Petr Vakoč, off-road racer and former WorldTour rider

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🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Before migrating to off-road racing last year, Czech cyclist Petr Vakoč spent nearly 10 years racing in the WorldTour, most notably as a member of team Quick-Step. During his road career, he made the start list of multiple Grand Tours, including the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia, and won the Brabantse Pijl in Belgium in 2016 after years of focused preparation.Payson sat down with Petr in Girona this week to talk about growing up in Prague and starting out mountain biking with his broth...

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0:00.0	For me was this one result just like triggered the confidence.
0:04.7	And then the results were coming.
0:06.6	And in like two months,
0:07.6	I managed to get like five second places and five victories.
0:11.3	Wow.
0:11.7	And I was like, okay, now some of the guys,
0:14.2	they already signed for quick steps and for other teams.
0:18.0	But I was still like waiting, waiting.
0:20.2	Like no offer was coming and nothing and then
0:23.4	the week later there was like this another UCI race and then I had like so much fire in me and
0:29.3	and even despite like a puncture and changing wheel I just like dropped everybody I won the race
0:34.9	and then finally it was like, okay.
0:38.3	Come on, Patrick.
0:42.0	It's showtime, everybody.
0:43.3	Showtime!
0:47.6	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:52.0	This is the world as it exists today.
0:55.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:58.1	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:59.6	You could miss it.
1:03.9	Listen, we're talking about practice.
1:06.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
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