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Petr
Vakoc

CZ
Birthdate
11.07.1992
Birthplace
Prague
Height
180 cm
Weight
68 kg

Petr's biography

Prof. since: 2014
Victories: 4
Style of rider: allrounder
Nickname: Vaki
Hobbies: winter sports and reading books
Favourite race: Ardennes classics
Personal website: -
Twitter name: @petrvakoc

Petr is starting his second year with the team after gaining important experience with Etixx-Ihned, the Etixx – Quick-Step Continental team, and then joining the UCI WorldTour organization. Despite only being only one year professional, Vakoc shocked the pro peloton with a fantastically timed attack in Tour de Pologne Stage 2, which earned him a victory. He also took silver in the Czech National Road Championship, behind Etixx – Quick-Step teammate Zdenek Stybar. Due to his strong performances during the season he was selected as a reserve for the UCI World TTT Championship team and to ride the UCI World TT Championship for the Czech Republic. Petr lives in Prague with his family. He started riding at 10 years of age, following in his father’s footsteps. At 15 he joined the Dukla Praha team and started racing on the road. His experience as a young rider also includes time at the UCI World Cycling Center and a year with a French amateur team. In the winter he likes to play ice hockey and cross-country ski. “Like cycling, cross-country skiing lets me come in contact with nature and discover new places,” explains Petr, who is also studying economics at the University of Prague. Petr loves books and especially biographies of great men and sports champions. “Those books inspire me,” he says. Petr is a young entrepreneur as well. Together with his brother he launched the website www.velobooks.cz, that sells books about cycling in their original language.

Petr is starting his second year with the team after gaining important experience with Etixx-Ihned, the Etixx – Quick-Step Continental team, and then joining the UCI WorldTour organization. Despite only being only one year professional, Vakoc shocked the pro peloton with a fantastically timed attack in Tour de Pologne Stage 2, which earned him a victory. He also took silver in the Czech National Road Championship, behind Etixx – Quick-Step teammate Zdenek Stybar. Due to his strong performances during the season he was selected as a reserve for the UCI World TTT Championship team and to ride the UCI World TT Championship for the Czech Republic. Petr lives in Prague with his family. He started riding at 10 years of age, following in his father’s footsteps. At 15 he joined the Dukla Praha team and started racing on the road. His experience as a young rider also includes time at the UCI World Cycling Center and a year with a French amateur team. In the winter he likes to play ice hockey and cross-country ski. “Like cycling, cross-country skiing lets me come in contact with nature and discover new places,” explains Petr, who is also studying economics at the University of Prague. Petr loves books and especially biographies of great men and sports champions. “Those books inspire me,” he says. Petr is a young entrepreneur as well. Together with his brother he launched a website, www.velobooks.cz, that sells books about cycling in their original language.

Stats 2015

UCI Ranking:
#Wins: 4 (More info)
#Top-10 positions: 12 (More info)
Race distance covered: 12044 km
Days of racing: 73 days


Distances

Dubai Tour 665 km 4 days
Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 782.9 km 5 days
Le Samyn 201 km 1 days
Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 365.6 km 3 days
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 1238.1 km 7 days
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco 844.8 km 6 days
De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne 205.4 km 1 days
Amstel Gold Race 258 km 1 days
La Flèche Wallonne 205.5 km 1 days
Liège - Bastogne - Liège 253 km 1 days
Giro d'Italia 3502 km 21 days
Rund um Köln 196.7 km 1 days
European Games - Road Race 215.8 km 1 days
National Championships Czech Republic - ITT 38.6 km 1 days
National Championships Czech Republic - Road Race 199 km 1 days
Tour de Pologne 1076 km 7 days
Czech Cycling Tour 542.3 km 4 days
Tour du Poitou Charentes 701.3 km 4 days
Tour of Britain 553 km 3 days
Total 12044 km 73 days

Petr's victories

2014 (1)
stage 2 Tour de Pologne

2015 (3)
Czech National Championship, overall Czech Cycling Tour, 2nd stage Tour of Britain

Petr's previous teams

2015: Etixx - Quick Step (WT)
2014: Omega Pharma - Quick-Step (WT)
2013: Etixx-iHNed (CT)
2011: ASC Dukla Praha (CT)

Petr's news

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Petr Vakoc suffered ill-timed misfortune near the end of 216km Aviva Tour of Britain Stage 3, from Cockermouth to Floors Castle, Kelso on Tuesday. The Czech Champion, wearing yellow as race leader after a solo victory the day before, crashed slightly outside the 3km mark, which meant his time lost due to the crash counted against his overall classification.

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Petr Vakoc, 23, showed incredible heart in the 159.3km Aviva Tour of Britain Stage 2 on Monday, going solo out of an original eight-rider breakaway inside 20km to go, with the gap to a hard chasing peloton at just 19 seconds.

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Zdenek Stybar won the final stage of Czech Cycling Tour on Sunday, making it three wins out of four stages for the team. 

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I was honored to be a reserve for OPQS in the UCI World TTT Championship in my first year as a pro. I was really surprised when I found out I'd be coming here. To be honest I was quite nervous when it seemed that I could take the start if someone …