Piotr Wadecki Explained

Piotr Wadecki
Fullname:Piotr Wadecki
Birth Date:1973 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Elbląg, Poland
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:700NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Ridertype:All-rounder
Proyears1:1997–2000
Proyears2:2001–2002
Proyears3:2003
Proyears4:2004
Proyears5:2005
Proyears6:2006
Manageyears1:2009–2018
Manageyears2:2019–2020
Majorwins:Stage races

Peace Race (1998, 2000)One-day races and Classics

Piotr Wadecki (born 11 February 1973) is a Polish former professional road racing cyclist, who last worked as the general manager of UCI WorldTeam .

Team membership

A professional from 1997,[1] Wadecki has been a member of the following professional teams: Mróz(-Supradyn Witamin) (1997–2000), Domo–Farm Frites/Lotto Domo (now Predictor–Lotto) (2001–2002), Quick-Step–Davitamon (2003), Lotto–Domo (2004), Intel–Action (2005),[2] and CCC Polsat (2006).[3]

Biography

In 2000, Wadecki won 15 victories in races counted under the Union Cycliste Internationale's points scheme.[4]

On 15 March 2002, Wadecki was seriously injured in a final sprint in stage 1 (Massa Lubrense-Sorrento, 124 km) of the 37th Tirreno–Adriatico. He suffered skull fractures and a broken wrist.[5]

When transferring from Lotto–Domo to Intel–Action, in 2005, Wadecki was ranked second place in the world. He had achieved a total of 32 wins thus far.[6] While in the Intel–Action Team, Wadecki competed in both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.[7]

Major results

Sources:[8] [9]

1991
  • 1st Overall Coupe du Président de la Ville de Grudziądz
    1993
  • 2nd Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
    1994
  • 2nd Overall Circuit des Mines
  • 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
    1996
  • 1st Overall Tour de Martinique
  • 2nd Grand Prix Cristal Energie
    1997
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Stage 1 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
  • 4th CoreStates Invitational
  • 5th Overall Tour of Japan
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 9th Grand Prix de Denain
    1998
  • 3rd Overall Peace Race
  • 9th Overall Tour de Langkawi
    1999
  • 1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Stage 11 Volta a Portugal
  • 1st Memorial A. Kacziny
  • 2nd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
  • 1st Stages 3, 5 & 6
  • 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
  • 1st Stage 5
    2000
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial
  • 1st Overall Peace Race
  • 1st Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
  • 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6b
  • 1st First Union Wilmington Classic
  • 1st Stage 4 Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Japan
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Overall Tour d'Egypte
  • 1st Stages 4, 5 & 6
  • 7th Road race, Summer Olympics
  • 8th Hel van het Mergelland
    2001
  • 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
  • 2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
  • 8th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
    2002
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 6th Trofeo Luis Puig
    2003
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
  • 8th Classique des Alpes
  • 9th Rund um Köln
    2005
  • 1st Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Pomorski Klasyk
  • 3rd Overall Hessen Rundfahrt
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
  • 6th Overall Giro del Capo

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Photos, Information & Statistics about Professional Cycling Teams & Riders, world-of-cycling.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002403/http://world-of-cycling.com/sites/2005/teams05/action.htm. 27 September 2007.
    2. Web site: Le Palmarès de Piotr Wadecki, VeloPalmares et les victoires sont á leurs places!, 2001–2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050305162338/http://velopalmares.free.fr/pwadecki.htm. 5 March 2005.
    3. Web site: Teams 2006 – East Europe, cycling4all; facts and figures. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070310143612/http://www.cycling4all.com/index.php?content=t_t06_eoo.php. 10 March 2007.
    4. Web site: Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements.
    5. Web site: News for March 18, 2002, Wadecki regains consciousness.
    6. Web site: Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements.
    7. Web site: Intel Action Team Official Website, Achievements.
    8. Web site: Le Palmarès de Piotr Wadecki, VeloPalmares et les victoires sont á leurs places!, 2001–2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050305162338/http://velopalmares.free.fr/pwadecki.htm . 5 March 2005.
    9. Web site: Piotr Wadecki . ProCyclingStats . 5 September 2022.

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