Ilia Koshevoy

Ilia Evgenievich Koshevoy (Belarusian: Ілья Яўгенавіч Кашавы; born 20 March 1991) is a Belarusian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2015 and 2018 for the Lampre–Merida and Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia teams.[2]

Ilia Koshevoy
Personal information
Full nameIlia Evgenievich Koshevoy
Born (1991-03-20) 20 March 1991[1]
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight62.5 kg (138 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad, track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2011Brogio
2012–2013Big Hunter–Effepi Auto–Fil 3–Seanese
2014GS Podenzano
Professional teams
2013Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela (stagiaire)
2014Lampre–Merida (stagiaire)
2015–2016Lampre–Merida
2017–2018Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia

Biography

2009 season

In August 2009 Koshevoy finished 40th overall in the Regio-Tour.[3] In September he finished second on stage one and two at the Giro di Basilicata stage race, finishing second overall with the same time as winner Giovanni Gaia.[3][4]

2011 season

In May 2011 Koshevoy finished 40th overall in the Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo and 41st at the San Vendemiano GP in Italy.[5] He then participated in the Belarus national championships, finishing second in the individual time trial behind Kanstantsin Sivtsov of HTC–Highroad and 11th in the road race.[5][6] In July he travelled to Offida, Italy to participate in the European Road Championships, where he finished 33rd in the time trial and 53rd in the road race.[5]

2012 season

Koshevoy began his season in April at the Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza where he finished 27th, before finishing 14th in the Gran Premio Palio del Recioto nine days later.[7] He then abandoned the Toscana-Terra di ciclismo and came 34th in the Gran Premio della Liberazione.[7] At the national road cycling championships in Grodno, Koshevoy finished eighth in the road race.[7][8]

Koshevoy finished 34th overall in the Dookoła Mazowsza stage race in Poland in July, as well as finishing 8th in the young rider classification.[7] In August at the European Road Championships in Goes, the Netherlands he finished 49th in the individual time trial and 78th in the road race.[7] Koshevoy then went to Italy where he finished 20th in the GP Capodarco before returning to the Netherlands to represent Belarus at the UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg.[7] He finished 28th in the men's under-23 road race.[7] Koshevoy ended his season in Italy in September with a 67th position in the Ruota d'Oro - Gran Premio Festa del Perdono.[7]

2013 season

Koshevoy began the 2013 season in April at the Trofeo Edil C, finishing in 10th place.[9] Twelve days later he won the Gran Premio della Liberazione by finishing just one second ahead of Adam Phelan of Drapac Cycling.[9][10][11] This was his only win in the UCI Europe Tour. Three days after this victory he came 14th in the Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo.[9] In May Koshevoy travelled to Azerbaijan to compete in the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. He finished 23rd overall and 20th in the mountains classification.[9] In June Koshevoy came 47th in the Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi, and eighth in the Belarus national road race championship road race.[9] In July he finished 38th in the European Championship under-23 road race in the Czech Republic.[9]

In August he joined the Italian UCI Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela as a stagiaire for the remainder of their season. He finished 14th in the Gran Premio Capodarco, 58 seconds behind winner Matteo Busato.[12] He then raced the Tour du Limousin, finishing 56th overall and 11th in the young rider classification.[9] Representing Belarus at the UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany, Koshevoy finished 20th in the men's under-23 road race, just 16 seconds behind winner Matej Mohorič.[13] Koshevoy ended the season in October with a 43rd place in the Coppa Sabatini and a 20th place at the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli.[9] He was not offered a contract with Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela for the 2014 season.

2014 season

Koshevoy began the 2014 season in April with a 27th place at the Trofeo Edil C and a 28th place at the Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo.[14] In June he finished second in the Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi and 21st in the Coppa della Pace.[14] On 29 June Koshevoy participated in the Belarus national road cycling championships in Mazyr.[15] He finished in eighth place, only 15 seconds behind winner Yauheni Hutarovich of Ag2r–La Mondiale.[15]

In July Koshevoy signed as a stagiaire for the remainder of the 2014 Lampre-Merida season, beginning August 1.[16] His first race for Lampre-Merida was in the United States of America, where he finished 13th in the Tour of Utah.[14] After returning to Europe Koshevoy raced the GP Capodarco, which he did not finish.[14] He ended his season in September at the Tre Valli Varesine, which he did not finish either.[14] Despite this Koshevoy was offered a professional contract for the following season.

2015 season

2015 was Koshevoy's first proper season as a professional cyclist at Italian UCI ProTeam Lampre–Merida. He started off the season at the Dubai Tour, finishing 24th overall and second in the young rider classification.[17] Koshevoy finished 68th at the Trofeo Laigueglia in Italy.[17] In March Koshevoy finished 48th at the Gran Premio di Lugano.[17] In the Strade Bianche Koshevoy was part of an early breakaway which was caught by the peloton, and he did not finish the race.[18][17] He was named in the start list for the Vuelta a España.[19] He finished in second on the Vuelta's seventh stage behind Bert-Jan Lindeman and he finished in 144th position in the general classification.

2016 season

He was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia,[20] which he finished in 97th position. He also participated in the Vuelta a España, finishing it in 151th position.

2017 season

For 2017 Koshevoy signed for the Italian UCI Professional Continental team Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia and rode the Giro d'Italia.

Career achievements

Major results
2009
2nd Overall Giro di Basilicata
2011
2nd National Time Trial Championships
2013
1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
10th Trofeo Edil C
2014
2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2015
1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake
2016
5th Overall Tour de San Luis
2017
4th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017
Giro d'Italia — 97 155
Tour de France — — —
Vuelta a España 144 151 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Koshevoy Ilia". TeamLampreMerida.com. Lampre-Merida. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "Koshevoy and Turrin the latest Wilier riders forced into early retirement". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2009". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. "2009 » Giro di Basilicata (2.1) General Classification". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  5. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2011". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  6. "2011 » National Championships Belarus - ITT (NC) Individual Time Trial » Mazyr › Mazyr". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2012". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  8. "2012 » National Championships Belarus - Road Race (NC) Classic » Grodno › Grodno". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  9. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2013". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  10. "Gran Premio della Liberazione vince il bielorusso Koshevoy". roma.larepubblica.it (in Italian). la Repubblica. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  11. "2013 » 68th Gran Premio della Liberazione (1.2U) Classic » Roma › Roma". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. "2013 » GP Capodarco - Comunità di Capodarco (1.2) Classic » Capodarco › Capodarco". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. "Final Results: Road race Men Under-23" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 27 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  14. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2014". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  15. "2014 » National Championships Belarus - Road Race (NC) Classic » Mazyr › Mazyr". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  16. "Andrea Vaccher and Ilia Koshevoy in blue-fuchsia-green". TeamLampreMerida.com. Lampre-Merida. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  17. "Ilia Koshevoy » Lampre - Merida - 2015". ProCyclingStats.com. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  18. "Stybar wins 2015 Strade Bianche". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  19. "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  20. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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