Jakub Mareczko
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 30, 1994 Poland |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Southeast Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2013–2014 | Viris Maserati |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2015–2016 | Southeast Pro Cycling |
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Infobox last updated on 10 March 2015 | |
Jakub Mareczko (born 30 April 1994) is an Italian road cyclist of Polish origin.[1] He is a sprinter and competes for the Italian UCI Professional Continental team Southeast Pro Cycling. Mareczko is seen by the Italian national cycling coach Davide Cassani as one of the best young hopes for Italian cycling.[2]
Biography
Mareczko was born in Poland on 30 April 1994; he moved with his mother to Brescia, Italy, when he was five years old.[3]
It was announced that Mareczko had signed his first professional contract with the then Neri Sottoli in July 2014.[4] Racing as an amateur cyclist in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, he won 16 races and came to the attention of Davide Cassani.[5] He was the most successful under-23 rider in Italy in 2014.[6] 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.[6][7]
Mareczko's first wins as a professional cyclist came in the 2015 Vuelta al Tachira (a 2.2 race where many of the riders are amateurs), where he won stages 3 and 4.[3][8] He was then selected to lead the Italian national team in the sprint stages at the 2015 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 the 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the 2015 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne but finished neither. He finished third on the second stage of the 2015 Tour de Langkawi, then finished second on the fourth and sixth stages. Mareczko's cobbled classics season then continued with his participation in the Dwars door Vlaanderen, the E3 Harelbeke, the Gent–Wevelgem, the Three Days of De Panne and the Scheldeprijs, although he finished none of these races.[8]
As it was announced in January 2015 that Southeast Pro Cycling had received a wildcard invitation to participate in the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Mareczko may make his Grand Tour debut in that race.[6][9]
Palmarès
- 2014
- 1st, Circuito del Porto
- 2015
- 1st, Stages 3 & 4, Vuelta al Táchira
References
- ↑ "Vuelta al Tachira, bis di Mareczko". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 January 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (16 January 2015). "Cassani optimistic about Italian cycling new generation of riders". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Jakub Mareczko". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (28 January 2015). "2015 Giro d'Italia teams announced". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2015.