Michał Kwiatkowski facts for kids
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Kwiatkowski at the 2021 Tour de France
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| Full name | Michał Kwiatkowski | ||
| Nickname | Kwiato, Kwiatek | ||
| Born | 2 June 1990 Chełmża, Poland |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-rounder Climber Puncheur Classics specialist Time trialist |
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Michał Kwiatkowski (born June 2, 1990) is a professional road bicycle racer from Poland. He currently rides for the UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Michał is known as a strong all-around cyclist. He is good at sprinting, time trials, and climbing hills. This means he can win many different types of races. He showed his talent early by winning the World Junior Time Trial Championships in 2008. In 2014, he became the world champion in the elite road race. He also helped his team win the World Team Time Trial Championships in 2013. In 2017, he won his first 'Monument' race, Milan–San Remo. He has also won the Amstel Gold Race and the Strade Bianche twice.
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Michał Kwiatkowski's Cycling Journey
Starting Out in Cycling
Michał was a very talented young cyclist. He won two European junior championships. He won the road race in 2007 and the individual time trial in 2008. In 2009, he became the national road champion for riders under 23. He also won a stage in a race called Okolo Slovenska. He became a professional cyclist in 2010. In 2011, he joined Team RadioShack and finished third in a few races.
Racing with Omega Pharma–Quick Step (2012–2015)
First Years and Big Races
Michał joined Omega Pharma–Quick-Step in 2012. He quickly showed how good he was. He won a short opening race called a prologue in the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. He also finished second overall in his home race, the Tour de Pologne.
Strong Performances in 2013
Michał started 2013 very well. He finished second overall in the Volta ao Algarve. Then, he came in fourth overall in Tirreno–Adriatico. He also won the 'young rider' award there. He was one of the best climbers in the race. He then did well in several 'classic' races. He finished fourth in the Amstel Gold Race. In June, he won the Polish National Road Race Championships for the first time.
His great form meant he was chosen for the Tour de France. He wore the white jersey for the best young rider for the first week. He finished third and fourth in early stages. He even got on the podium in a tough mountain stage. He finished 11th overall in his first Tour de France.
Becoming a World Champion in 2014
In 2014, Michał won the Italian race Strade Bianche. He attacked with another rider, Peter Sagan, and then rode alone to win. He also finished third in two other big races, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and La Flèche Wallonne.
In September, he made history. He became the first Polish cyclist to win the UCI Road Race World Championships. Michał attacked with about 7 kilometers left. He rode downhill very fast and kept his lead. He crossed the finish line first, winning the special rainbow jersey.
2015 Season Highlights
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As the world champion, Michał started 2015 a bit more relaxed. He used races like the Volta ao Algarve to get ready. He finished second overall in both of these races. In April, he won the famous Amstel Gold Race. He outsprinted other riders to win this Dutch classic.
Joining Team Sky / Team Ineos (2016–Present)
New Team and First Cobbled Win
In 2016, Michał joined Team Sky (now Team Ineos). On March 25, 2016, he won his first 'cobbled classic' race. This was the E3 Harelbeke. He beat Peter Sagan in a sprint after they broke away from the main group. He also wore the red jersey as the leader of the Vuelta a España for one day.
Big Wins in 2017
On March 4, 2017, Michał won the Strade Bianche again. He attacked with 15 kilometers to go and rode alone to victory. This made him one of only two riders to win this race more than once. Later that month, he won Milan–San Remo. This was his first win in one of cycling's 'Monuments'. He beat world champion Peter Sagan and Julian Alaphilippe in a close sprint.
He was chosen for the Tour de France team. He helped his team leader, Chris Froome, a lot. He was called a "super-domestique" because he helped Froome so much. On July 29, he won Clásica de San Sebastián. He outsprinted four other riders to win.
Success in 2018
In February 2018, Michał won the Volta ao Algarve. He was part of a big group that broke away and he won the final stage. In March, he won Tirreno–Adriatico. He took the lead from his teammate Geraint Thomas and held on to win the race. In July, he again helped his team at the 2018 Tour de France. He helped Geraint Thomas win the race. A week later, he won his home race, the Tour de Pologne. He won stage 4 and kept his lead to win the whole race.
Recent Achievements in 2023
Michał continued to race strongly. In 2023, he rode in the 2023 Tour de France. He won stage 13 of the race, showing his amazing skills once again. He also won the Polish National Time Trial Championships in 2023.
Career Achievements
Major Results
- 2007
- UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 10th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 1st Stage 2
- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships - UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 9th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
- 2009
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Stage 2 Okolo Slovenska
- 4th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
- 4th Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 7th Giro del Mendrisiotto
- 10th Trofeo Edil C
- 10th Coupe des Carpathes
- 2010
- 4th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
- 7th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 10th Gran Premio de Llodio
- 2011
- 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2012 (1 pro win)
- 1st Prologue Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 8th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2013 (1)
- 1st
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships - National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1st
- 4th Amstel Gold Race
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 2–7 & 11–14
- Held
- 2014 (9)
- UCI Road World Championships
- 1st
Road race - 3rd
Team time trial
- 1st
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Trofeo Ses Salines
- Tour de France
- Held after Stages 8–9
- Held
- 2015 (2)
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd
Team time trial - 8th Road race
- 2nd
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 2 & 12
- 2016 (1)
- 1st E3 Harelbeke
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held
after Stage 2
- 2nd Trofeo Pollenca-Port de Andratx
- 2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2017 (4)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Milan–San Remo
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1st Strade Bianche
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Overall Tour of Britain
- 6th UCI World Tour
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 2018 (9)
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico - 1st Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3 (TTT)
- 4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- Vuelta a España
- Held after Stages 2–4
- Held
after Stages 2–6 - Held after Stages 2–4 & 6
Combativity award Stage 14
- Held
- 2019
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Overall UAE Tour
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Gran Trittico Lombardo
- 6th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2021
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour of Britain
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 13
Combativity award Stage 13
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2024
- 4th Vuelta a Murcia
- 7th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
General Race Results
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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 Giro d'Italia |
136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tour de France |
— | 11 | 28 | DNF | — | 57 | 49 | 83 | 30 | 68 | — | 49 | 54 | ||||
| Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | — | DNF | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||||||||||
| Stage races | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
| Paris–Nice |
— | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tirreno–Adriatico |
— | 4 | 18 | — | 8 | 27 | 1 | — | — | 51 | — | 90 | 98 | ||||
 Volta a Catalunya |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | DNF | — | — | ||||
| Tour of the Basque Country |
— | — | 2 | 8 | — | 30 | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |||||
| Tour de Romandie |
DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | 43 | 49 | 29 | DNF | 68 | DNF | — | 32 | ||||
| Tour de Suisse |
— | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | 29 | — | ||||
Classic Races Results
| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | DNF | DNF | 67 | 40 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 139 | 54 |
| Tour of Flanders | DNF | — | 40 | — | — | 27 | — | 28 | — | 54 | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NH | 70 | 77 | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | DNF | 92 | 3 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 100 | DNF | DNF |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | DNF | 77 | 54 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | 1 | — | 20 | 1 | 30 | — | 12 | DNF | — | 18 | DNF |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | 41 | 82 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 75 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | DNF | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | DNF | 4 | 5 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 31 | 11 | NH | 8 | 1 | 72 | 35 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | DNF | 5 | 3 | 33 | — | 7 | 57 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 92 | 115 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | DNF | — | — | 107 | 1 | — | — | NH | — | — | — |
Major Championships Results
| Event | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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 Olympic Games |
Road race | NH | 60 | Not held | 62 | Not held | 11 | Not held | |||||||
| Time trial | — | 14 | — | ||||||||||||
| World Championships |
Road race | 31 | — | DNF | 1 | 8 | — | 11 | DNF | — | 4 | 36 | — | DNF | |
| Time trial | 48 | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| National Championships |
Road race | — | 16 | 1 | 21 | 57 | 25 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
| Time trial | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | ||
Awards and Recognition
- International Flandrien of the Year: 2014
- Gold Cross of Merit (Krzyż Zasługi): 2014
Images for kids
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Michał Kwiatkowski at the 2021 Tour de France
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Michał wearing the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2013 Tour de France. He wore this jersey for ten days!
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Michał on the podium after winning the 2014 UCI World Road Race Championships.
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Michał, wearing his rainbow jersey as the world champion, at the 2015 Tour de France.
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Michał winning the 2017 Milan–San Remo by just beating Peter Sagan and Julian Alaphilippe.
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See also
In Spanish: Michał Kwiatkowski para niños
