Viatcheslav Ekimov
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Full name | Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Eki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 4 February 1966|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider Team manager | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time-trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov (Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born 4 February 1966 in Vyborg), nicknamed Eki, is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001.
Biography
Ekimov started training as a cyclist at age 12 with a bicycle school affiliated with the famous centre of Aleksandr Kuznetsov. He trained in Leningrad at Lokomotiv and later Armed Forces sports society during the Soviet era.
Ekimov won three Olympic gold medals:[3] in the track team pursuit in Seoul (1988) for the USSR, and in an upset, in the road time trial in Sydney (2000) for Russia. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ekimov won the silver medal for Russia in the men's road individual time trial, losing to American Tyler Hamilton. Hamilton was later stripped of his medal for doping and Ekimov was promoted to gold.[4]
Ekimov joined the USPS team in 1997 as its first key international signing, briefly retiring in 2001 before rejoining the team the following year. In the 2003 Tour de France Ekimov placed 10th in the prologue. He was a key force in the winning team time trial effort in stage four and was important to Lance Armstrong's fifth Tour victory both on the flats and in the mountains. He missed the 2005 Tour de France due to injuries received in a training ride with Armstrong in Texas.[5] During the final stage of the 2006 Tour de France, now racing for the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, he announced that the 2006 Tour would be his last. He was honored by the peloton on the final stage, who allowed him to lead them over the line on the first of the eight laps of the Champs-Élysées. Ekimov started and finished 15 Tours de France, tying him with Lucien Van Impe for the second most Tour finishes, behind Joop Zoetemelk and Sylvain Chavanel.
In September 2006 he finished riding for Discovery, but stayed with the team as Assistant Directeur Sportif to Johan Bruyneel.[6] He helped guide the Discovery riders during the U.S. Pro Cycling Championships in 2006 as well as the Tour of California and the Tour de Georgia.
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- {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia..[8] The UCI, in a letter written to Katusha Team, denied them entrance into the 2013 World Tour. Among the many ethical violations the UCI cited, the appointment of Ekimov was among them for reasons unspecified.[9] After the end of 2016 season Ekimov stepped down from the role.[10]
Major results
- 1988
- 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 1st Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Overall Vuelta al Táchira
- 1st Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1989
- 1st Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1990
- 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 1991
- 1st Points race, UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Stage 20 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium International
- 1992
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 5
- 1993
- 1st Clásica de Almería
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 1994
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Overall Tour DuPont
- 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 1995
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall Tour DuPont
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 1996
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1997
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st Stage 8 Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1998
- 1st Stage 6 Pru Tour
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1999
- 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 2000
- 1st Time trial, Olympic Games
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 2001
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a la Communidad Valenciana
- 2003
- 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix
- 2004
- 1st Time trial, Olympic Games
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Tour de Languedoc-Roussillon
- 5th Overall Tour de Georgia
- 5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Three Days of De Panne
References
- ^ Cycling - Road Time Trial results, Athens 2004 - Olympics.org
- ^ Hamilton, the winner of the golden medal at the time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics, confessed doping use and was stripped of his gold medal, Ekimov who finished in second position, has been awarded the gold.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viatcheslav Ekimov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Tyler Hamilton stripped of Athens Olympics gold after doping admission". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Ekimov blow hits Armstrong's team
- ^ Discovery Channel axe 11 riders
- ^ "Ekimov to direct Armstrong's RadioShack in 2010". Cyclingnews. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ "Confirmed: Ekimov new manager of Katusha Team". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "UCI cites 'ethical reasons' for Katusha WorldTour snub". VeloNews.com. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Ekimov steps down as Katusha general manager". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
External links
Media related to Viatcheslav Ekimov at Wikimedia Commons
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Vyborg
- Russian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic cyclists of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Russian Tour de France stage winners
- Russian Vuelta a España stage winners
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Katusha–Alpecin
- Vuelta a España cyclists
- Tour de France cyclists
- Giro d'Italia cyclists
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Russian track cyclists