Szymon Wojciech Sajnok (born 24 August 1997) is a Polish road and
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
, who currently rides for
UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to:
* University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States
* Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling
UCI may also refer to:
* Uganda Cancer In ...
.
Career
As a junior, he participated at the
2014 UCI Road World Championships
The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the s ...
in the
Men's junior time trial and at the
2015 UCI Road World Championships
The 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in Richmond, Virginia, United States from September 19–27, 2015. It was the 88th Road World Championships. Peter Sagan won the men's road race and Lizzie Armitstead won the women's road race.
...
also in the
Men's junior time trial. On the track he competed at the
2016 UEC European Track Championships
The 2016 UEC European Track Championships is the seventh edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and will take place at the Velodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, between 19 a ...
in the
elimination race event and
team pursuit event.
In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the
2019 Vuelta a España
The 2019 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain, Andorra and France between 24 August and 15 September 2019. The race was the 74th edition of the Vuelta a España and is the final Grand Tour of t ...
.
In September 2020, Sajnok signed a two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
;2013–2014
: 2nd National Junior Championships
;2014–2015
: 1st
National Junior Championships
Mountain bike
;2014
: 1st
Cross-country, National Junior Championships
: 3rd
Eliminator,
Summer Youth Olympics
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...
Road
;2015
: 1st
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 Junior Championships
: 1st Stage 2 Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
: 5th
Paris–Roubaix Juniors
Paris–Roubaix Juniors (or Le Pavé de Roubaix) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in northern France for junior cyclists (aged 17 and 18) ahead of the senior Paris–Roubaix classic race. It is organised by the Vélo-Club d ...
;2016
: 7th
GP Slovakia
;2017
: 1st Prologue
Tour de Kumano
The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia ...
: 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 Championships
;2018
: 1st
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 ...
::1st
Young rider classification
::1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2
: 2nd
Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego
: 3rd
Rund um Köln
The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still runn ...
: 7th 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 ...
::1st
Points classification
: 9th
Münsterland Giro
The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC race in 2015. The race became part of the new UCI ProSeries
...
;2019
: 1st
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 Championships
: 4th
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 ...
;2020
: 2nd
Road race, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
;2016
: 1st Omnium,
UCI World Cup, Apeldoorn
: 2nd
Omnium,
UEC European Under-23 Championships
;2017
: 1st Omnium,
UCI World Cup, Los Angeles
: National Championships
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Points race
::1st
Scratch
;2018
: 1st
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
,
UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
People from Kartuzy
Polish male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Polish track cyclists
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Poland
21st-century Polish sportsmen
Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship