Marek Rutkiewicz (born 8 May 1981 in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county rights. ...

) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2020 for seven different teams. Rutkiewicz's strength was in climbing and his victories came in hilly races, including the mountains classification at the 2009 Tour de Pologne. He now works as a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

for UCI Continental team .

Personal life

Rutkiewicz is married to fellow cyclist Anna Szafraniec.

Major results

;2002 : 1st Stage 4

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.) ...

: 3rd Overall

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 ...

;2003 : 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 5th Overall

: 7th Overall

: 8th

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

;2004 : 2nd Coupe des Carpathes : 4th Overall

::1st Stage 6 ;2005 : 3rd

Pomorski Klasyk The Pomerania Tour (2003-2008: Pomorski Klasyk) is a cycling race held annually in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 2003 as the ''Pomorski Klasyk'' and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Cir ...

: 5th Overall

Sachsen Tour The Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...

: 6th Overall Tour of Małopolska : 8th Overall

;2006 : 1st Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Overall

: 5th

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

;2007 : 10th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as Po ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Małopolska : 2nd Overall

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 ...

::1st Stage 5 : 4th Coupe des Carpathes : 6th 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 ...

::1st Mountains classification : 10th Overall

;2009 : 6th Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ;2010 : 1st MaillotPolonia

National Hill Climb Championships : 1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Coupe des Carpathes : 3rd Memoriał Henryka Łasaka : 7th Overall

;2011 : 2nd Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Coupe des Carpathes : 9th Overall Giro di Padania : 10th Overall

;2012 : 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 ( ITT) : 1st Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 4th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej : 6th Coupe des Carpathes : 7th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka ;2013 : 4th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ;2014 : 2nd Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Points classification : 6th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka ;2015 : 9th Overall

Tour of Croatia The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...

;2016 : 1st Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego : 2nd Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Poland : 2nd

Race Horizon Park Race Horizon Park is an international cycling road race (category UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 1.2, within the Europe Tour calendar), held annually in the capital of Ukraine, during the celebration of the Day of Kyiv. As a part of the bicy ...

Classic : 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 5th Horizon Park Race for Peace : 6th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ;2017 : 1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Coupe des Carpathes : 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska : 5th Overall Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala ::1st Mountains classification : 5th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 7th

Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego The Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego (''Andrzej Trochanowski Memorial'') is a one-day cycling race held annually on 1 May in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1989 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1. ...

: 9th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej ;2018 : 2nd Grand Prix Doliny Baryczy Milicz : 2nd Grand Prix Minsk : 3rd

Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego The Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego is a one-day cycling race held in Poland. It was previously part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, c ...

: 6th Overall

: 9th Overall Tour of Małopolska : 9th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia ;2019 : 4th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich ::1st Mountains classification : 4th

;2020 : 5th Overall

Belgrade–Banja Luka Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...

References

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* 1981 births Living people Polish male cyclists Sportspeople from Olsztyn {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub