Michał Kwiatkowski ( , born 2 June 1990) is a
Polish professional
road bicycle racer
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, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam .
Kwiatkowski is seen as a strong all rounder, with good sprinting, time-trialling and climbing abilities allowing him to win both
stage races
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and
one day classics. His talent was shown early in his career, winning the World Junior Time Trial Championships in 2008. In 2014, Kwiatkowski became the world elite road race champion, and he was also a member of the team that won the 2013 World Team Time Trial Championships. In 2017 he won his first 'Monument',
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
, while in 2018, he won
Tirreno–Adriatico and the
Tour de Pologne. He is a two-time winner of two of the most prestigious non-Monument classics, the
Amstel Gold Race and the
Strade Bianche.
Career
Early career
Kwiatkowski is a double European junior champion, winning the road race in 2007 and the individual time trial in 2008. In 2009 he became national road champion in the under-23 category, and he also won a stage of 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 ...
. He turned professional in 2010 with and in 2011 joined , and placed third overall in the
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, the