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Gazprom–RusVelo

Gazprom–RusVelo

Gazprom–RusVelo (UCI team code: GAZ),[1] a part of the Russian Global Cycling Project, is a Russian road & track cycling team. It was founded in late 2011 and granted UCI Professional Continental status.[2] For its first season 2012 the team signed several ex-Team Katusha riders along with a few ones from Continental Team Itera–Katusha.

RusVelo includes both men's and women's rosters. The directors are Viatcheslav Ekimov, Oleg Grishkin, Egon van Kessel from the Netherlands, and Australian Henk Vogels. The General Manager is Heiko Salzwedel.

Gazprom–RusVelo
Team information
UCI codeGAZ
RegisteredRussia
Founded2012 (2012)
DisciplineRoad
StatusUCI Professional Continental (2012–)
BicyclesColnago
WebsiteTeam home page [14]
Key personnel
General managerRenat Khamidulin
Team name history
2012–2015
2016–
RusVelo
Gazprom–RusVelo
Gazprom–RusVelo jersey
Jersey

Team history

In December 2012, RusVelo's request for a Professional Continental licence for the 2013 season was denied pending a review.[3] The squad were ultimately awarded a Professional Continental licence on 9 January 2013.[4]

Doping

In 2013 the team endured a spate of doping positives. In March Valery Kaikov for the, cancer-causing, banned compound GW501516 (Endurobol).[5] This was the first recorded positive for Endurobol.[6] In June at the 2013 Russian National Championships Roman Maikin and Artem Ovechkin tested positive for Fenoterol and received a six-month ban[7] Andrey Solomennikov tested positive for asthma medication and received a six-month suspension as well.[8] As a result, the team auto-suspended itself from competition.[9] In June 2015, the team received their fifth positive in less than two years when Petr Ignatenko tested positive for human growth hormone (hGH) in an out-of-competition test on April 8, this is only the second hGH positive since Patrick Sinkewitz returned an adverse analytical finding for the substance.[10]

Team roster

As of 9 July 2019.[11][12]
RiderDate of birth
Ildar Arslanov(RUS)(1994-04-06)6 April 1994
Igor Boev(RUS)(1989-11-22)22 November 1989
Nikolay Cherkasov(RUS)(1996-09-26)26 September 1996
Evgeny Kobernyak(RUS)(1995-01-24)24 January 1995
Vladislav Kulikov(RUS)(1996-07-08)8 July 1996
Alexandr Kulikovskiy(RUS)(1997-01-02)2 January 1997
Stepan Kurianov(RUS)(1996-12-07)7 December 1996
Denis Nekrasov(RUS)(1997-02-19)19 February 1997
Artem Nych(RUS)(1995-03-21)21 March 1995
RiderDate of birth
Alexander Porsev(RUS)(1986-02-21)21 February 1986
Petr Rikunov(RUS)(1997-02-24)24 February 1997
Ivan Rovny(RUS)(1987-09-30)30 September 1987
Alexey Rybalkin(RUS)(1993-11-16)16 November 1993
Evgeny Shalunov(RUS)(1992-01-08)8 January 1992
Sergey Shilov(RUS)(1988-02-06)6 February 1988
Mamyr Stash(RUS)(1993-05-04)4 May 1993
Aleksandr Vlasov(RUS)(1996-04-23)23 April 1996
Anton Vorobyev(RUS)(1990-10-12)12 October 1990

Major wins

2012Team Pursuit World Cup BeijingTeam Pursuit World Cup AstanaStage 2Vuelta a Murcia,Alexander SerovStage 5Grand Prix of Sochi,Leonid KrasnovStage 1GP Adygeya,Sergey FirsanovStage 3GP Adygeya,Alexander MironovStage 5GP Adygeya,Victor ManakovOverallVuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 2,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 8Tour of Qinghai Lake,Artur ErshovStage 3Tour of China II,Leonid KrasnovStage 1Tour of Hainan,Leonid Krasnov2013Stage 1 (ITT)GP of Adygeya,Ilnur ZakarinMemorial Oleg Dyachenko,Alexander RybakovGrand Prix of Moscow,Ivan KovalevStage 3Five Rings of Moscow,Sergey KlimovStage 1aTour of Estonia,Leonid KrasnovRussiaTime Trial Championships,Ilnur ZakarinStage 1Volta a Portugal,Alexander SerovStage 1Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica,Evgeny KovalevStage 5Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica,Alexander Serov2014OverallGrand Prix of Sochi,Ilnur Zakarin
Stage 1,Sergey Lagutin
Stage 2,Roman Maikin
OverallGP of Adygeya,Ilnur Zakarin
Stage 1 (ITT),Ilnur Zakarin
Stages 2 & 5,Igor Boev
Mayor Cup,Sergey LagutinMemorial Oleg Dyachenko,Andrey SolomennikovOverallFive Rings of Moscow,Andrey Solomennikov
Stages 2 & 4,Igor Boev
Stage 3,Sergey Lagutin
OverallTour d'Azerbaïdjan,Ilnur ZakarinOverall Grand Prix Udmurtskaya Pravda,Artur Ershov
Stage 1 (ITT),Timofey Kritsky
Stage 4,Artur Ershov
Stage 7Tour of Qinghai Lake,Timofey KritskyStage 2Baltic Chain Tour,Ivan BalykinOverallTour of Kavkaz,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 2,Igor Boev
Stage 4,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 7Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica,Timofey Kritsky2015Grand Prix of Sochi Mayor,Sergey FirsanovOverallGrand Prix of Sochi,Alexander Foliforov
Stage 4 (ITT),Alexander Foliforov
Krasnodar–Anapa,Andrey SolomennikovStage 3Tour of Kuban,Roman MaikinMaykop–Ulyap–Maykop,Ivan BalykinOverallGrand Prix of Adygeya,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 2,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 5Tour d'Azerbaïdjan,Sergey FirsanovOverallTour de Serbie,Ivan Savitskiy
Stages 1, 2 & 4,Ivan Savitskiy
Stage 1 (ITT)Tour of Slovenia,Artem OvechkinRussiaTime Trial Championships,Artem OvechkinRussiaU23 Road Race Championships,Artem NychStage 4Tour of Qinghai Lake,Ivan Savitskiy2016Jersey green.svgOverallSettimana Coppi & Bartali,Sergey Firsanov
Stage 1b (TTT)
Stage 2,Sergey Firsanov
Giro dell'Appennino,Sergey FirsanovStage 15 (ITT)Giro d'Italia,Alexander FoliforovStage 2Tour of Estonia,Roman MaikinStage 2Tour du Limousin,Roman Maikin2017Stage 4Tour de Slovaquie,Ivan SavitskiyRussiaRoad Race Championships,Alexander Porsev2018Stage 2Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo,Aleksandr VlasovJersey pink.svgOverallGiro Ciclistico d'Italia,Aleksandr Vlasov2019Stage 6Tour of Austria,Aleksandr Vlasov

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