour de France participation. During his time at the Rabobank team, Karsten Kroon at some point lead the mountain jersey competition in each of the three Grand Tours, though his lead didn't hold to the...
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