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

Karel Vacek (born 9 September 2000) is a Czech racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Selle Italia.[9]

Major results

2017
2nd Montichiari–Roncone
4th Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2018
National Junior Road Championships
1st 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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 84
A yellow jersey Tour de France
A red jersey 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.
  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). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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