Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (Александр Васильевич Колобнев;[2] born 4 May 1981) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer.[3] His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of the 2007 Paris–Nice and he is a two-time winner of the Russian National Road Race Championships. In 2011, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for a potential drug masking agent.[4][5] He was cleared of intentional doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February 2012,[6] and returned to Team Katusha in March 2012.[3]
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| Full name | Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1981 Vyksa, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Domina Vacanze–Elitron | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Team CSC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Team Katusha | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Gazprom–RusVelo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Career
editBorn in Vyksa, Russian SFSR, Kolobnev spent his neo-pro year in 2002 with Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo. His second season saw him sign with Domina Vacanze–Elitron. There, he took his first victory in Stage 2 of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali. He stayed with Domina Vacanze through the 2004 season and signed with UCI ProTeam Rabobank for 2005. With Rabobank he managed to capture Stage 1 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006.
In 2007 he transferred to Team CSC. He won the third stage of Paris–Nice, became the inaugural winner of the Monte Paschi Eroica, now known as Strade Bianche,[7] and finished second at the UCI Road World Championships. Kolobnev finished fourth in the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games. Second-place finisher Davide Rebellin later tested positive for Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), causing the IOC to strip him of his silver medal. Kolobnev was promoted to third in the race's standings by the UCI. However, he was not awarded the bronze medal until 2011.[8][9]
Controversies
editExonerated doping test
editIn the 2011 Tour de France he tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, a masking agent that can hide the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. He was subsequently pulled from the tour by his team,[10][11] and his results for that stage were annulled.[12] Despite his B sample also testing positive he only received a fine from the Russian cycling federation.[13] However this was later appealed by the UCI to CAS, although he was subsequently cleared of any charges on 29 February 2012.[14] Kolobnev rejoined Team Katusha in March 2012.[3]
Acquitted on case 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
editIn 2012, the Union Cycliste Internationale initiated an investigation of Kolobnev and the Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov over allegations brought by the Swiss news magazine L'lllustre and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. They accused Vinokourov of cutting a deal with Kolobnev in 2010 to aid Vinokourov in winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège, alleging €150,000 exchanged hands.[15] On 12 September 2019, prosecutors requested a six-month jail sentence for Kolobnev and Vinokourov, with an additional fine of €50,000 for Kolobnev, as well as €150,000 to be confiscated from his bank account.[16] Kolobnev and Vinokourov were cleared on 5 November 2019, with the judge citing a "lack of concrete evidence" for the court's decision.[17]
Personal life
editHe lives in Dénia, Spain, with his wife Daria and two sons and one daughter, David, Alexander and Aprelia. He opened a hotel in Dénia which had several altitude simulation rooms, a permitted method to increase athletic performance.[18]
Major results
edit- 1999
- 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 2001
- 1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 4th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 2002
- 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2003 (1 pro win)
- 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 2nd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Coppa Sabatini
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo
- 2004 (1)
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Young rider classification, Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali - 2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 7th Overall Brixia Tour
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 8th Trofeo Matteotti
- 10th Road race, Olympic Games
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2006 (1)
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 1
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 7th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 2007 (2)
- 1st Monte Paschi Eroica
- 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Deutschland Tour
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2008
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd
Road race, Olympic Games - 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Klasika Primavera
- 5th Coppa Sabatini
- 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2009
- 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 9th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 9th Clásica de Almería
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2010 (1)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2011
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Amstel Gold Race
- 2012
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 9th Trofeo Melinda
- 2013 (1)
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 7th Strade Bianche
- 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2014
- 7th GP Miguel Induráin
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2016
- 1st
Mountains classification, Volta ao Algarve - 10th Overall Giro di Toscana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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21 | 71 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 73 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | 65 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
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54 | — | 51 | 40 | 31 | 29 | — | — | — | 40 | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | 51 | — | — | DNF | 73 | — | |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during his career | |||||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 44 | 39 | — | 60 | 45 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 11 | — | 75 | 33 | — | — | |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 56 | DNF | — | 23 | 11 | 13 | 3 | DNF | — | 14 | DNF | 13 | — | DNF | |
| Classic | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Strade Bianche | Race did not exist | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 74 | — | — | |||||
| Amstel Gold Race | DNF | 51 | 64 | — | — | 53 | 36 | 6 | 21 | 5 | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | 5 | 59 | — | 29 | 53 | DNF | 21 | 74 | 81 | — | 96 | 48 | — | — | |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | 61 | 101 | 33 | 19 | DNF | 2 | 15 | 45 | — | — | 21 | 11 | — | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Race did not exist | — | — | 38 | 22 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | 2 | 11 | — | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
Major championship results timeline
edit| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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 Olympic Games
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Not held | 10 | Not held | 3 | Not held | 24 | Not held | — | |||||||
 World Championships
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153 | 49 | DNF | 7 | 26 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 7 | — | 28 | DNF | 46 | — | — |
 National Championships
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— | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Alexander Kolobnev". Team Katusha. Katusha Management SA. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ^ 1 (Sovetsky Sport), 2
- ^ a b c "Alexander Kolobnev joins Katusha Team". Team Katusha. Katusha Management SA. March 28, 2012. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "Tour de France – First rider fails dope test, sacked". Eurosport. Yahoo!. Reuters. July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ "Alexandr Kolobnev signs for Team Katusha". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
- ^ Nigel Wynn (March 2012). "Alexandr Kolobnev cleared of doping by CAS | Latest News". Cycling Weekly.
- ^ Brown, Gregor. "Kolobnev becomes the first to conquer Eroica". Cycling News. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ^ Kolobnev Still Waiting For Olympic Bronze | Cyclingnews.com
- ^ "Alexander Kolobnev to receive Olympic medal". velo.outsideonline.com. January 26, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "Press release: Adverse Analytical Finding for Kolobnev". Union Cycliste Internationale. July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Kolobnev Tour de France's first doping case". Cycling News. Bath, UK: Future Publishing Limited. July 11, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
- ^ "Sanctions, Period of Ineligibily, Disqualification". UCI. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
- ^ "Kolobnev Not With Katusha In 2012". Cyclingnews.com. December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ^ BBC Sport – Alexandr Kolobnev escapes doping ban but fined £1,040
- ^ "Vinokourov summoned to UCI regarding his Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory". Tengrinews.kz English. November 6, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
- ^ "Vinokourov and Kolobnev risk six-month jail sentence for alleged Liège–Bastogne–Liège 'bribery'". cyclingnews.com. September 12, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Vinokourov and Kolobnev cleared of selling 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège". cyclingnews.com. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (January 21, 2022). "Campenaerts and Vermeersch check into Kolobnev's altitude hotel". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
External links
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- Alexandr Kolobnev at UCI
- Alexandr Kolobnev at ProCyclingStats
- Alexandr Kolobnev at trap-friis.dk
- Palmares on CyclingBase.com
