Karel Vacek

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Karel Vacek
Karel Vacek, Giro d'Italia 2023.jpg
Vacek at the 2023 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameKarel Vacek
Born (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)
Prague, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2017–2018Team F.lli Giorgi
Professional teams
2019 Hagens Berman Axeon [1]
2020 Team Colpack–Ballan [2]
2021 Team Qhubeka Assos [3] [4]
2022 Tirol KTM Cycling Team [5] [6] [7]
2023 Team Corratec [8] [9]
2024 Burgos BH

Karel Vacek (born 9 September 2000) is a Czech racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. [10] His younger brother Mathias is also a cyclist.

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Major results

2017
2nd Montichiari–Roncone
4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2018
National Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Time trial
2nd Road race
Giro della Lunigiana
1st Stage 1b (ITT) & Stage 3
1st Trofeo Citta di Loano
2nd Saarland Trofeo
3rd Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
4th G.P. Sportivi Sovilla-La Piccola Sanremo
5th Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
5th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
8th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Stage 3
2022
7th Overall Grand Prix Jeseníky
2024
7th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 84
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France —
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España —
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Roompot-Charles sign Boy Van Poppel, Lammertink - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com . Immediate Media Company. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019. U23 development team Hagens Berman Axeon have added their first new rider to the 2019 roster, announcing on Thursday that the US Pro Continental team have signed 18-year-old Karel Vacek from the Czech Republic.
  2. ↑ "Team Colpack Ballan". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Qhubeka Assos add Wisniowski, Sean Bennett and 20-year-old Evenepoel rival Karel Vacek". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Matějka, Marek (31 October 2021). "Karel Vacek přestupuje do týmu Tirol KTM". RoadCycling.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "TIROL KTM CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Karel Vacek - Ride with passion". ridewithpassion.tirol. Retrieved 6 March 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Matějka, Marek (6 December 2022). "Karel Vacek by měl posílit druhodivizní Corratec". RoadCycling.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "TEAM members". toscanafactoryteam.com/ (in Italian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Burgos-BH". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 21 January 2024.


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