Pavel Bittner
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| Born | 29 October 2002 Olomouc, Czech Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Picnic–PostNL | ||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | Team Mapei Merida Kaňkovský | ||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2022 | Development Team DSM[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Team DSM[3] | ||||||||||||||
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Pavel Bittner (born 29 October 2002) is a Czech cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic–PostNL.[3]
Bittner turned professional in August 2022 with Team DSM. In August 2024, he took his first pro win on the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos, going on to win stage five and the points classification as well.[4] Later that month, he won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España in a photo finish with Wout Van Aert.[5]
Major results
- 2019
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Overall Saarland Trofeo
- 1st Stages 3a & 4
- 2020
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- UEC European Junior Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 7th Time trial
- 2nd
- 2021
- 1st Stage 1 Course de la Paix Grand Prix Jeseníky
- 3rd Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix
- 2022
- 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 5th Ronde van Overijssel
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 8th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 9th Rund um Köln
- 2023
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2024 (3 pro wins)
- Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 2nd Grand Prix Criquielion
- 7th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 10th Nokere Koerse
- 2025
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Rund um Köln
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 9th Scheldeprijs
Grand tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2024 | 2025 |
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 Giro d'Italia | — | — |
 Tour de France | — | 133 |
 Vuelta a España | 115 |
References
- ^ "Development Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "DEVELOPMENT TEAM DSM". UCI. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Development Team DSM's Pavel Bittner and Casper van Uden promoted to the WorldTour". team-dsm.com. Team DSM. 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (5 August 2024). "Vuelta a Burgos: Pavel Bittner beats Nizzolo to win stage 1". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (21 August 2024). "Vuelta a España: Pavel Bittner swipes stage 5 victory ahead of Van Aert and Groves". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
External links
- Pavel Bittner at UCI
- Pavel Bittner at Cycling Archives
- Pavel Bittner at ProCyclingStats
- Pavel Bittner at Cycling Quotient
- Pavel Bittner at CycleBase