Tomasz Marczyński (born 6 March 1984) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2021 for the Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce (2006–08), Miche–Silver Cross–Selle Italia (2009), CCC–Polsat–Polkowice (2010–11 and 2014), Vacansoleil–DCM (2012–13),[4] Torku Şekerspor (2015) and Lotto–Soudal (2016–21) teams.

Tomasz Marczyński
Marczyński at the 2011 Tour de Vendée
Personal information
Full nameTomasz Marczyński
Born (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 40)
Kraków, Poland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typePuncheur
Amateur teams
1998–2002Krakus Swoszowice
2003–2005Pacyfik Toruń
Professional teams
2006–2008Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce
2009Miche–Silver Cross–Selle Italia
2010–2011CCC–Polsat–Polkowice
2012–2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[1]
2015Torku Şekerspor
2016–2021Lotto–Soudal[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2017)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2007, 2011, 2015)
National Time Trial Championships (2011)

Biography

edit

Marczyński was born in Kraków, Poland, and he started as a trainee for the Krakus Swoszowice team, staying with them from 1998–2002, and then riding for Pacyfik Toruń from 2003–2005. In 2006 he began a professional career with the Italian team Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce. In 2007, he won the Polish national road race championship.[5] In September 2015 it was reported that Marczyński would join Lotto–Soudal for the 2016 season, returning to the WorldTour ranks for the first time since 2013.[6]

He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[7]

In the 2017 Vuelta a Espana, Marczynski achieved his greatest successes to date in Grand Tours by winning two stages, the 6th[8] and the 12th.[9] In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the 2018 Tour de France.[10] Marczyński retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.[11]

Major results

edit
2005
9th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
2006
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2007
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
8th Overall Route du Sud
9th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua
10th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
2008
2nd Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 4
2009
9th Overall Brixia Tour
2010
1st   Overall Tour de Seoul
1st Stage 1
2nd Coupe des Carpathes
3rd Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala
5th Overall Tour of Hainan
10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
2011
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st   Overall Tour of Małopolska
3rd Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
2012
1st   Mountains classification Tour de Pologne
1st   Sprints classification Volta a Catalunya
1st   Mountains classification Vuelta a Murcia
3rd Rund um Köln
8th Overall Tour of Beijing
2013
1st   Mountains classification Tour de Pologne
2014
8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
2015
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st   Overall Tour du Maroc
1st Stages 1, 4 & 7
1st   Overall Tour of Black Sea
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
8th Overall Tour of Turkey
2017
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 6 & 12
2019
1st   Mountains classification Tour of Guangxi
2020
6th Pollença–Andratx

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

edit
Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
  Giro d'Italia DNF 47 DNF
  Tour de France 103
  Vuelta a España 13 DNF 55 74 108
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

edit
  1. ^ Axelgaard, Emil (17 February 2014). "Marczynski finds late home at CCC Polsat". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ Atkins, Ben (3 January 2012). "Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Polish Championships, Poland, 27 June – 1 July 2007". CyclingNews.com. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  6. ^ "Transfer news: Bouhanni extends with Cofidis, Marczynski signs for Lotto-Soudal". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  7. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  8. ^ "La Vuelta".
  9. ^ "La Vuelta".
  10. ^ "2018: 105th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  11. ^ Timms, Joe (18 October 2021). "Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021?". Rouleur. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
edit