Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)
Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982) is a Russian professional road racing cyclist.[1] Gusev has been a professional since 2004, spending two years each at Team CSC and Discovery Channel before moving to Astana in 2008. On 25 July 2008 team Astana fired Gusev for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check,[2] a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June.[3]
 Gusev at the 2011 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev Владимир Николаевич Гусев |
| Nickname | Goose |
| Born | 4 July 1982 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2005 | Team CSC |
| 2006–2007 | Discovery Channel |
| 2008 | Astana |
| 2010–2014 | Team Katusha |
| 2015 | Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli |
| Major wins | |
| National Time Trial Championships (2005, 2007, 2010) | |
At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level-crossing.
Gusev joined Team Katusha in 2010 after not riding for a trade team since his dismissal from Astana.[4]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2003
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 2004
- 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2005
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 4th Paris–Camembert
- 8th HEW Cyclassics
- 9th Brabantse Pijl
- 10th Tour of Flanders
- 2006
- 1st
Overall Sachsen Tour International - 3rd Japan Cup
- 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 8th Züri–Metzgete
- UCI Road World Championships
- 10th Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 2007
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 7
- 1st
- 2nd Trofeo Pollença
- 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour
- 7th Trofeo Sóller
- Tour de France
- Held after Prologue–Stage 6
- Held
- 2008
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 8th Chrono des Nations
- 2010
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 2011
- 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 10th Münsterland Giro
- 2012
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2014
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Tour du Maroc
- 1st Stage 8
- 5th Overall Tour de Ijen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | 65 | 60 |
| Tour de France |
— | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | 23 | DNF | — | — |
| Vuelta a España |
93 | — | 23 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 62 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
Media related to Vladimir Gusev at Wikimedia Commons