Justyna Czapla
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| Born | 24 January 2004 Ruda Śląska, Poland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Canyon//SRAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | Canyon–SRAM Generation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Canyon//SRAM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Justyna Czapla (born 24 January 2004) is a German professional road and track cyclist who rides for Canyon//SRAM. She is a European junior champion, German junior champion, and three-time German under-23 champion in the time trial.
Career
[edit]After a successful junior career, including a European junior time trial title and a silver medal at the UCI Junior World time trial championships, Czapla joined WorldTour team Canyon//SRAM for the 2024 season.[2][3]
Czapla made her Grand Tour debut at the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina, where cyclingnews.com called her one of the "rising stars" of the race. She was the best-placed under-23 rider after the stage 1 team time trial.[4]
At the 2026 German National Road Race Championships, Czapla led the race solo for 65 kilometres (40 mi), before getting caught with 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to go and finishing third behind Franziska Koch and Liane Lippert.[5]
In May 2026, Czapla extended her contract with Canyon//SRAM through 2028.[6]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2022
- 1st
Time trial, European Junior Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st
Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
- 3rd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
- 2023
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 8th reVolta
- 10th La Classique Morbihan
- 2024
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Championships - 2025
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Championships - 4th Road race, National Championships
- UCI World Championships
- 5th Mixed team relay
- 7th Under-23 time trial
- 6th Time trial, European Under-23 Championships
- 2026
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Championships - 3rd Road race, National Championships
Track
[edit]- 2021
- 3rd Team pursuit, European Junior Championships
- 2022
- European Junior Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2024
- 3rd Madison, European Under-23 Championships
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Justyna Czapla". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ Mitchell, Mathew (8 November 2023). "Justyna Czapla promoted to the main Canyon SRAM team and Soraya Paladin extended". ProCyclingUK. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Mattis, Felix; Maurer, Peter. "Czapla folgt den Spuren von Bauernfeind und Niedermaier" [Czapla follows the footsteps of Bauernfeind and Niedermaier]. radsport-news (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Tyson, Jackie (6 May 2025). "Debutants with determination – The rising stars expected to shine at La Vuelta Femenina". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "German National Championships: Franziska Koch wins from break to add third consecutive road race title to time trial glory". cyclingnews.com. 27 June 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR JUSTYNA CZAPLA UNTIL 2028". Canyon SRAM. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Justyna Czapla". firstcycling.com. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Justyna Czapla at UCI
- Justyna Czapla at ProCyclingStats
- Justyna Czapla at Cycling Quotient
- Justyna Czapla at InterSportStats