Zdeněk Štybar
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Zdeněk Štybar (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈʃtɪbar]; born 11 December 1985) is a Czech former professional cyclist, who rode professionally in cyclo-cross and road bicycle racing between 2005 and 2024 for Telenet–Fidea, the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team and Team Jayco–AlUla.
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist (Road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005–2011 | Fidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2022 | Quick-Step[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Team Jayco–AlUla[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the early part of his career, Štybar prioritised competing in cyclo-cross, where he won three world titles – in 2010, 2011 and 2014 – as well as six consecutive national titles and overall victories in both the 2009–10 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and the 2009–10 Cyclo-cross Superprestige. Signing for Quick-Step in 2011, Štybar competed more readily in road racing, ultimately winning Grand Tour stages at the 2013 Vuelta a España and the 2015 Tour de France, the Czech National Road Race Championships in 2014 and 2017, and multiple one-day races. Over his professional career, Štybar took more than 60 victories across both disciplines.