Description
Zden?k ?tybar is a Czech professional cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Omega Pharma-Quick Step. While best known as a Cyclo-cross racer, in 2011 ?tybar began his professional Road career while continuing to race Cyclo-cross.
Following consecutive second places in 2008 and 2009, ?tybar won the 2010 World Cyclo-cross championships in his home nation. In 2011, he won the World championships for a second time. In 2012 he pulled off a victory on the road by winning a stage in the Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2013, ?tybar came in sixth in Paris?Roubaix. He was in contention for the victory as he was part of the leading trio with Sep Vanmarcke and Fabian Cancellara when he hit a spectator, causing him to slow down to clip in his pedals. He tried to get back to the two leaders, but to no avail. In August of the same year, ?tybar took the overall victory in the Eneco Tour ? part of the UCI World Tour ? winning two stages in the process. Later that month, ?tybar won stage 7 of 2013 Vuelta a Espa�a beating world champion Philippe Gilbert.
In 2014, ?tybar won the World Cyclo-cross championships for a third time in a heated battle with defending world champion Sven Nys.
Born
December 11th, 1985 in Planá (Age 38)
Last Changes
2023/02/14
Address Removed: Available to members only
2021/09/21
New Address: Available to members only
2020/01/16
New Scanned Autograph (In-P/Authentic (In-Person))