Petr Vakoč (born 11 July 1992) is a

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cyclist, who rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Canyon Northwave.

Career

2013

2013 was

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-born Vakoč's first year as a professional, riding for , the development team of . In June, he won the

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...

stage race at the age of 20. Vakoč's success continued when he won overall in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid sub-23, the under 23 version of the

Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid is a stage road bicycle race held annually in and around Madrid, Spain. Between 2005 and 2012, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 the event was organised as a single-day race, for ...

. In August Vakoč won the 1.2 event

Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje The Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje is a one-day cycling race held annually since 2012 in the Czech Republic. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cy ...

, five seconds ahead of Josef Hosek.

2014

After Vakoč's successes in 2013, he was granted a contract for . He finished 10th overall and won a stage of 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 ...

, a

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 ...

event. He also placed second in both his nation's road race and time trial championship.

2015

In 2015, Vakoč won the National Road Race Championships 11 seconds ahead of

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. In May, he rode in his first

Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tuto ...

, the Giro d'Italia. Vakoč finished the race in 116th place overall. Vakoč earned yet another victory when he won the

Czech Cycling Tour The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1 The Union Cycli ...

, one of his nation's biggest cycling races. He also won a stage of the

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

. He competed for his nation at the

European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic Games, Olympic tradition contested by sportsperson, athletes from European nations and several European Olympic Committees#Notes, transcontinental countries. The Games were ...

, earning a bronze medal in the road race.

2016

Vakoč celebrated success in one day races during his fourth professional season, winning three major races; he won the

Classic Sud-Ardèche Classic Sud-Ardèche (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the ...

and

La Drôme Classic La Drôme Classic ( en, The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known ...

over successive days in February. In April, he booked his biggest victory yet at the

Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

, a 1.HC race in Belgium. However, that would turn out to be his final professional win. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Tour de France The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées sta ...

Injury and recovery

In January 2018, Vakoč and team-mate

Laurens De Plus Laurens De Plus (born 4 September 1995) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France. He is the o ...

suffered injuries whilst at a training camp in South Africa when they were hit by a truck: Vakoč sustained several broken vertebrae, which led to him undergoing spinal surgery and having to learn to walk again. After spending 2018 recovering, he made his return to competition at the 2019 Vuelta a San Juan.

Alpecin–Fenix

Vakoč joined for the 2020 season. He rode for the team in the

2021 Tour de France The 2021 Tour de France was the 108th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three grand tours. Originally planned for the Danish capital of Copenhagen, the start of the 2021 Tour (known as the ) was transferred to Brest because of the ...

. In October 2021 he announced that he would retire from competition at the age of 29 after the

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa ...

that month. The following February, Vakoč was announced to be a rider for UCI Mountain Bike Team Canyon Northwave, competing in

marathon mountain bike races Marathon mountain bike races, often referred to as cross-country marathon (XCM), are a very demanding form of mountain bike racing covering at least usually in mountainous terrain. Events held in Europe are typically just a little longer than th ...

Major results

Mountain Bike

;2022 : UCI MTB Marathon Series ::2nd

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (pron. ; Polish: ; german: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge; Exonym: ''Deer Mountain''; szl, Jelyniŏ Gōra) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Low ...

Road

;2010 : 2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors : 5th Brno–Velká Bíteš–Brno ;2011 : 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca

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 ;2013 : 1st Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 1st Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub-23 ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 2nd

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Memorial Van Coningsloo : 3rd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 4th Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 4th Memorial Jana Veselého ;2014 :

World University Championships The FISU World University Championships are part of the sporting events of the International University Sports Federation. Launched the FISU World University Championships in 1963, with Lund, Sweden hosting the Handball event. Championships In ...

::1st

Road race ::1st Gold medal blank

Time trial : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 5th

Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or earl ...

: 10th Overall

::1st Stage 2 ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca

Road race ::3rd

: 1st Overall

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 1st Stage 2

: 3rd

Road race,

: 7th Overall

Tour du Poitou-Charentes Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI E ...

::1st Young rider classification ;2016 : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd Overall

Tour La Provence The Tour de la Provence is an early-season bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France. It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence, which serves as the race's title sponsor for its first three years. It is held in February, ...

::1st Young rider classification : 2nd

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: National Road Championships ::3rd

::4th Road race : 5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships : 5th Overall

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

::1st Young rider classification : 5th

Strade Bianche The Strade Bianche is a road bicycle race in Tuscany, Central Italy, starting and finishing in Siena. First held in 2007, it is raced annually on the first or second Saturday of March. The name ''Strade Bianche'' (Italian for ''White Roads'') st ...

: 9th

Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is a one-day professional bicycle road race held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was on September 10, 2010, as the penultimate event in the 2010 UCI ProTour. The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec ...

;2017 : National Road Championships ::2nd

::3rd Road race : 2nd

: 6th

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...

: 7th

: 8th

Binche–Chimay–Binche Binche–Chimay–Binche (also known as Memorial Frank Vandenbroucke) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually between Binche and Chimay, in Wallonia, Belgium. The race is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was original ...

: 10th Overall

BinckBank Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the ori ...

;2019 : National Road Championships ::3rd Road race ::3rd

;2020 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 6th

Paris–Tours Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...

: 9th Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

;2021 : 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vakoc, Petr 1992 births Living people Czech male cyclists European Games medalists in cycling European Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Czech Republic Cyclists at the 2015 European Games Sportspeople from Prague