Paulina Agata Brzeźna-Bentkowska (née Brzeźna; born 10 September 1981) is a Polish former road racing cyclist, who competed between 2003 and 2017. She is a part-team owner of UCI Women's Continental Team with her husband, former professional cyclist Paweł Bentkowski, and also acts as a directeur sportif for the team.
During her career, Brzeźna-Bentkowska specialised as an all-rounder, with good climbing performances. She placed high overall and won stages in stage races such as the Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska and Gracia–Orlová, winning the general classification of the latter in 2014. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, taking 8th place in the elite women road race and marking the most successful result in the history of Polish women's cycling at the time. She won the Polish National Road Race Championships twice, and finished in the top-ten placings in the road race at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.
Personal life As well as her husband, Brzeźna-Bentkowska's uncle Jan Brzeźny and sister Monika Brzeźna have competed professionally in cycling.
Major results
1998 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 1999 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2001 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2002 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2003 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 2004 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2005 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2006 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 4th Sparkassen Giro 6th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 8th Overall Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa 2007 6th GP Stad Roeselare 2008 National Road Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial 4th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 1st Stage 2 8th Road race, Summer Olympics 2009 National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 3rd Road race 2010 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2011 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 6th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 7th Overall Gracia–Orlová 2012 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2013 1st Stage 3 Gracia–Orlová National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Time trial 5th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 1 2014 1st Overall Gracia-Orlová 1st Stages 1 & 3 2015 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage 7th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska 1st Stage 1 2016 8th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 9th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
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