Zdeněk Štybar
Zdeněk Štybar (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈʃtɪbar]; born 11 December 1985) is a former Czech professional cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[3] While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross.
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| Full name | Zdeněk Štybar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Štyby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1985 Planá, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist (Road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2011 | Fidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2022 | Quick-Step[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Team Jayco–AlUla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Early life and cyclo-cross career edit
Štybar was born in Planá u Mariánských Lázní.
Following consecutive second places in 2008 and 2009, Štybar won the 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in his home nation.
In 2011, he won the World championships for a second time.
Quick-Step (2011–2022) edit
In March 2011, Stybar joined the UCI World Tour team Quick-Step to combine his cyclo-cross career with a career in road cycling.[4]
In 2012 he pulled off a victory on the road by winning a stage in the Four Days of Dunkirk.
In 2013, Štybar came in sixth in Paris–Roubaix. He was in contention for the victory as he was part of the leading trio with Sep Vanmarcke and Fabian Cancellara 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.[5] In August of the same year, Štybar took the overall victory in the Eneco Tour – part of the UCI World Tour – winning two stages in the process.[6] Later that month, Štybar won stage 7 of the 2013 Vuelta a España beating world champion Philippe Gilbert in a sprint finish in Mairena del Aljarafe.[7]
In 2014, Štybar won the World Cyclo-cross championships for a third time in an intense battle with defending world champion Sven Nys.[8]
In trying to defend his title in the 2014 Eneco Tour, Štybar crashed into the steel barriers in the fourth stage near the finish line and had to undergo hospitalization.[9] He broke and lost his front upper teeth in the crash.[10] Upon his return, he complained to the UCI that the same dangerous barriers were used in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.[11] His first victory upon his return was Binche–Chimay–Binche, where he attacked inside two kilometers 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 before John Degenkolb and the charging sprinters.[12]
In 2015, Štybar won the Italian Classic Strade Bianche. He also had a good Belgian classics campaign. He finished second in E3 Harelbeke behind Geraint Thomas.[13] At the Tour of Flanders, 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.[10] He grabbed second place in Paris–Roubaix, being outsprinted by John Degenkolb at Roubaix Velodrome.[14]
Štybar was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[15] He met success on Stage 6, where he powered away on a short but steep incline situated a few hundred meters before the finish line in Le Havre. He kept Peter Sagan from reaching him, crossing the line with a two seconds advantage over the reduced group.[16]
Štybar finished second in the 2016 Strade Bianche after being outsprinted by fellow escapee Fabian Cancellara at the finish in Siena. The following week, he won the second stage of the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico after a late solo attack, to take the race lead.[17] He finished seventh overall in the race.
Štybar finished second behind Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) at the 2017 Paris–Roubaix, in a five-man sprint finish in Roubaix Velodrome.[18]
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[19] In 2019, he once again placed in the top 10 at Paris–Roubaix, his sixth top-ten finish at the race.
On 4 February 2024, after competing in the World Cyclocross Championships in Tábor, where he finished in 31st place, Štybar retired from cycling.[20]
Major results edit
Cyclo-cross edit
- 2001–2002
- 1st National Junior Championships
- 3rd UCI World Junior Championships
- 2002–2003
- 3rd UCI World Junior Championships
- 2004–2005
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 1st National Under-23 Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI Under-23 World Cup
- Under-23 Superprestige
- 2nd Diegem
- 3rd Sint-Michielsgestel
- 2nd Under-23 Milan
- 2005–2006
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- Under-23 Superprestige
- 2nd Sint-Michielsgestel
- 2nd Vorselaar
- 3rd Gavere
- 3rd Hoogstraten
- 3rd Overall Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Koppenberg
- 2nd Loenhout
- 2nd Hasselt
- 3rd UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2006–2007
- 1st Ardooie
- 1st Harderwijk
- 1st Fae' di Oderzo
- UCI Under-23 World Cup
- Under-23 Superprestige
- 1st Ruddervoorde
- 2nd Sint-Michielsgestel
- 2nd Gavere
- 2nd Diegem
- 2nd Vorselaar
- 2nd Hamme
- 2nd Diegem
- 2nd Hoogstraten
- 2nd UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd National Championships
- 2nd Erpe-Mere
- 2nd Eernegem
- 3rd Antwerpen
- 2007–2008
- 1st National Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Kalmthout
- Toi Toi Cup
- 1st Louny
- 1st Plzen
- 1st Podborany
- 1st Fae' di Oderzo
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Loenhout
- 2nd Baal
- 3rd Koppenberg
- 3rd Essen
- 4th Overall Superprestige
- 2nd Ruddervoorde
- 2nd Hamme
- 2nd Hoogstraten
- 3rd Diegem
- 2008–2009
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- Superprestige
- 1st Diegem
- 2nd Mechelen
- 3rd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 3rd Overall UCI World Cup
- 3rd Zonhoven
- 3rd Neerpelt
- 3rd Tervuren
- Toi Toi Cup
- 3rd Hlinsko
- 2009–2010
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Hamme
- 1st Vorselaar
- 2nd Hoogstraten
- 2nd Diegem
- 2nd Zonhoven
- 3rd Ruddervoorde
- 3rd Gavere
- 1st Tervuren
- 1st Mechelen
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- Toi Toi Cup
- 1st Stribro
- 1st Podborany
- 2nd Ardooie
- 2nd Neerpelt
- 3rd Antwerp
- 3rd Niel
- 2010–2011
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Ardooie
- 1st Bredene
- 1st Mechelen
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- Toi Toi Cup
- 1st Stribro
- 1st Louny
- 2nd Zonnebeke
- 2nd Eeklo
- 3rd Heerlen
- 2011–2012
- 1st National Championships
- Toi Toi Cup
- 1st Stribro
- 1st Baden
- 1st Ardooie
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Mechelen
- 3rd Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Liévin
- 2nd Tábor
- 2nd Heusden-Zolder
- 2nd Hoogerheide
- 3rd Plzeň
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1st Hamme
- 1st Middelkerke
- 3rd Gavere
- 2nd Bredene
- 2012–2013
- 1st National Championships
- BPost Bank Trophy
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Heusden-Zolder
- Superprestige
- 3rd Diegem
- 3rd Bredene
- 2013–2014
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st Bredene
- BPost Bank Trophy
- 2nd Baal
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Heusden-Zolder
- 2022–2023
- 1st Dohnany II
- 2nd Dohnany I
- 2023–2024
- 3rd National Championships
UCI World Cup results edit
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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| 2006–2007 | AIG 9 | KAL — | TAB 6 | TRE — | PIJ 15 | KOK — | IGO — | MIL — | HOF — | NOM — | HOO — | n/a | n/a | |||
| 2007–2008 | KAL 1 | TAB 5 | PIJ 7 | KOK 15 | IGO 13 | MIL — | HOF 13 | LIE 7 | HOO 47 | n/a | n/a | |||||
| 2008–2009 | KAL 6 | TAB 2 | PIJ 13 | KOK 3 | IGO 6 | NOM 17 | ZOL 5 | ROU 2 | MIL 3 | 3 | 497 | |||||
| 2009–2010 | TRE 2 | PLZ 3 | NOM 2 | KOK 1 | IGO 1 | KAL 2 | ZOL 6 | ROU 1 | HOO 2 | 1 | 635 | |||||
| 2010–2011 | AIG 1 | PLZ 1 | KOK 2 | IGO — | KAL — | ZOL — | PON — | HOO 4 | 11 | 290 | ||||||
| 2011–2012 | PLZ 3 | TAB 2 | KOK 4 | ROU 1 | NAM 5 | ZOL 2 | LIE 1 | HOO 2 | 3 | 525 | ||||||
| 2012–2013 | TAB — | PLZ — | KOK — | IGO — | NAM — | ZOL 3 | ROM — | HOO — | 46 | 65 | ||||||
| 2013–2014 | VAL — | TAB — | KOK — | NAM — | ZOL 3 | ROM — | NOM — | 43 | 65 | |||||||
| 2018–2019 | WAT — | IOW — | BER — | TAB — | KOK — | NAM — | ZOL 21 | PON — | HOO — | 66 | 30 | |||||
| 2019–2020 | IOW — | WAT — | BER — | TAB — | KOK — | NAM — | ZOL 32 | NOM — | HOO — | 72 | 19 | |||||
| 2022–2023 | WAT — | FAY — | TAB 17 | MAA — | BER — | OVE — | HUL — | ANT — | DUB — | VAL — | GAV — | ZON DNF | BEN 23 | BES — | 49 | 12 |
Gravel edit
- 2022
- 8th UCI World Championships
Road edit
- 2005
- 8th Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 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 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2012 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Paris–Tours
- 2013 (4)
- 1st Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 2014 (3)
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2015 (3)
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
- 2nd E3 Harelbeke
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
- 3rd Vuelta a Murcia
- 5th Overall Tour of Britain
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 2016 (1)
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Strade Bianche
- 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 3rd Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Overall Eneco Tour
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 8th Gran Piemonte
- 2017 (1)
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 2nd Paris–Roubaix
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2018
- 1st Points classification, BinckBank Tour
- 6th Bretagne Classic
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Paris–Roubaix
- 9th E3 Harelbeke
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 2019 (3)
- 1st E3 BinckBank Classic
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 6th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a San Juan
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
- 6th Strade Bianche
- 2021
- 5th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 7th Road race, UCI World Championships
- 7th Primus Classic
- 2022
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 103 | — | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | — | 76 | DNF | — | — | 63 | — | — | 55 | 102 | 133 | — |
Classics results timeline edit
| Monument | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 66 | 7 | 56 | 142 | — | — | 67 | 19 | 37 | 68 | 52 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 36 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 10 | 36 | 73 | — | 54 | 75 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 9 | 8 | NH | 26 | 45 | 79 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 92 | 29 | 7 | — | 14 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 125 | 62 | DNF |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 62 | — | 73 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | 40 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 53 | 9 | 1 | NH | 5 | 54 | 86 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 57 | 20 | 38 | 46 | 52 | 8 | 35 | 41 | 25 | — | 84 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 6 | — | NH | — | 61 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | 45 | — | 10 | 38 | 28 | 26 | — | — | DNF | — | ||
| Paris–Tours | 10 | — | — | — | 71 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References edit
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External links edit
- Official website
- Zdeněk Štybar at UCI
- Zdeněk Štybar at Cycling Archives
- Zdeněk Štybar at ProCyclingStats
- Zdeněk Štybar at Cycling Quotient
- Zdeněk Štybar at CycleBase
- Zdeněk Štybar at Olympedia
- Zdeněk Štybar at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)