Adrian Kurek
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| Full name | Adrian Kurek | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 March 1988 Grudziądz, Poland | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | Top 16 Cyclisme | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Mosaic-Diffusion.com | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Albi Velo Sport | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Océane Cycle Poitevin | ||||||||||||||
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| 2012 | Utensilnord–Named | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Hurom BDC Development[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
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Adrian Kurek (born 29 March 1988) is a Polish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2021 for the Utensilnord–Named, CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice and HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski teams.[4] Following his retirement, Kurek now coaches the Kuwaiti national cycling team.[5]
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,[6] 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,[7] and held the lead until the end.