Zdeněk Štybar (; born 11 December 1985) is a

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former professional cyclist, who rode professionally in

cyclo-cross Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5&nb ...

and

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between 2005 and 2024 for , the and . In the early part of his career, Štybar prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, where he won three world titles – in

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2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and

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– as well as six consecutive national titles and overall victories in both the 2009–10 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and the 2009–10 Cyclo-cross Superprestige. Signing for in 2011, Štybar competed more readily in road racing, ultimately winning Grand Tour stages at the 2013 Vuelta a España and the 2015 Tour de France, the Czech National Road Race Championships in 2014 and 2017, and multiple one-day races. Over his professional career, Štybar took more than 60 victories across both disciplines.

Career

Early life and cyclo-cross career

Štybar was born in Planá u Mariánských Lázní. He won his first UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race during the 2007–08 season at

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, and ultimately won the overall title in 2009–10. Following consecutive second places in the men's elite race at the

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and

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

, Štybar won the 2010 edition on home soil in Tábor. He then defended his title the following year in Sankt Wendel, Germany.

Quick-Step (2011–2022)

2011–2013

In March 2011, Štybar joined the

UCI World Tour The UCI WorldTour 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 ranking system based upon perfor ...

team to combine his cyclo-cross career with a career in road cycling. In his first road race with the team, Štybar finished in third place overall at May's

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, having finished in the same position on the race's queen stage which involved several cobbled climbs. He also finished third in the Czech National Road Race Championships the following month. Zdenek stybar

Just as in 2011, Štybar's first road start in 2012 came at the

; having finished second on the second stage, Štybar won the penultimate stage (also the queen stage) by ten seconds – his first professional road victory – as he finished second overall behind Jimmy Engoulvent. Having finished second to Jan Bárta at the Czech National Time Trial Championships, Štybar took his first victory at

level when he won the third stage of the

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in a sprint finish in

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. He made his Grand Tour début later in the year, at the

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

. In 2013, Štybar came in sixth in

Paris–Roubaix Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Cycling monument, Monuments' ...

. He was in contention for the victory as he was part of the leading trio with Sep Vanmarcke and

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when he hit a spectator, causing him to slow down to clip in his pedals. He tried to get back to the two leaders, but to no avail. In August, Štybar took the overall victory in the Eneco Tour – part of the

– winning two stages in the process. Later that month, Štybar won stage 7 of the

beating world champion

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in a sprint finish in

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2014

In 2014, Štybar won his third elite world title at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Hoogerheide, Netherlands following an intense battle with defending champion Sven Nys. He ran as high as third overall at

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

, but ultimately lost time on the final stage around

Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

(seventh) and

(fifth). Having finished third in the Czech National Time Trial Championships, three days later, Štybar won his first Czech National Road Race Championships title, finishing almost a minute clear of his closest rivals. In trying to defend his title in the Eneco Tour – where he had also won the second stage – Štybar crashed into the steel barriers in the fourth stage near the finish line and was hospitalised, losing his front upper teeth as a result. Upon his return, he complained to the

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(UCI) that the same dangerous barriers were used in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. His first victory upon his return was Binche–Chimay–Binche, where he attacked inside of to go on a small cobbled climb after being led out by his teammate Niki Terpstra at the foot of the rise. Štybar had time to celebrate, coming in 2 seconds ahead of John Degenkolb and the charging sprinters.

2015

In his first start of the 2015 season, Štybar finished in third place at the

Vuelta a Murcia The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia () is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's fina ...

. Having finished seventh at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Štybar then won

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 stems from the historic white gravel roads in ...

on his first appearance at the race the following weekend; having been a part of a larger group of leading favourites, Štybar formed part of a trio that battled it out for victory in

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along with

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and Greg Van Avermaet, ultimately pulling clear of his rivals as they headed towards the

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. Following his Strade Bianche victory, Štybar finished second in E3 Harelbeke, having unsuccessfully tried to chase down a solo move by Geraint Thomas. At the

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, his false set of front teeth he broke in 2014 rattled loose as he was riding a cobbled climb and he had to take them off. He still managed to finish the race in ninth position. He then finished in second place in

, being outsprinted by John Degenkolb at Roubaix Velodrome. Štybar was named in the start list for the

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, spending a portion of the race inside the top ten places overall. He met success on Stage 6, where he powered away on a short but steep incline situated a few hundred metres before the finish line in

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. He kept Peter Sagan from reaching him, crossing the line with a two-second advantage over the reduced group. He then finished third overall at the Czech Cycling Tour, winning the final stage and the points classification, and finished fifth overall at the

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2016–2019

Štybar started his 2016 season racing at the

Vuelta a Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta 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 early February. The event is used as an early season preparato ...

one-day races, finishing third in the Trofeo Pollença–Port de Andratx. He then finished second in

after being outsprinted by fellow escapee

at the finish in

. The following week, he won the second stage of

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

after a late solo attack, to take the race lead. He held the race lead until the penultimate day, and having entered the final stage in second overall – seven seconds behind race leader Greg Van Avermaet – he ultimately lost five places in the general classification over the final

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. He took no further victories for the remainder of the season, recording second-place finishes at both the Czech National Road Race Championships and Binche–Chimay–Binche, and took top-ten results in the

(eighth) and the Eneco Tour (seventh). After top-ten finishes in successive starts at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (ninth) and

(fourth) in the spring of 2017, Štybar finished second behind Greg Van Avermaet () at

, in a five-man sprint finish in Roubaix Velodrome. He then won a second Czech National Road Race Championships title, taking, for the first time, the national champion's jersey to the

. The following year, Štybar finished in the top ten placings of eight one-day races on the

2018 UCI World Tour The 2018 UCI World Tour was a competition that included thirty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2018 in men's road cycling, 2018 men's cycling season. It was the tenth and final edition of the ranking system launched ...

, with a best of result of sixth place at Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. He did, however, win the points classification at the BinckBank Tour. Štybar's first start of the 2019 season came at the Volta ao Algarve, where he won the final stage of the race atop the Alto do Malhão, avenging his near miss from the previous year – when he was caught with remaining. He then became the first Czech rider to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, soloing away from a five-rider move around before the finish. Having taken a fourth-place finish at

, Štybar added a third win of the season at the E3 BinckBank Classic, winning a sprint of four riders in

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, following a leadout from teammate Bob Jungels. Štybar recorded his sixth top-ten finish in seven years at

with an eighth-place finish, but he recorded no further victories for the remainder of the season.

2020s

In his first race of 2020, Štybar won the penultimate stage of the

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, starting and finishing at the Circuito San Juan Villicum motor racing circuit; he attacked inside of the final kilometre and managed to hold off the sprinters closing in behind. Following the

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-enforced suspension of racing, Štybar finished second to Adam Ťoupalík at the Czech National Road Race Championships, and finished third on stage fourteen of the

, having been a part of a seven-rider breakaway group. Štybar's best results of the 2021 season came on Belgian soil; in March, he finished in fifth place at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, spending the final portion of the race attempting to stymie any attacks from a small group of riders, behind his teammate Kasper Asgreen, who ultimately soloed to victory. In September, he finished seventh on successive weekends at the Primus Classic, and the road race at the

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. In 2022, Štybar's best result was a second-place finish at the Tour of Leuven, losing to Victor Campenaerts in a sprint à deux, and he also finished in the top ten at the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championships in Italy.

Team Jayco–AlUla, retirement (2023–2024)

After twelve years within the Quick-Step organisation, Štybar joined – later renamed as – on a one-year contract for the 2023 season. Primarily working as a road captain, Štybar recorded his best result in, what would turn out to be, his final start with the team – a podium finish (third place) at the Hong Kong Cyclothon, won by teammate Lukas Pöstlberger. Having completed the road season, Štybar left the team following four starts during the 2023–24

season. Štybar then competed as a privateer in the 2024 cyclo-cross races, having previously announced that he would retire following the

in February, which were to be held on home soil in

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. He finished 3rd in the Czech National Championships, and finished in 31st at the World Championships.

Personal life

Štybar is married to Belgian national Ine Vanden Bergh, and the couple have one son.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

Source: ;2001–2002 : 1st National Junior Championships : 3rd Bronze medal uci

UCI World Junior Championships ;2002–2003 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

UCI World Junior Championships ;2004–2005 : 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships : 1st National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd Nommay ::3rd Hofstade : Under-23 Superprestige ::2nd Diegem ::3rd

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: 2nd Under-23 Milan ;2005–2006 : 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships : Under-23 Superprestige ::2nd

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Hoogstraten Hoogstraten () is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises Hoogstraten, Meer, Meerle, Meersel-Dreef, Minderhout and Wortel (Meersel-Dreef includes the northernmost point in Belgium). Ho ...

: 3rd Overall Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen ::2nd Koppenberg ::2nd Loenhout : 2nd

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UEC European Under-23 Championships ;2006–2007 : 1st Ardooie : 1st Harderwijk : 1st Faè di Oderzo : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::1st

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::2nd Hofstade : Under-23 Superprestige ::1st Ruddervoorde ::2nd

::2nd Gavere ::2nd Diegem ::2nd

::2nd Hamme ::2nd Diegem ::2nd

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UEC European Under-23 Championships : 2nd National Championships : 2nd Erpe-Mere : 2nd Eernegem : 3rd Antwerpen ;2007–2008 : 1st National Championships : UCI World Cup ::1st

: Toi Toi Cup ::1st Louny ::1st

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::1st Podbořany : 1st Faè di Oderzo : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships : 3rd Overall

Gazet van Antwerpen The (; ; popularly named ''De Frut'') is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra. History and profile was established in 1891. Its editor was Jan Baptist Napolitaan Van Os, a Catholic. Shortly afterwards, the compa ...

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: 4th Overall Superprestige ::2nd Ruddervoorde ::2nd Hamme ::2nd

::3rd Diegem ;2008–2009 : 1st National Championships : Superprestige ::1st Diegem : 2nd Silver medal uci

UCI World Championships : 2nd

Mechelen Mechelen (; ; historically known as ''Mechlin'' in EnglishMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical context. T ...

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: 3rd Overall UCI World Cup ::2nd

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Koksijde Koksijde (; ; ) is a town and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in Belgium. It is located on the North Sea coast in the southwest of the Flanders, Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises apart from Koksijde, the v ...

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Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

: Toi Toi Cup ::3rd Hlinsko : 3rd Zonhoven : 3rd

Neerpelt Neerpelt (, ) is a town in Pelt (municipality), Pelt and a former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. In 2018, the municipality had a total population of 17,174. The total ...

: 3rd Tervuren ;2009–2010 : 1st UCI World Championships : 1st National Championships : 1st Overall UCI World Cup ::1st

::1st Igorre ::1st

::2nd

::2nd Nommay ::2nd

::2nd Hoogerheide ::3rd

: 1st Overall Superprestige ::1st Hamme ::1st Vorselaar ::2nd

::2nd Diegem ::2nd Zonhoven ::3rd Ruddervoorde ::3rd Gavere : 1st Tervuren : 1st

: Toi Toi Cup ::1st Stříbro ::1st Podbořany : 2nd Overall

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Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

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Oostmalle Oostmalle is a village which is located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Antwerp (province), Antwerp. The village itself is part of the municipality of Malle. Oostmalle was an independent municipality until 1976. It has a surface area of 28.27& ...

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Namur Namur (; ; ) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is the capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at the confl ...

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Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

: 3rd Niel ;2010–2011 : 1st UCI World Championships : 1st National Championships : 1st Ardooie : 1st Bredene : 1st

: UCI World Cup ::1st

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: Toi Toi Cup ::1st Stříbro ::1st Louny : 2nd Overall

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Zonnebeke Zonnebeke (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of , , Passendale, Zandvoorde (Zonnebeke), Zandvoorde and Zonnebek ...

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Eeklo Eeklo () is a Belgium, Belgian Municipalities in Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region, Flemish Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the city of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the cont ...

: 3rd Overall Superprestige ::1st Ruddervoorde ::1st Zonhoven ::2nd

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::3rd Diegem : 3rd Heerlen ;2011–2012 : 1st National Championships : Toi Toi Cup ::1st Stříbro : 1st Baden : 1st Ardooie : 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Overall UCI World Cup ::1st Liévin ::2nd

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Heusden-Zolder Heusden-Zolder (; ) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality located in the Belgium, Belgian Limburg (Belgium), province of Limburg near Hasselt. On 1 January 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total area is 53.23 ...

::2nd Hoogerheide ::3rd

: 3rd Overall Superprestige ::1st Hamme ::1st

Middelkerke Middelkerke () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend. The municipality comprises the villages of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-K ...

::3rd Gavere : 2nd Bredene ;2012–2013 : 1st National Championships : BPost Bank Trophy ::2nd Loenhout ::2nd

: UCI World Cup ::3rd

: Superprestige ::3rd Diegem : 3rd Bredene ;2013–2014 : 1st UCI World Championships : 1st Bredene : BPost Bank Trophy ::2nd

: UCI World Cup ::3rd

;2022–2023 : 1st Dohňany II : 2nd Dohňany I ;2023–2024 : 3rd National Championships

UCI World Cup results

Gravel

;2022 : 8th UCI World Championships

Road

Source: ;2005 : 8th

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

: 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni ;2006 : 1st Stage 6 Volta a Lleida : 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées ;2007 : 3rd Grand Prix Criquielion ;2010 : 1st Prologue Okolo Slovenska ;2011 : 3rd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Overall

;2012 (2 pro wins) : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Championships : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 10th

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 ...

;2013 (4) : 1st Overall Eneco Tour ::1st Stages 3 & 7 : 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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;2014 (3) : National Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd

: 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche : 1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour : 5th

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Milan–San Remo Milan–Sanremo (in italian language, Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance ...

: 10th Clásica de San Sebastián ;2015 (3) : 1st

: 1st Stage 6

: 2nd E3 Harelbeke : 2nd

: 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 4 : 3rd

: 5th Overall

: 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 9th

;2016 (1) : 2nd Road race, National Championships : 2nd

: 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche : 3rd Trofeo Pollença–Port de Andratx : 7th Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 7th Overall Eneco Tour : 8th

: 8th Gran Piemonte ;2017 (1) : 1st Road race, National Championships : 2nd

: 4th

: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne ;2018 : 1st Points classification, BinckBank Tour : 6th Bretagne Classic Ouest-France : 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec : 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 7th

: 8th

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic cycle races, classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late ...

: 9th

: 9th E3 Harelbeke : 10th

;2019 (3) : 1st E3 BinckBank Classic : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 4th

: 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve ::1st Stage 5 : 8th

;2020 (1) : 1st Stage 6

: 2nd Road race, National Championships : 6th

;2021 : 5th E3 Saxo Bank Classic : 7th Road race, UCI World Championships : 7th Primus Classic ;2022 : 2nd Tour of Leuven

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

Decorations

Awarded by Czech Republic * Medal of Merit (2024)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stybar, Zdenek 1985 births Living people People from Planá Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region Czech cyclo-cross cyclists Czech male cyclists Czech Vuelta a España stage winners UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men) Czech Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Czech Republic Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) 21st-century Czech sportsmen