Mareczko in 2015. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jakub Mareczko |
Born | Jarosław, Poland | 30 April 1994
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Corratec–Vini Fantini |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2013–2014 | Viris Maserati |
Professional teams | |
2015–2018 | Southeast Pro Cycling |
2019–2020 | CCC Team[1] |
2021 | Vini Zabù[2] |
2022–2023 | Alpecin–Fenix[3] |
2024– | Team Corratec–Vini Fantini |
Jakub Mareczko (born 30 April 1994) is an Italian road cyclist of Polish origin,[4] who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini.[5] A sprinter, Mareczko was described by the Italian national cycling coach Davide Cassani as one of the best young hopes for Italian cycling.[6]
Career
[edit]Mareczko was born in Poland on 30 April 1994; he moved with his mother to Brescia, Italy, when he was five years old.[7]
Southeast Pro Cycling (2015–18)
[edit]It was announced that Mareczko had signed his first professional contract with the then Neri Sottoli in July 2014.[8] Racing as an amateur cyclist in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, he won 16 races and came to the attention of Davide Cassani.[9] He was the most successful under-23 rider in Italy in 2014.[10] Mareczko was seen as one of the major hopes for Southeast Pro Cycling, which had been in significant trouble on account of repeated doping cases; the team also signed the veteran sprinter Alessandro Petacchi with the hope that he would be able to help Mareczko to develop as a cyclist (in particular to get stronger on the climbs), as well as potentially leading him out in the sprints.[10][11]
Mareczko's first wins as a professional cyclist came in the 2015 Vuelta al Táchira (a 2.2 race where many of the riders are amateurs), where he won stages 3 and 4.[7][12] He was then selected to lead the Italian national team in the sprint stages at the Tour de San Luis, where he twice finished in the top ten, including a third place on the final stage behind Mark Cavendish and Fernando Gaviria. He started both Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne but finished neither. He finished third on the second stage of the Tour de Langkawi, then finished second on the fourth and sixth stages. Mareczko's cobbled classics season then continued with his participation in Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3 Harelbeke, Gent–Wevelgem, the Three Days of De Panne and the Scheldeprijs, although he finished none of these races.[12] Mareczko won two stages at the Vuelta a Venezuela, a 2.2-ranked race. His first professional-level victory came at the end of the 2015 road racing season, when he won the sixth stage of the 2.HC-ranked Tour of Hainan.[12] A few days before this victory, Southeast Pro Cycling announced that his contract had been renewed for the following two seasons.[13] It was followed by more victories in China: at the 2.1-ranked Tour of Taihu Lake, Mareczko won all seven of the nine stages to end in bunch sprints. He also won the general classification, the points classification and the young rider classification.[14]
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[15] but abandoned the race on Stage 5.[16]
Post-Southeast (2019–present)
[edit]In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España,[17] recording a best stage finish of third place on the fourth stage.[18] The following month, he signed a two-year contract with the Vini Zabù team, from the 2021 season.[19] However, Vini Zabù folded at the end of the 2021 season, and Mareczko joined Alpecin–Fenix for the 2022 season.[20]
At the 2022 ZLM Toer Mareczko won the bunch sprint for Stage 2 however, he was relegated soon after and Olav Kooij named as the winner.[citation needed][21] Mareczko won the following day's stage into Buchten ,[22] and ultimately finished the race second overall, behind Kooij.[23]
Major results
[edit]- 2014
- 1st Circuito del Porto
- 2015 (9 pro wins)
- 1st
Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- Vuelta al Táchira
- 1st Stages 3 & 4
- Vuelta a Venezuela
- 1st Stages 2 & 9
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Hainan
- 2016 (11)
- 1st Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands
- Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 2, 11 & 13
- Presidential Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stages 5 & 8
- Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2017 (13)
- 1st
Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- Tour of Hainan
- Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Bretagne
- 2018 (7)
- Tour du Maroc
- Sharjah Tour
- Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st Stages 3, 5 & 7
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of China II
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Hainan
- 2019
- 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 6th Primus Classic
- 2020 (3)
- Tour de Hongrie
- 2021 (2)
- 1st Trofej Umag
- 1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 6th Gran Piemonte
- 2022 (3)
- Tour of Antalya
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Langkawi
- 2nd Overall ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Stage 2 ZLM Tour
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Bretagne
- 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 5th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 7th Van Merksteijn Fences Classic
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Circuito del Porto
- 1st Stage 1b International Tour of Hellas
- 2nd GP Adria Mobil
- 3rd Trofej Umag
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | DNF |
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Has not contested during his career | ||||||
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— | — | — | — | DNF | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | In progress |
References
[edit]- ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Vini Zabu' Brado KTM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Pro Team | Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team 2021". Alpecin–Fenix. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Vuelta al Táchira, bis di Mareczko". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "Team Corratec". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (16 January 2015). "Cassani optimistic about Italian cycling new generation of riders". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ a b Brown, Gregor (13 January 2015). "Jakub Mareczko to line up against Mark Cavendish at Tour de San Luis". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ "GRANDE COLPO DELLA NERI SOTTOLI ALE': ACCORDO BIENNALE CON IL VELOCISTA UNDER 23 JAKUB MARECZKO". yellowfluoteam.com (in Italian). 23 July 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Viganò, Danilo (22 November 2014). "Diciotto neopro' a scuola. Cassani: "Onorate il ciclismo"". La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Mareczko ready to take on Cavendish in San Luis sprints". Cyclingnews.com. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Stokes, Shane (7 January 2015). "Petacchi prolongs career with former Neri Sottoli squad, team now named Southeast Pro Cycling". Cyclingtips.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Jakub Mareczko". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ^ Powlison, Spencer (16 October 2015). "Trade news round-up: Betancur to Movistar, and more". Velonews. Competitor Group, Inc. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Mareczko secures overall victory at the Tour of Taihu Lake". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Greipel gallops to stage honours on Giro d'Italia stage five". Cycling Tips. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Bennett takes the first sprint". Vuelta a España. Unipublic. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Gauthier, Nicolas (21 November 2020). "Transfert – Vini Zabu-Brado-KTM rapatrie le sprinteur Jakub Mareczko" [Transfer – Vini Zabu-Brado-KTM repatriates sprinter Jakub Mareczko]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko". VeloNews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Kooij declared winner of stage 2 of ZLM Tour". cyclingnews.com. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Mareczko gets revenge with victory on stage 3 of ZLM Tour". Cyclingnews.com. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "Kooij wins ZLM Tour final classification in style with stage victory in last stage". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jakub Mareczko at UCI
- Jakub Mareczko at Cycling Archives
- Jakub Mareczko at ProCyclingStats
- Jakub Mareczko at Cycling Quotient
- Jakub Mareczko at CycleBase