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Rafał Majka (Polish pronunciation: ; born 12 September 1989) is a Polish professional
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, who rides for
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. He is known as a strong climber, and rose to prominence at the
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, where he finished 7th overall, and 6th one year later; he has taken fifteen victories during his professional career. Other major achievements are three mountainous stage wins in the
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, two victories in the
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at the race (
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and
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), and two stages and the overall victory at the
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. He achieved his only Grand Tour podium finish at the
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, where he finished third. At the
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, he won a bronze medal for
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in the road race.


Career


Saxo Bank–SunGard (2011–2016)


2011–2012

Majka turned professional in February 2011, signing a contract with the team. He rode at the
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, but withdrew in the final week. At the
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in August 2012, Majka finished second on the penultimate stage, losing out to
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in
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, finishing in seventh overall, and finished in third place at the
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.


2013

In 2013, he competed in the
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for the first time, where he had a long battle with
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over the lead in the
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, which eventually fell to Betancur in the penultimate stage. In the general classification, he ended up seventh, eight minutes behind winner
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. He led his home race, the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
for three days, before losing a podium on the final
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; he won the points classification alongside his fourth-place overall finish. He finished his season with podium finishes at
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(second to
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), and the
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
(third).


2014

Prior to the
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, Majka won the white jersey at the
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, finishing in fourth place overall. He was co-leader of at the Giro d'Italia along with
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, and held third place overall for the middle third of the race. He lost two positions on the mountain stage to
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before losing a further position on the
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which finished atop the
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, ultimately falling to a sixth-place overall finish, which was one place better off than his
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result. He ultimately finished 7 minutes and 4 seconds down on the race winner,
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. Majka was a last-minute inclusion in 's
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squad, after
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was temporarily suspended from racing due to irregular biological passport values. Having finished second to
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on stage 13, Majka earned his first professional victory on stage 14 after going solo on the final climb to
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, become the first Polish Tour de France stage winner since
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in
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. Four days later he claimed another victory on stage 17, soloing to the mountaintop finish atop Pla d'Adet. These successes, as well as some other strong performances in mountain stages, earned Majka the polka dot jersey as winner of the
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, becoming the first Polish rider to win a jersey at the Tour de France. A couple of weeks after the Tour de France, he won stages five and six of the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
– the first Polish stage victories at the race in a decade – to take the race lead ahead of the final
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around
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. Majka lost some of his eighteen-second lead on the final stage, but held on to win by eight seconds over
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, to become the first Polish rider to win the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
at
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level, and the first home victory since
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in
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. He contested one further race during the season, finishing fourth overall at the
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, with a second-place finish in a two-up sprint to
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at the Monarch Mountain ski resort being his best stage result.


2015

In contrast to the previous two years, Majka did not ride the
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in
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where
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made the first step in trying to do a Giro–Tour double, but Majka did start in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
, having achieved top ten finishes at the
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(fourth), the
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(seventh), and the
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(tenth), in preparation for the race. Majka won stage 11 of the Tour de France to
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from a breakaway, to take his third Tour stage victory. Majka then prepared to race his season target, the
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, attempting to gain a top 5 or podium finish in the general classification. He performed well throughout the entire race, being able to stay near to the top of the general classification behind the likes of
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,
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and
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. On the penultimate stage, stage 20, Majka managed to advance himself from fourth overall up to third, ultimately finishing on the podium of a Grand Tour for the first time. Before the end of the season, Majka recorded his second runner-up finish in three years at
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, behind Diego Rosa.


2016

In the early part of the season, Majka recorded top-ten overall finishes at the
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(seventh), and the
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(fifth). At the
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, Majka raced as the leader of the team and finished fifth overall, four minutes behind winner
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, his best result to that point. Following the Giro d'Italia, Majka won the
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for the first time in his career, breaking away at the front over the last climb and holding his advantage to the finish line. During the
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, team leader
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dropped out, leaving Majka as one of his team's chances for success. Through multiple breakaways, he was able to repeat his 2014 accomplishment and win the
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, albeit falling short of a stage win, with four second- and third-place stage finishes. At the
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, Majka finished third in the individual road race, winning the bronze medal. He was part of a late breakaway group also containing Nibali and
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. On the final descent, both Nibali and Henao crashed, leaving Majka alone in front, unable to preserve his advantage over the chase group to the finish. He was caught by eventual winner
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and
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within of the finish line and did not participate in the final sprint, settling for third. Majka's medal was the first for Poland at the Rio Olympics, and the first medal won by a Polish male cyclist in an individual event since
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's silver in the same event in 1980.


Bora–Hansgrohe (2017–2020)

In August 2016, announced that Majka had agreed an initial two-year deal with the team from 2017, following Tinkoff teammate
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to the squad with a role as a team leader in Grand Tours and other stage races. Majka made his first start with at the 2017 Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana, held as part of January's
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one-day races; he finished seventh the following day in the Trofeo Andratx–Mirador des Colomer. Over the next few months, Majka recorded a sixth-place overall finish at the
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, and tenth at
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. At the
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, Majka won the second stage in a two-up sprint against George Bennett in San Jose, and took the race lead as a result. Majka lost the race lead to Bennett on the penultimate stage, a
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around
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, and he ultimately finished second overall. He won the general and mountains classifications at the
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, as well as winning the third stage. He also placed second in the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
, finishing as the highest-placed Polish rider. In September, Majka earned his first career stage win at the
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
when he won stage 14 – a high mountain stage – by holding off general classification favourites Miguel Ángel López,
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and
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by about thirty seconds. Majka took top-five overall finishes in his first two starts of 2018, finishing fourth at the
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, and fifth at the
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. He then added sixth-place finishes at the
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in May, and the
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in June. He rode both the
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and the
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, finishing in the top 20 of both, and he won the
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on stage 15 of the Tour de France. Majka finished his season with a seventh-place result at Il Lombardia in October, which meant that he endured a winless season for the first time since 2013. Prior to the
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, Majka rode the
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and the
Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
as warm-up races. He finished seventh at the Volta a Catalunya, before finishing one place higher at the Tour of the Alps, dropping from third place overall on the final stage due to a crash. At the Giro d'Italia, Majka started with a sixth-place finish on the opening stage, an
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which finished with a climb – averaging more than 9% – to the Santuario della Madonna di San Luca in
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. He maintained this placing through the first five stages, before a large breakaway took the honours on stage six which resulted in Majka dropping towards the bottom of the top twenty placings. He moved back into the top ten after stage twelve, before moving up to fourth overall with a fourth-place stage finish two days later, at
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. He ultimately finished the race in sixth overall, moving up a position (ahead of Miguel Ángel López) on the final individual time trial in
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. After a top-ten overall placing at his home race, the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
, Majka rode the
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
as team leader for ; he spent all but one day in the top ten in the general classification, albeit going no higher than fifth, as he finished the race in sixth place overall. Majka recorded a top-five finish at the
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, prior to the
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-enforced suspension of racing. Following the recommencing of racing in August, Majka recorded a fourth-place overall finish at his home race, the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
, before shifting his focus to Italian races. At September's
Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
, Majka finished second to
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on the third stage, having bridged up to Woods on the penultimate climb before losing the final sprint in
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. Majka maintained second place overall as Simon Yates took over the race lead following stage five, and ultimately finished third overall, as
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overhauled him in the final
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around
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. Majka finished his season with the
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
, where he finished in twelfth overall, losing more than twenty minutes in the final five stages.


UAE Team Emirates (2021–present)

In October 2020, Majka signed an initial two-year contract with from the 2021 season, where he would act as a mountain
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for
Tadej Pogačar Tadej Pogačar (; born 21 September 1998) is a Slovenia, Slovenian professional road bicycle racing, cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His victories include three Tour de France, Tours de France (2020 Tour de France, 2020, 2021 Tou ...
, who had won the
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the previous month. Majka's first high placing with came at the
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, where he finished in fourth place overall, behind teammates Pogačar and
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who went 1–2. As expected, Majka acted as a
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for Pogačar at the
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, with Pogačar having already won the
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and
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, and he then went on to win his second consecutive
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
title. Majka then rode the
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
, in support of team leader
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at the race. Having been a part of the breakaway on stage 9, Majka did so again on stage 15 before making a solo move with remaining on the stage. He extended his gap to around 90 seconds, which he maintained all the way to the finish in
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, taking his first victory since a stage win at the
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. Majka started the 2022 season at the
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in February, riding in support of Pogačar, who won the race for a second successive year; Majka himself finished in seventh place overall, with an equivalent result on the final stage at the summit finish of
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. At June's
Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...
, Majka and Pogačar were part of a three-rider move – along with Domen Novak – that went clear of the field with around remaining on the opening stage. Majka ultimately attacked before the finish in
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, and with Pogačar shadowing Novak behind, Majka won the stage by two seconds. Pogačar took the race lead on stage three following his stage victory on the uphill finish at
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, with Majka finishing second on the stage to hold the same position overall. The penultimate stage finished at Velika planina (), with Pogačar and Majka pulling clear from the group with remaining and worked together towards the finish. Short of the line, Pogačar and Majka utilised the
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of
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to see who would win the stage between them, with Majka prevailing for his second stage win of the race. Majka added a third-place finish on the final stage as he finished second in the general and points classifications, and won the mountains classification. Majka was selected for the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
, but failed to finish the race – he did not take the start of the 17th stage due to a laceration of his muscle, caused by his chain snapping in the previous stage. Following the Tour de France, Majka extended his contract for a further two years. Majka recorded two consecutive top-ten overall finishes in April 2023, at the Giro di Sicilia (ninth), and the
Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
(tenth). He rode the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
in support of team leader Pogačar, who had been aiming to regain his title following
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's victory in
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. On the same day that Pogačar cracked and lost nearly six minutes to Vingegaard, Majka made it into the breakaway on stage 15 as a satellite rider and was able to provide support for
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later in the stage, who was also in a podium spot in the general classification. Yates lost less than two minutes to Vingegaard, maintaining his third position and would keep this position behind Vingegaard and Pogačar all the way to
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, while Majka finished fourteenth. Majka then contested the
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
, in support of team leader João Almeida, where he won the third stage of the race – on a steep uphill finish in
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– by a wheel length from
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and
Michał Kwiatkowski Michał Kwiatkowski ( , born 2 June 1990) is a Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Kwiatkowski is seen as a strong all rounder, with good sprinting, time-trialling and climbing abilities allowing hi ...
.


Personal life

On 18 October 2014 he married Magdalena Kowal in a private ceremony in Wiśniowa. The couple have two children, born in February 2017 and November 2020 respectively.


Major results

Source: ;2008 : 1st Trofeo Enzo Sacchi : 3rd GP Città di Monsummano ;2009 : 1st Firenze–Viareggio : 3rd Bologna–Raticosa : 8th
GP Capodarco The GP Capodarco is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Capodarco, a city ward of Fermo, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners ...
;2010 : 2nd GP Chianti Colline d'Elsa : 3rd Overall Giro delle Pesche Nettarine : 3rd Bologna–Raticosa : 3rd Trofeo Città di Lastra a Signa : 9th
Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...
: 9th Firenze–Viareggio : 10th Overall
Carpathian Couriers Race The Carpathian Couriers Race is a professional cycling race held annually in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which w ...
::1st Stage 1 : 10th
Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...
;2012 : 3rd
Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...
: 7th Overall
Tour of Beijing The Tour of Beijing was an annual professional stage bicycle road race held in Beijing, China. History Its first edition took place in October 2011, as the penultimate event in the 2011 UCI World Tour. The tour was a partnership between the U ...
::1st Young rider classification ;2013 : 2nd
Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...
: 3rd
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
: 4th Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Points classification : 7th Overall
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
::Held after Stages 7, 10–14, 18–19 ;2014 (5 pro wins) : 1st Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Stages 5 & 6 :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
::1st
Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...
::1st Stages 14 & 17 : 4th Overall
USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter ...
: 4th Overall
Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day Stage (bicycle race), bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in ...
::1st Young rider classification : 6th Overall
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
::Held after Stages 8–15 ;2015 (1) : 1st Stage 11
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
: 2nd
Milano–Torino Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The ...
: 3rd Overall
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
: 4th Overall
Tour of Oman The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010, as part of the UCI Asia Tour through 2019 and on the UCI ProSeries since 2022. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, b ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
: 10th Overall
Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...
;2016 (1) : 1st Road race, National Road Championships :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
::1st
Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...
::
Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, ...
Stage 15 : 3rd Road race,
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
: 5th Overall
Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...
: 5th Overall
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de San Luis Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which ...
;2017 (4) : 1st Overall
Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...
::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Stage 14
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
: 2nd Overall
Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...
::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Polish rider classification : 6th Overall
Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's Road bicycle racing#Stage races, cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2015 and 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2018. In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Tour merged with ...
: 7th Trofeo Pollenca-Port de Andratx : 10th
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...
;2018 : 5th Overall
Abu Dhabi Tour The Abu Dhabi Tour was a men's Road bicycle racing#Stage races, cycling stage race that took place in the United Arab Emirates, held annually between 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2015 and 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, 2018. In 2019, the Abu Dhabi Tour merged with ...
: 5th Overall
Vuelta a San Juan The Vuelta a San Juan is an annual road cycling stage race held in Argentine. Typically consisting of seven stages, beginning and ending in San Juan, the race was first held in 1982. In 2017, the race was classified as a 2.1 event by the Unio ...
: 6th Overall
Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the only event on the ...
: 6th Overall
Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...
: 7th
Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...
:
Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, ...
Stage 15
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
;2019 : 6th Overall
Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
: 6th Overall
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
: 6th Overall
Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
: 7th Overall
Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...
: 9th Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Polish rider classification : 10th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines ;2020 : 3rd Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...
: 4th Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Polish rider classification : 5th Overall
UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was ...
;2021 (1) :
Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...
::1st Stage 15 :: Combativity award Stage 15 : 4th Overall
Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...
;2022 (2) : 2nd Overall
Tour of Slovenia Tour of Slovenia (Dirka po Sloveniji) is a five day road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race held since 1993. Between 2005 and 2018, it was organised as a 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The 2019 edition was classified as a 2.HC race. It b ...
::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 7th Overall
UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was ...
;2023 (1) : 8th Overall
Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...
::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall Giro di Sicilia : 10th Overall
Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...
;2024 : 2nd Overall
Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...
: 8th Overall
Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...


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* * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Majka, Rafal 1989 births Living people Polish male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists for Poland Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2014 Tour de France stage winners Polish Tour de France stage winners Polish Vuelta a España stage winners People from Myślenice County Cyclists from Lesser Poland Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportsmen