Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska Explained

Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska
Fullname:Paulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska
Birth Name:Paulina Agata Brzeźna
Birth Date:10 September 1981
Birth Place:Środa Śląska, Poland
Discipline:Road
Ridertype:All-rounder
Amateuryears1:2005–2006
Amateurteam1:Peugeot Andrzej Kita
Amateuryears2:2011–2012
Amateurteam2:Ogniwo Dzierżoniów
Amateuryears3:2012
Amateurteam3:Dura Vermeer Cycling Team (guest)
Amateuryears4:2013–2015
Amateurteam4:TKK Pacific Torun–Nestlé Fitness
Amateuryears5:2016–2017
Proyears1:2003–2004
Proteam1:Bonda–Lukowski
Proyears2:2007–2008
Proyears3:2009–2010
Proteam3:Red Sun Cycling Team
Manageyears1:2016–
Majorwins:Stage races

Gracia–Orlová (2014)

3 individual stages (2013, 2014)Single-day races

National Road Race Championships (2005, 2008)

Paulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska (née Brzeźna; born 10 September 1981) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2017. She is a part-team owner of UCI Women's Continental Team with her husband, former professional cyclist Paweł Bentkowski,[1] and also acts as a directeur sportif for the team.

During her career, Brzeźna-Bentkowska specialised as an all-rounder, with good climbing performances. She placed high overall and won stages in stage races such as the Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska and Gracia–Orlová, winning the general classification of the latter in 2014. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, taking 8th place in the elite women road race and marking the most successful result in the history of Polish women's cycling at the time. She won the Polish National Road Race Championships twice, and finished in the top-ten placings in the road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.

Personal life

As well as her husband,[1] Brzeźna-Bentkowska's uncle Jan Brzeźny and sister Monika Brzeźna have competed professionally in cycling.[2] [3]

Major results

1998
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    1999
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    2001
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    2002
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    2003
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
    2004
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    2005
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2006
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 4th Sparkassen Giro
  • 6th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
  • 8th Overall Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa
    2007
  • 6th GP Stad Roeselare
    2008
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 8th Road race, Summer Olympics
    2009
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
    2010
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2011
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 6th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
  • 7th Overall Gracia–Orlová
    2012
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 8th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
  • 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    2013
  • 1st Stage 3 Gracia–Orlová
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 5th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 1
    2014
  • 1st Overall Gracia-Orlová
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
    2015
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
  • 7th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
  • 1st Stage 1
    2016
  • 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria[4]
  • 9th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska[5]

    Notes and References

    1. News: Mat Atom Deweloper Wrocław z licencją UCI. Polish. Mat Atom Developer Wrocław with a UCI license. LZS.pl. Ludowe Zespoły Sportowe. 5 January 2022. 22 May 2022.
    2. News: Wolfgang. Brylla. Paula, już tęsknimy!. Polish. Paula, we miss you already!. Rowery.org. Łukasz Rżanek. 11 April 2017. 22 May 2022.
    3. News: Mateusz. Gruszeczka. Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska: "Nie wyobrażałam sobie, żeby nie wystartować w mistrzostwach Polski". Polish. Paulina Brzeźna-Bentkowska: "I couldn't imagine not taking part in the Polish championship". Rowerowa.pl. F.H.U. Teanka Andrzej Kramarczyk. 30 April 2020. 22 May 2022.
    4. Web site: Guarnier wins Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria. 12 April 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 14 April 2016.
    5. Web site: Tour de Feminin: Race Overview. . 3 September 2016.

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