Petr Vakoč

Petr Vakoč (born 11 July 1992) is a Czech cyclist, who rides for UCI Mountain Bike team Canyon Northwave.

2013
2013 was Prague-born Vakoč's first year as a professional, riding for, the development team of. In June, he won the Okolo Slovenska stage race at the age of 20. Vakoč's success continued when he won overall in the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid sub-23, the under 23 version of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid. In August Vakoč won the 1.2 event Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje, five seconds ahead of Josef Hosek.

2014
After Vakoč's successes in 2013, he was granted a contract for. He finished 10th overall and won a stage of the Tour de Pologne, a UCI World Tour event. He also placed second in both his nation's road race and time trial championship.

2015
In 2015, Vakoč won the National Road Race Championships 11 seconds ahead of Leopold König. In May, he rode in his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia. Vakoč finished the race in 116th place overall. Vakoč earned yet another victory when he won the Czech Cycling Tour, one of his nation's biggest cycling races. He also won a stage of the Tour of Britain. He competed for his nation at the European Games, earning a bronze medal in the road race.

2016
Vakoč celebrated success in one day races during his fourth professional season, winning three major races; he won the Classic Sud-Ardèche and La Drôme Classic over successive days in February. In April, he booked his biggest victory yet at the Brabantse Pijl, a 1.HC race in Belgium. However, that would turn out to be his final professional win. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.

Injury and recovery
In January 2018, Vakoč and team-mate Laurens De Plus suffered injuries whilst at a training camp in South Africa when they were hit by a truck: Vakoč sustained several broken vertebrae, which led to him undergoing spinal surgery and having to learn to walk again. After spending 2018 recovering, he made his return to competition at the 2019 Vuelta a San Juan.

Alpecin–Fenix
Vakoč joined for the 2020 season. He rode for the team in the 2021 Tour de France. In October 2021 he announced that he would retire from competition at the age of 29 after the Giro del Veneto that month. The following February, Vakoč was announced to be a rider for UCI Mountain Bike Team Canyon Northwave, competing in marathon mountain bike races.

Gravel

 * 2023
 * UCI World Series
 * 1st Świeradów-Zdrój
 * 1st Berja
 * Unbound Gravel
 * 2nd 200 Mile

Mountain bike

 * 2022
 * UCI Marathon Series
 * 2nd Jelenia Góra
 * 5th Marathon, UEC European Championships

Road

 * 2010
 * 2nd Overall Tour du Pays de Vaud
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 3rd Road race, National Junior Championships
 * 3rd Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
 * 5th Brno–Velká Bíteš–Brno


 * 2011
 * 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Time trial, National Under-23 Championships


 * 2013
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall Okolo Slovenska
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey blue.svg|20px]] Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub-23
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey black.svg|20px]] Points classification
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Grand Prix Královéhradeckého kraje
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Road race, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 2nd Memorial Van Coningsloo
 * 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 4th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 4th Memorial Jana Veselého


 * 2014
 * World University Championships
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Road race
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Time trial
 * National Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 * 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
 * 1st Stage 2


 * 2015
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotRepúblicaCheca.PNG Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall Czech Cycling Tour
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
 * 3rd bronze medal blank.svg Road race, European Games
 * 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey orange.svg|20px]] Young rider classification


 * 2016
 * 1st Brabantse Pijl
 * 1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
 * 1st La Drôme Classic
 * 2nd Overall Tour La Provence
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
 * 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * National Championships
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 4th Road race
 * 5th Road race, UEC European Championships
 * 5th Overall Tour du Haut Var
 * 1st [[Image:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Young rider classification
 * 5th Strade Bianche
 * 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec


 * 2017
 * National Championships
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 3rd Road race
 * 2nd Brabantse Pijl
 * 6th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
 * 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
 * 8th Binche–Chimay–Binche
 * 10th Overall BinckBank Tour


 * 2019
 * National Championships
 * 3rd Road race
 * 3rd Time trial


 * 2020
 * 3rd Road race, National Championships
 * 6th Paris–Tours
 * 9th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
 * 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg


 * 2021
 * 10th La Drôme Classic