Karel Vacek

Karel Vacek
Vacek at the 2023 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameKarel Vacek
Born (2000-09-09) 9 September 2000 (age 24)
Prague, Czech Republic
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamBurgos BH
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2017–2018Team F.lli Giorgi
Professional teams
2019Hagens Berman Axeon[1]
2020Team Colpack–Ballan[2]
2021Team Qhubeka Assos[3][4]
2022Tirol KTM Cycling Team[5][6][7]
2023Team Corratec[8][9]
2024–Burgos BH

Karel Vacek (born 9 September 2000) is a Czech racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH.[10] His younger brother Mathias is also a cyclist.

  1. ^ "Roompot-Charles sign Boy Van Poppel, Lammertink - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019. U23 development team Hagens Berman Axeon have added their first new rider to the 2019 roster, announcing on Thursday that the US Pro Continental team have signed 18-year-old Karel Vacek from the Czech Republic.
  2. ^ "Team Colpack Ballan". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Qhubeka Assos add Wisniowski, Sean Bennett and 20-year-old Evenepoel rival Karel Vacek". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  5. ^ Matějka, Marek (31 October 2021). "Karel Vacek přestupuje do týmu Tirol KTM". RoadCycling.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "TIROL KTM CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Karel Vacek - Ride with passion". ridewithpassion.tirol. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  8. ^ Matějka, Marek (6 December 2022). "Karel Vacek by měl posílit druhodivizní Corratec". RoadCycling.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  9. ^ "TEAM members". toscanafactoryteam.com/ (in Italian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Burgos-BH". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 21 January 2024.