Zdeněk Štybar
Quick Facts
Biography
Zdeněk Štybar (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈʃtɪbar]; born 11 December 1985) is a Czech professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Quick-Step Floors. While best known as a cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 Štybar began his professional road career while continuing to race cyclo-cross.
Career
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. 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. 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. Later that month, Štybar won stage 7 of the 2013 Vuelta a España beating world champion Philippe Gilbert.
In 2014, Štybar won the World Cyclo-cross championships for a third time in an intense battle with defending world champion Sven Nys.
In trying to defend his title in the 2014 Eneco Tour, Stybar crashed into the steel barriers in the fourth stage near the finish line and had to undergo hospitalization. He broke and lost his front upper teeth in the crash. Upon his return, he complained to the UCI that the same dangerous barriers were used in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec. 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.
In 2015, Stybar won the Italian Classic Strade Bianche. He also had a good Belgian classics campaign. He finished second in E3 Harelbeke behind Geraint Thomas. 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. He grabbed second place in Paris–Roubaix, being outsprinted by John Degenkolb at Roubaix Velodrome.
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He met success on Stage 6, where he powered away on a short but steep incline situated a few hundred meters before the line. He kept Peter Sagan from reaching him, crossing the line with a two seconds advantage over the reduced group.
Career achievements
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 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
- 2005–2006
- 1st UCI World Under-23 Championships
- 3rd UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2006–2007
- 2nd UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd National Championships
- 2007–2008
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Cyclo-cross Kalmthout
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Azencross
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Koppenberg
- 3rd Grand Prix Rouwmoer
- 4th Overall Superprestige
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde
- 2nd Bollekescross
- 2nd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross
- 3rd Superprestige Diegem
- 2008–2009
- 1st National Championships
- 2nd UCI World Championships
- 3rd Overall UCI World Cup
- 2nd Cyklokros Tábor
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Grand Prix Lille Métropole
- 3rd Duinencross Koksijde
- 3rd Trofeo Mamma & Papà Guerciotti
- 3rd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd Azencross
- 3rd Grand Prix Rouwmoer
- 3rd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 8th Overall Superprestige
- 1st Superprestige Diegem
- 2009–2010
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Duinencross Koksijde
- 1st Ziklokross Igorre
- 1st Cyclo-cross Grand Prix Lille Métropole
- 2nd Grand Prix Lago le Bandie
- 2nd Grand Prix Nommay
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Kalmthout
- 2nd Grand Prix Adri van der Poel
- 3rd Cyklokros Plzeň
- 1st Overall Superprestige
- 1st Bollekescross
- 1st GP Fidea
- 2nd Vlaamse Aardbeiencross
- 2nd Superprestige Diegem
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Zonhoven
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Gavere
- 1st International Cyclo-Cross Tervuren
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 1st Grand Prix van Hasselt
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 2nd Krawatencross
- 2nd Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Namur
- 3rd Grand Prix Rouwmoer
- 3rd Azencross
- 2010–2011
- 1st UCI World Championships
- 1st Kermiscross
- 1st Sylvester Cyclo-cross
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 1st Cyclo-cross Namur
- 2nd Grand Prix van Hasselt
- 3rd Azencross
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1st Cyclo-cross Ruddervoorde
- 1st Cyclo-cross Zonhoven
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 2nd Krawatencross
- 2nd Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle
- 3rd Superprestige Diegem
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Cyclophile Aigle
- 1st Cyklokros Plzeň
- 2nd Duinencross Koksijde
- 2011–2012
- 1st National Championships
- 1st Süpercross Baden
- 1st Kermiscross
- 2nd Overall Gazet van Antwerpen
- 2nd GP Mario De Clercq
- 2nd Grand Prix van Hasselt
- 2nd Azencross
- 2nd Krawatencross
- 2nd Sluitingsprijs Oostmalle
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Koppenberg
- 3rd Overall UCI World Cup
- 1st Cyclo-cross Liévin
- 2nd Cyklokros Tábor
- 2nd Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck
- 2nd Grand Prix Adri van der Poel
- 3rd Cyklokros Plzeň
- 3rd Overall Superprestige
- 1st Bollekescross
- 1st Noordzeecross
- 3rd Cyclo-cross Gavere
- 2012–2013
- 1st National Championships
- bpost bank trophy
- 2nd Azencross
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 3rd Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck
- 3rd Superprestige Diegem
- 2013–2014
- 1st World Championships
- 1st Versluys Cyclo-cross
- 2nd Grand Prix Sven Nys
- 3rd Grand Prix Erik De Vlaeminck
Road racing
- 2006
- 1st Stage 6 Volta a Lleida
- 1st Stage 3 Tour des Pyrénées
- 2010
- 1st Prologue (ITT) Okolo Slovenska
- 2011
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2012
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4
- 10th Paris–Tours
- 2013
- 1st Overall Eneco Tour
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 2014
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 5th Paris–Roubaix
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2015
- 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
- 2nd National Road Race 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
Classics results timeline
This chart shows Štybar's progress in five monuments and the classics he mostly participated in from 2012 to present.
Classic | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Milan–San Remo | — | 66 | 7 | 56 | 142 |
E3 Harelbeke | — | 40 | 19 | 2 | — |
Gent–Wevelgem | — | 57 | 20 | 38 | — |
Tour of Flanders | — | 36 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
Paris–Roubaix | — | 6 | 5 | 2 | 110 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 42 | — |
Clásica de San Sebastián | 45 | — | 10 | 38 | — |
Paris–Tours | 10 | — | 77 | — | — |
Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | WD | — |
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro | — | — | — | — | — |
Tour | — | — | — | 103 | — |
Vuelta | 76 | WD | — | — | 63 |