Jakub Mareczko (born 30 April 1994) is an Italian

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

of Polish origin, who currently rides for

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. A sprinter, Mareczko is seen by the Italian national cycling coach

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as one of the best young hopes for Italian cycling.

Career

Mareczko was born in Poland on 30 April 1994; he moved with his mother to

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, Italy, when he was five years old.

Southeast Pro Cycling (2015–18)

It was announced that Mareczko had signed his first professional contract with the then in July 2014. Racing as an amateur cyclist in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, he won 16 races and came to the attention of

. He was the most successful under-23 rider in Italy in 2014. Mareczko was seen as one of the major hopes for , which had been in significant trouble on account of repeated doping cases; the team also signed the veteran sprinter

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with the hope that he would be able to help Mareczko to develop as a cyclist (in particular to get stronger on the climbs), as well as potentially leading him out in the sprints. Mareczko's first wins as a professional cyclist came in the 2015

Vuelta al Táchira The Vuelta ciclista al Táchira (''English'': Tour of Táchira) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each January since 1966 in the state of Táchira in western Venezuela. The Vuelta al Táchira is part of the UCI America To ...

(a 2.2 race where many of the riders are amateurs), where he won stages 3 and 4. He was then selected to lead the Italian national team in the sprint stages at the

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of 2.1, and i ...

, where he twice finished in the top ten, including a third place on the final stage behind

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and

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. He started both

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and

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but finished neither. He finished third on the second stage of the

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

, then finished second on the fourth and sixth stages. Mareczko's cobbled classics season then continued with his participation in

Dwars door Vlaanderen Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI W ...

E3 Harelbeke E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

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, the

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and the

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, although he finished none of these races. Mareczko won two stages at the

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela ( en, Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. The race carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored ...

, a 2.2-ranked race. His first professional-level victory came at the end of the 2015 road racing season, when he won the sixth stage of the

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-ranked

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2 ...

. A few days before this victory, announced that his contract had been renewed for the following two seasons. It was followed by more victories in China: at the

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-ranked

Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held in China annually in November. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013 ...

, Mareczko won all seven of the nine stages to end in bunch sprints. He also won the general classification, the points classification and the young rider classification. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, but abandoned the race on Stage 5.

Post-Southeast (2019–present)

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

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, recording a best stage finish of third place on the fourth stage. The following month, he signed a two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season. However, folded at the end of the 2021 season, and Mareczko joined for the 2022 season. At the 2022 ZLM Toer Mareczko won the bunch sprint for Stage 2 however, he was relegated soon after and

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named as the winner. Mareczko won the following day's stage into , and ultimately finished the race second overall, behind Kooij.

Major results

;2014 : 1st

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;2015 (9 pro wins) : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey blue

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 9 :

::1st Stages 3 & 4 :

::1st Stages 2 & 9 : 1st Stage 6

;2016 (11) : 1st

Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands is a men's one-day cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in China. The first edition was a one-day race and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a 1.2 event as part of the UCI Asia Tour. Th ...

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

::1st Stage 2, 11 & 13 :

Presidential Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

::1st Stages 5 & 8 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 : 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 6

: 1st Stage 3

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 ...

: 3rd

Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 10th

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;2017 (13) : 1st Jersey orange

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey blue

Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 6 & 7 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 :

::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 1st Stage 3

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional cycling stage race held in late April and early May in Brittany, France. T ...

;2018 (7) :

Tour du Maroc Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 & 10 : Sharjah Tour ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 :

::1st Stages 3, 5 & 7 : 1st Stage 5

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

II : 1st Stage 1

;2019 : 3rd

Grand Prix Pino Cerami Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belg ...

: 6th Primus Classic ;2020 (3) :

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 ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 ;2021 (2) : 1st

Trofej Umag Trofej Umag (also known as the Umag Trophy) is a men's one-day cycle race, which takes place in Croatia and is rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

: 1st Stage 1a

: 6th

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...

;2022 (3) :

Tour of Antalya The Tour of Antalya is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Turkey. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Intern ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 4

: 2nd Overall ZLM Toer ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic ;2023 (1) : 1st Stage 2 ZLM Tour : 1st Stage 5

: 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic : 5th

Bredene Koksijde Classic The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from 2 ...

: 7th Van Merksteijn Fences Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mareczko, Jakub 1994 births Living people Italian male cyclists Italian people of Polish descent Cyclists from Brescia Polish emigrants to Italy Sportspeople from Podkarpackie Voivodeship People from Jarosław