Marek Rutkiewicz (born 8 May 1981 in

Olsztyn Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini'' * Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with county right ...

) is a Polish former

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2020 for seven different teams. Rutkiewicz's strength was in climbing and his victories came in hilly races, including the mountains classification at the 2009 Tour de Pologne. He now works as a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is s ...

for UCI Continental team .

Personal life

Rutkiewicz is married to fellow cyclist

Anna Szafraniec Anna Szafraniec (born 16 February 1981) is a Polish mountain biker. She was born in Myślenice. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially t ...

Major results

;2002 : 1st Stage 4

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.). It was held over f ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...

;2003 : 2nd

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

: 5th Overall

: 7th Overall

: 8th

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 wi ...

;2004 : 2nd

Coupe des Carpathes The Coupe des Carpathes is a one-day cycling race held annually in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 2002, and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the wo ...

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 6 ;2005 : 3rd

Pomorski Klasyk The Pomerania Tour (2003-2008: Pomorski Klasyk) is a cycling race held annually in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 2003 as the ''Pomorski Klasyk'' and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the name was c ...

: 5th Overall Sachsen Tour : 6th Overall

Tour of Małopolska Tour of Malopolska ( Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour. History The race was first held in 1 ...

: 8th Overall

;2006 : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 4th Overall

: 5th

Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...

;2007 : 10th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as Post ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Overall

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

::1st Stage 5 : 4th

: 6th Overall

Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques The Course de la Solidarité Olympique ( pl, Wyścig Solidarności i Olimpijczyków; en, Race of Solidarity and Olympics) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Poland. From 1991 until 1995, it was a race for amateurs, becoming a pro ...

::1st Mountains classification : 10th Overall

;2009 : 6th Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ;2010 : 1st MaillotPolonia

National Hill Climb Championships : 1st Overall

Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich The Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, officially known as the CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie, is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1966 and since 2005, it has been organised as a ...

::1st Stage 1 : 1st

: 3rd

Memoriał Henryka Łasaka Memoriał Henryka Łasaka is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1999 and from 2005 to 2007, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI E ...

: 7th Overall

;2011 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 2nd

: 9th Overall

Giro di Padania The Giro di Padania was a multi-stage cycling race which forms part of the UCI Europe Tour. It was held at the beginning of September in Northern Italy, in the region known as the Po Valley or Padania. The first edition, won by Ivan Basso,

: 10th Overall

;2012 : 1st Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 ( ITT) : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 : 4th

Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej The Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej is a bicycle race held in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1958 and since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ...

: 6th

: 7th

;2013 : 4th Overall

;2014 : 2nd Overall

::1st Points classification : 6th

;2015 : 9th Overall

Tour of Croatia The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...

;2016 : 1st Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Czech Republic : 2nd

Road race Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to: * Road racing in motorsport * Road running on foot * Road bicycle racing * ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game) * Roadracers (1994 film) * Roadracers (1959 fi ...

, National Road Championships : 2nd

Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego The Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego is a one-day cycling race held in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1998 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's govern ...

: 2nd Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Poland : 2nd

Race Horizon Park Race Horizon Park is an international cycling road race (category UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 1.2, within the Europe Tour calendar), held annually in the capital of Ukraine, during the celebration of the Day of Kyiv. As a part of the bicy ...

Classic : 4th Overall

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 5th

Horizon Park Race for Peace Race Horizon Park is an international cycling road race (category UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) 1.2, within the Europe Tour calendar), held annually in the capital of Ukraine, during the celebration of the Day of Kyiv. As a part of the bicy ...

: 6th Overall

;2017 : 1st Overall

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Overall

Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour The Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour is a cycling race in West Poland that runs between the Baltic Sea and the Karkonosze. The first edition was held in 1993 as an amateur race as the Karkonosze Tour with stages in the Wałbrzych Voivodeship and Je ...

: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 3rd

: 4th Overall

: 5th Overall

Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala The Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Poland. It was first held in 2000 and was part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in th ...

::1st Mountains classification : 5th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia : 7th

Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego The Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego (''Andrzej Trochanowski Memorial'') is a one-day cycling race held annually on 1 May in the Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1989 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1. ...

: 9th

;2018 : 2nd Grand Prix Doliny Baryczy Milicz : 2nd Grand Prix Minsk : 3rd

Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego The Memorial Grundmanna I Wizowskiego is a one-day cycling race held in Poland. It was previously part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2 race. In 2014, it was rated 2.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body i ...

: 6th Overall

: 9th Overall

: 9th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia ;2019 : 4th Overall

::1st Mountains classification : 4th

;2020 : 5th Overall

Belgrade–Banja Luka Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...

References

External links

* 1981 births Living people Polish male cyclists Sportspeople from Olsztyn {{Poland-cycling-bio-stub