Zdeněk Štybar

Czech cyclist

Zdeněk Štybar

Štybar at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke

Personal information
Full name| Zdeněk Štybar
Nickname| Štyby
Born|  (1985-12-11) 11 December 1985 (age 38)
Planá, Czechoslovakia
Height| 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight| 68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team| Retired
Disciplines|

* Road
* Cyclo-cross

Role| Rider
Rider type| Classics specialist (Road)
Professional teams
2005–2011| Fidea
2011–2022| Quick-Step[1][2]
2023| Team Jayco–AlUla
Major wins

Cyclo-cross
World Championships (2010, 2011, 2014)
National Championships (2008–2013)
World Cup (2009–10)
Superprestige (2009–10)
Road

Grand Tours

Tour de France

1 individual stage (2015)
Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (2013)

Stage races

Eneco Tour (2013)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2014, 2017)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (2019)
E3 BinckBank Classic (2019)
Strade Bianche (2015)

Medal record

Representing  Czech Republic
Men's cyclo-cross
UCI World Championships
|  2010 Tábor | Men's race
|  2011 Sankt Wendel | Men's race
|  2014 Hoogerheide | Men's race
|  2005 Sankt Wendel | Men's under-23 race
|  2006 Zeddam | Men's under-23 race
|  2008 Treviso | Men's race
|  2009 Hoogerheide | Men's race
UEC European Championships
|  2006 Huijbergen | Men's under-23 race
|  2005 Pontchâteau | Men's under-23 race

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.

## Career[edit]

### Early life and cyclo-cross career[edit]

Stybar at the 2011 Cyclo-cross Zonhoven

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]

Štybar at the 2017 Tour de France

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

2nd Nommay
3rd Hofstade
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

1st Treviso
2nd Hofstade
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

1st Loenhout
2nd Essen
2nd Baal
3rd Overall UCI World Cup

2nd Tábor
2nd Roubaix
3rd Koksijde
3rd Milan
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 Koksijde
1st Igorre
1st Roubaix
2nd Treviso
2nd Nommay
2nd Kalmthout
2nd Hoogerheide
3rd Plzeň
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

1st Hasselt
2nd Baal
2nd Lille
2nd Oostmalle
3rd Namur
3rd Essen
3rd Loenhout
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

1st Aigle
1st Plzeň
2nd Koksijde
2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen

1st Namur
2nd Hasselt
3rd Loenhout
3rd Overall Superprestige

1st Ruddervoorde
1st Zonhoven
2nd Baal
2nd Lille
2nd Oostmalle
3rd Diegem
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 Ronse
2nd Hasselt
2nd Loenhout
2nd Lille
2nd Oostmalle
3rd Koppenberg
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

2nd Loenhout
2nd Baal
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

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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 | —  | —  | —  | —  | —  |
Legend  —  | Did not compete

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DNF | Did not finish
NH  | Not held

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## External links[edit]

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UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race

1950–1959|

* Jean Robic (1950)
* Roger Rondeaux (1951–1953)
* André Dufraisse (1954–1958)
* Renato Longo (1959)

1960–1979|

* Rolf Wolfshohl (1960–1961)
* Renato Longo (1962)
* Rolf Wolfshohl (1963)
* Renato Longo (1964–1965)
* Erik De Vlaeminck (1966)
* Renato Longo (1967)
* Erik De Vlaeminck (1968–1973)
* Albert Van Damme (1974)
* Roger De Vlaeminck (1975)
* Albert Zweifel (1976–1979)

1980–1999|

* Roland Liboton (1980)
* Hennie Stamsnijder (1981)
* Roland Liboton (1982–1984)
* Klaus-Peter Thaler (1985)
* Albert Zweifel (1986)
* Klaus-Peter Thaler (1987)
* Pascal Richard (1988)
* Danny De Bie (1989)
* Henk Baars (1990)
* Radomír Šimůnek (1991)
* Mike Kluge (1992)
* Dominique Arnould (1993)
* Paul Herygers (1994)
* Dieter Runkel (1995)
* Adri van der Poel (1996)
* Daniele Pontoni (1997)
* Mario De Clercq (1998–1999)

2000–2019|

* Richard Groenendaal (2000)
* Erwin Vervecken (2001)
* Mario De Clercq (2002)
* Bart Wellens (2003–2004)
* Sven Nys (2005)
* Erwin Vervecken (2006–2007)
* Lars Boom (2008)
* Niels Albert (2009)
* Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011)
* Niels Albert (2012)
* Sven Nys (2013)
* Zdeněk Štybar (2014)
* Mathieu van der Poel (2015)
* Wout van Aert (2016–2018)
* Mathieu van der Poel (2019)

2020–2039|

* Mathieu van der Poel (2020–2021)
* Tom Pidcock (2022)
* Mathieu van der Poel (2023–2024)

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