Evgeny Shalunov
.JPG) Shalunov in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name |
|
| Born | 8 January 1992 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Gazprom–RusVelo |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2011 | Lokomotiv–Urbycolan |
| 2011 | Team RadioShack (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2015 | Lokosphinx[1] |
| 2016– | Gazprom–RusVelo[2][3] |
Evgeny Vladimirovich Shalunov (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Шалунов; born 8 January 1992) is a Russian professional road and track bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Gazprom–RusVelo.[4]
Career
[edit]Shalunov has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2011 season, having signed a stagiaire deal with Team RadioShack in July 2011.[5]
A winner of eight national events in 2011 with Lokomotiv–Urbycolan, Shalunov signed with the Lokosphinx team for the 2012 season. After finishing fourth in the La Roue Tourangelle held in France in March,[6] Shalunov won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Vuelta a La Rioja in Spain.[7] Attacking around 30 km (18.6 mi) from the finish in La Rioja, Shalunov soloed to the finish line to win by 28 seconds ahead of Euskaltel–Euskadi's Pablo Urtasun and teammate Mikhail Antonov.[8]
He was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[9]
Major results
[edit]- 2010
- 1st Overall Závod Míru
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 2nd
Individual pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships - 2nd Overall Vuelta al Besaya
- 1st Stage 4
- 2011
- 1st Overall Bidasoa Itzulia
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st GP Macario
- 1st Memorial Valenciaga
- Volta a Coruña
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
- 2012
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- 4th La Roue Tourangelle
- 2013
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 7th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
- 10th Klasika Primavera
- 2014
- 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th Ster ZLM Toer
- 7th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 2nd Klasika Primavera
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2016
- 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 7th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2017
- 5th Rund um Köln
- 2019
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 2020
- 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2017 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
123 |
 Tour de France
|
— |
 Vuelta a España
|
— |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lokosphinx (LOK) - RUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Menchov returns as directeur sportif with Gazprom-RusVelo". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 17 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.
- ^ Philippon, Alexandre (30 July 2011). "Shalunov sera stagiaire chez Radio Shack" [Shalunov will intern at Radio Shack]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Kuznetsov triumphs at La Roue Tourangelle". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Shalunov wins Vuelta a la Rioja". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Shalunov wins Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- Evgeny Shalunov at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cycling Quotient profile
- Evgeny Shalunov at ProCyclingStats
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