Kanstantsin Sivtsov
 Sivtsov at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné |
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| Full name | Kanstantsin Siutsou Канстанцін Сіўцоў |
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| Born | August 9, 1982 Gomel, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) | ||
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| Current team | Team Sky | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||
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| 2001–2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008–2011 2012– |
Itera Lokomotiv Fassa Bortolo Acqua & Sapone Barloworld Team High Road Team Sky |
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| Infobox last updated on 17 January 2012 |
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Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarusian: Канстанцін Сіўцоў; born August 9, 1982 in Gomel) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam team Team Sky.[1]
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[edit] Career
Sivtsov was born in the Belarussian city of Gomel in 1982. He shot to prominence in 2004, winning the Under 23 World Road Race Championships, and the senior Belarussian championships in 2006.
He joined Barloworld for the 2007 season, and rode the Tour de France for the first time, finishing 32nd overall. Sivtsov moved to Team High Road for 2008, where he took his first stage race overall victory at the Tour de Georgia, and came 16th overall in the Tour de France. In the 2009 Giro d'Italia, he won his first two Grand Tour stages, the Team Time Trial Stage 1 and a successful solo breakaway in Stage 8.
Sivtsov enjoyed his most successful year to date in 2011. He finished 10th overall in the Giro d'Italia – again winning the team time trial stage – with an eighth place finish in the Criterium du Dauphine, and won the Belarussian National Time Trial Championship for the first time.
He moved to Team Sky for the 2012 season.
[edit] Palmares
- 2004
- 1st
World U23 Road Race Champion - 1st GP Folignano
- 2006
- 1st
Road Race Champion - 1st Stage 5, Course de la Paix
- 2007
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 32nd Overall, Tour de France
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st Stage 6
- 16th Overall Tour de France
- 2009
- 9th Overall Tirreno - Adriatico
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 14th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 TTT
- 1st Stage 8
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Vuelta a España
- 2011
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 TTT
- 8th Overall Criterium du Dauphine
- 17th Overall Volta ao Algarve
[edit] Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
– | – | 15 | – | 9 |
 Tour |
31 | 16 | – | 39 | - |
 Vuelta |
– | – | – | 37 | DNF |
[edit] References
- ^ "Sivtsov to Team Sky". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 6 October 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sivtsov-to-team-sky. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Kanstantsin Sivtsov profile at Cycling Archives
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