Retired from the pelotons since the end of the 2021 season, petr vakoc – who then ran to Alpecin-Fenix – announced on Tuesday that he had signed with a team specializing in mountain biking, Canyon Northwave MTB Team. “Great news!! I will be riding off-road this year with Canyon Northwave MTB Team. I’m super excited to start living another of my dreams and continuing my life as a professional racer, albeit in a different discipline”says the 29-year-old Czech on his account Twitter.
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— Petr VakoÄ (@PetrVakoc) February 8, 2022
Petr Vakoc’s second career starts this week!
Great hope of road cycling in its infancy, petr vakoc then saw his career change in January 2018 after being hit by a truck in training. Having never managed to regain his best level afterwards, he had decided to stop his career at the end of the 2021 season. And it is therefore in mountain biking, and more precisely in marathon mountain biking, that he will continue. to pursue his passion. “I will be competing in the biggest marathon mountain bike races alongside current world champion, Andreas Seewald. I am super excited for this season filled with the biggest marathon races, including the UCI World Series. My new adventure starts from this Thursday with the Mediterranean Epic, a stage race”concludes petr vakoc.
📢Big news announcement‼�’�
Going OFF-road this year with @canyon_northwave_mtb 🚵🠻♂�’�🚵🠼♂�’�
Super excited to start living another dream of mine and continue life as pro rider, although in a different discipline. 1/3— Petr VakoÄ (@PetrVakoc) February 8, 2022
and I am super excited about this upcoming season packed with the biggest marathon races including the UCI World series🌈
My new adventure kicks off this Thursday already at Mediterranean Epic stage race 3/3— Petr VakoÄ (@PetrVakoc) February 8, 2022
