Piotr Wadecki (born 11 February 1973) is a Polish former professional
road racing cyclist
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, who last worked as the general manager of
UCI WorldTeam
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...
.
Team membership
A professional from 1997, 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
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(2003), Lotto-Domo (2004),
Intel-Action (2005), and
CCC Polsat (2006).
Biography
In 2000, Wadecki won 15 victories in races counted under the
Union Cycliste Internationale
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's points scheme
.
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
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. He suffered skull fractures and a broken wrist.
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. While in the
Intel-Action Team, Wadecki competed in both the
Giro d'Italia and
Tour de France
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.
Major results
Sources:
;1991
: 1st Overall Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziadz
;1993
: 2nd Overall
Course de la Solidarité Olympique
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;1994
: 2nd Overall
Circuit des Mines
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
: 5th Overall
Tour de Pologne
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;1996
: 1st Overall
Tour de Martinique
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N ...
: 2nd
Grand Prix Cristal Energie
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by t ...
;1997
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Overall
Course de la Solidarité Olympique
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* Course (navigation), the path of travel
* Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...
::1st Stages 1 & 3
: 1st Stage 1
Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
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: 4th
CoreStates Invitational
: 5th Overall
Tour of Japan
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History
Tour of Japan was formed a ...
::1st Stage 5
: 9th
Grand Prix de Denain
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
;1998
: 3rd Overall
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Langkawi
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;1999
: 1st Overall
Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
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::1st Stage 2
: 1st Stage 11
Volta a Portugal
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: 1st Memorial A. Kacziny
: 2nd Overall
Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
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::1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
: 5th Overall
Tour de Pologne
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::1st Stage 5
;2000
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::1st
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: 1st Overall
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
: 1st Overall
Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
The Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, officially known as the CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie, is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1966 and since 2005, it has been organised as a ...
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 6b
: 1st First Union Wilmington Classic
: 1st Stage 4
Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a cycling race in West Poland that runs between the Baltic Sea and the Karkonosze. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Jelenia ...
: 2nd 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 ...
::1st Stage 1
: 2nd Overall
Tour of Japan
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History
Tour of Japan was formed a ...
::1st Stage 2
: 3rd Overall
Tour d'Egypte
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
::1st Stages 4, 5 & 6
: 7th
Road race,
Summer Olympics
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: 8th
Hel van het Mergelland
Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. 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 ...
;2001
: 1st Stage 5
Paris-Nice
: 2nd Overall
Giro della Provincia di Lucca
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::1st Stage 2
: 6th
Road race,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 7th
Clásica de San Sebastián
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: 8th
GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...
;2002
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Suisse
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: 6th
Trofeo Luis Puig
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;2003
: 2nd Overall
Tour de Luxembourg
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: 8th
Classique des Alpes
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It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the ...
: 9th
Rund um Köln
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;2005
: 1st Overall
Course de la Solidarité Olympique
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* Course (navigation), the path of travel
* Course (orienteering), a series of control points visited by orienteers during a competition, marked with red/white flags in the terrain, and corresponding ...
::1st Stage 2
: 1st
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 ...
: 3rd Overall
Hessen Rundfahrt
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::1st Stage 2
: 3rd
Druivenkoers Overijse
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...
: 6th Overall
Giro del Capo
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References
External links
Piotr Wadecki, Ludzie WprostPiotr Wadeckisports.pl – Piotr Wadecki u Sprucha(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*
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Polish male cyclists
1973 births
Living people
Olympic cyclists of Poland
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
People from Elbląg
Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship