Adrian Kurek (born 29 March 1988) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2021 for the , and teams. Following his retirement, Kurek now coaches the Kuwaiti national cycling team. He competed at

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour (2009–2010: ''UCI World Ranking'') is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits. It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ...

level on several occasions at his home race, the

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

. In the 2011 edition of the race, Kurek won the intermediate sprints classification, having led it from start-to-finish; he also held a top-three place overall in the first three stages. In the 2012 race, Kurek took the lead of the classification after four stages of the event, and held the lead until the end.

Major results

;2008 : 2nd Overall Tour des Deux Sèvres ;2009 : 1st Route de l'Atlantique : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Vienne Classic Espoirs : 3rd Bronze medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ;2011 : 1st Trophée des Champions : 1st Stage 2 ( ITT) Saint Brieuc Agglo-Tour : 1st Stage 3

Tour de Gironde The Tour de Gironde is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

: 1st Stage 4 Trois Jours de Cherbourg : 1st Jersey red

Sprints classification

: 2nd Chrono de Tauxigny : 3rd Chrono Châtelleraudais : 4th Overall

Tour of Małopolska Tour of Malopolska (Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. History The race was first held in 196 ...

: 4th Prix Gérard Gautier à Vendeuvre-du-Poitou : 8th Overall Tour de la Dordogne : 8th Circuit Boussaquin : 9th Grand Prix des Fêtes de Cénac et St-Julien : 10th Circuit des Vins du Blayais ;2012 : 1st Jersey red

Sprints classification

: 5th Overall

;2013 : 7th Overall

Dookoła Mazowsza The Dookoła Mazowsza (Around Mazovia) is a cycling race held annually in Mazovia, Poland. It was first held in 1951 and has been held annually since, with the exceptions of 1981–1982, 1991–1992, and 1994–1996. The most successful rider is Z ...

;2014 : 2nd Overall

Tour of Estonia The Tour of Estonia is a road bicycle racing stage race held in Estonia. The race is organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.http://www.tourofestonia.ee/en Tour of Estonia Official Website The race was created by amalgamating two existing ...

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial, World University Road Championships : 8th Overall

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2015 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

: 1st Stage 3

: 8th Overall

Podlasie Tour The Podlasie Tour is a stage cycling race held in the Podlachia Region, Poland. It was first held in 2015 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

::1st Prologue ;2017 : 1st MaillotPolonia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

: 9th Overall

Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques The Course de la Solidarité Olympique ( pl, Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków; en, Race of Solidarity and Olympics) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Poland. From 1991 until 1995, it was a race for amateurs, becoming a pr ...

;2018 : 1st Stage 3a ( TTT)

Sibiu Cycling Tour The Sibiu Cycling Tour (Cycling Tour of Sibiu until 2015) is a 2.1 category professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Sibiu, Romania. Its first edition took place in July 2011, as part of the UCI Europe Tour. The race is organise ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...

;2019 : 5th Overall

Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala The Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Poland. It was first held in 2000 and was part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 in 2005 and 2.2 from 2007 to 2010. The race was discontinued in 2010 until 2016 ...

: 9th Overall

: 9th Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego ;2020 : 1st Prologue

Tour of Szeklerland The Tour of Szeklerland is a European cycling stage race held in Romania. Since 2008, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were intro ...

: 7th

International Rhodes Grand Prix International Rhodes Grand Prix is a one-day road cycling race held annually since 2017 in the Greek island of Rhodes. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cy ...

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* * Polish male cyclists 1988 births Living people People from Grudziądz Sportspeople from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship {{poland-cycling-bio-stub