Piotr Wadecki

Piotr Wadecki

Personal information
Full name	Piotr Wadecki
Born	(1973-02-11) 11 February 1973 (age 52) Elbląg, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider Directeur sportif General manager
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional teams
1997–2000	Mróz
2001–2002	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004	Lotto–Domo
2005	Action–Ati
2006	CCC–Polsat
Managerial teams
2009–2018	CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
2019–2020	CCC Team
Major wins
Stage races Peace Race (1998, 2000) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1997, 2000) National Time Trial Championships (2000)

Piotr Wadecki (born 11 February 1973) is a Polish former professional road racing cyclist, who last worked as the general manager of UCI WorldTeam CCC Team.

Team membership

A professional from 1997, ^[1] Wadecki has been a member of the following professional teams: Mróz(-Supradyn Witamin) (1997–2000), Domo–Farm Frites/Lotto Domo (now Predictor–Lotto) (2001–2002), Quick-Step–Davitamon (2003), Lotto–Domo (2004), Intel–Action (2005), ^[2] and CCC Polsat (2006). ^[3]

Biography

In 2000, Wadecki won 15 victories in races counted under the Union Cycliste Internationale's points scheme . ^[4]

On 15 March 2002, Wadecki was seriously injured in a final sprint in stage 1 (Massa Lubrense-Sorrento, 124 km) of the 37th Tirreno–Adriatico. He suffered skull fractures and a broken wrist. ^[5]

When transferring from Lotto–Domo to Intel–Action, in 2005, Wadecki was ranked second place in the world. He had achieved a total of 32 wins thus far. ^[6] While in the Intel–Action Team, Wadecki competed in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France. ^[7]

Major results

Sources: ^{[8] [9]}

1991

1st Overall Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz

1993

2nd Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

1994

2nd Overall Circuit des Mines

5th Overall Tour de Pologne

1996

1st Overall Tour de Martinique

2nd Grand Prix Cristal Energie

1997

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

1st Stages 1 & 3

1st Stage 1 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

4th CoreStates Invitational

5th Overall Tour of Japan

1st Stage 5

9th Grand Prix de Denain

1998

3rd Overall Peace Race

9th Overall Tour de Langkawi

1999

1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 11 Volta a Portugal

1st Memorial A. Kacziny

2nd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

1st Stages 3, 5 & 6

5th Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 5

2000

National Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich

1st Stages 1, 2 & 6b

1st First Union Wilmington Classic

1st Stage 4 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

2nd Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 1

2nd Overall Tour of Japan

1st Stage 2

3rd Overall Tour d'Egypte

1st Stages 4, 5 & 6

7th Road race, Summer Olympics

8th Hel van het Mergelland

2001

1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice

2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca

1st Stage 2

6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

7th Clásica de San Sebastián

8th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

2002

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

6th Trofeo Luis Puig

2003

2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

8th Classique des Alpes

9th Rund um Köln

2005

1st Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique

1st Stage 2

1st Pomorski Klasyk

3rd Overall Hessen Rundfahrt

1st Stage 2

3rd Druivenkoers Overijse

6th Overall Giro del Capo

References

1. "Photos, Information & Statistics about Professional Cycling Teams & Riders, world-of-cycling.com". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
2. "Le Palmarès de Piotr Wadecki, VeloPalmares et les victoires sont á leurs places!, 2001–2007". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005.
3. "Teams 2006 – East Europe, cycling4all; facts and figures". Archived from the original on 10 March 2007.
4. "Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements".
5. "News for March 18, 2002, Wadecki regains consciousness".
6. "Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements".
7. "Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements".
8. "Le Palmarès de Piotr Wadecki, VeloPalmares et les victoires sont á leurs places!, 2001–2007". Archived from the original on 5 March 2005.
9. "Piotr Wadecki". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

External links

• Piotr Wadecki, Ludzie Wprost (in Polish)
• Piotr Wadecki
• sports.pl – Piotr Wadecki u Sprucha (in Polish)
• Le Palmarès de Piotr Wadecki (The Placings of Piotr Wadecki)
• BBC Sport Online: Other Sports, 16 March 2001, Wadecki wins first elite stage, Paris–Nice, 5th stage, Berre L'Etang to St Raphael
• Piotr Wadecki at UCI
• Piotr Wadecki at Cycling Archives
• Piotr Wadecki at ProCyclingStats
• Piotr Wadecki at Cycling Quotient
• Piotr Wadecki at CycleBase
• Piotr Wadecki at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)
• Piotr Wadecki at Olympedia