Vyacheslav Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Вячесла́в Генна́дьевич Кузнецо́в; born 24 June 1989[4] in Togliatti) is a Russian former professional cyclist,[5] who rode professionally between 2013 and 2021 for the Team Katusha–Alpecin and Gazprom–RusVelo teams.
 Kuznetsov in 2018. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vyacheslav Gennadyevich Kuznetsov |
| Born | 24 June 1989 Togliatti, Russia |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010–2012 | Itera–Katusha |
| 2012 | Team Katusha (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2019 | Team Katusha[1] |
| 2020–2021 | Gazprom–RusVelo[2][3] |
In 2010, he won La Côte Picarde, one of the events of the Nations Cup U23. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7]
Major results
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- 2008
- 8th Grand Prix of Moscow
- 2010
- 1st La Côte Picarde
- 5th Duo Normand (with Anton Vorobyev)
- 6th Textielprijs
- 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 2011
- 1st
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships - 2nd Coppa della Pace
- 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23
- 5th Overall Tour of Yeroskipos
- 6th Omloop van het Waasland
- 9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 2012
- 1st La Roue Tourangelle
- 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2nd Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc
- 2nd Ruota d'Oro
- 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 3rd Mayor Cup
- 3rd Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 4th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st Stage 7
- 6th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 10th Duo Normand (with Pavel Kochetkov)
- 2014
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2015
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2016
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2018
- 7th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2020
- 7th Paris–Camembert
- 10th Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia
|
123 | 132 | 105 | DNF |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | 138 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Gazprom - RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Viacheslav Kuznetsov | ProCyclingStats". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18.
- ^ "The Cyclingnews guide to 2021-2022 rider transfers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
External links
edit- Team Katusha profile
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at UCI
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at ProCyclingStats
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at Cycling Quotient
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at CycleBase
- Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at UCI
