Adrian Kurek

Adrian Kurek (born 29 March 1988) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2021 for the , and teams. Following his retirement, Kurek now coaches the Kuwaiti national cycling team.

He competed at UCI World Tour level on several occasions at his home race, the Tour de Pologne. In the 2011 edition of the race, Kurek won the intermediate sprints classification, having led it from start-to-finish; he also held a top-three place overall in the first three stages. In the 2012 race, Kurek took the lead of the classification after four stages of the event, and held the lead until the end.

Major results

2008 2nd Overall Tour des Deux Sèvres 2009 1st Route de l'Atlantique 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 2nd Vienne Classic Espoirs

2011 1st Trophée des Champions 1st Stage 2 (ITT) Saint Brieuc Agglo-Tour 1st Stage 3 Tour de Gironde 1st Stage 4 Trois Jours de Cherbourg

2nd Chrono de Tauxigny 3rd Chrono Châtelleraudais 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska 4th Prix Gérard Gautier à Vendeuvre-du-Poitou 8th Overall Tour de la Dordogne 8th Circuit Boussaquin 9th Grand Prix des Fêtes de Cénac et St-Julien 10th Circuit des Vins du Blayais 2012

5th Overall Tour of Małopolska 2013 7th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza 2014 2nd Overall Tour of Estonia 1st Stage 2

8th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza 1st Stage 1 (TTT) 2015 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 3 Tour of Małopolska 8th Overall Podlasie Tour 1st Prologue 2017

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 9th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques 2018 1st Stage 3a (TTT) Sibiu Cycling Tour 8th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza 8th Overall Tour de Hongrie 2019 5th Overall Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala 9th Overall Tour of Estonia 9th Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego 2020 1st Prologue Tour of Szeklerland 7th International Rhodes Grand Prix