Serhiy Honchar
Serhiy Gonchar (Ukrainian: Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion (2000). Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrectly called Honchar.[1]
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Full name | Serhiy Gonchar | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | 3 July 1970|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | |||||||||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Time trialist | |||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Ideal | |||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Aki | |||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | |||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Vini Caldirola | |||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Liquigas | |||||||||||||||||||
2002 | Fassa Bortolo | |||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | De Nardi-Colpack | |||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | T-Mobile Team | |||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Preti Mangimi | |||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Team Utensilnord | |||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
Gonchar failed a blood health check in the 1999 Tour de Suisse, and was removed from the race. Even though it was only a health check, and not a doping offence, the Tour de France organisation still decided to ban his Vini Caldirola team from the 1999 Tour de France.[2]
In the 2006 Tour de France, Gonchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7. In time trialing, Gonchar rocks the top of his body to get the most out of a big gear. He beat Landis, Zabriskie, Lang, Rogers, Kloden, Evans and various others in the individual time trials in the 2006 Tour de France.
On 11 May 2007, Gonchar was suspended for 30 days by his T-Mobile team, following blood tests taken at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour de Romandie. On 19 June 2007, the T-Mobile team announced the termination of his contract.
When Gonchar was not able to find a new team in 2010, he retired.[3]
Major results
- 1996
National Time Trial Champion
- 1997
- 1st Chrono des Herbiers
- 2nd
World Time Trial Championship
- 1st stage 18 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
- 1998
National Time Trial Champion
- 1st stage 3b (ITT) Ronde van Nederland
- 1st stage 3b (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd
World Time Trial Championship
- 10th overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 21 (ITT)
- 1st Chrono des Herbiers
- 1999
- 1st Ronde van Nederland
- 1st stage 3b (ITT)
- 7th overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 18 (ITT)
- 1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
- 1st Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st Chrono des Herbiers
- 2000
National Time Trial Champion
- 1st
World Time Trial Championship
- 1st overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st stage 2
- 9th overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
- 2nd Chrono des Herbiers
- 2001
- 1st overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st stage 3
- 4th overall Giro d'Italia
- 2nd overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st stage 4 (ITT)
National Time Trial Champion
- 3rd Chrono des Herbiers
- 2002
- 3rd overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
National Time Trial Champion
- 2003
- 8th overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 21 (ITT)
National Road Race Champion
- 3rd overall Ronde van Nederland
- 3rd Grand Prix des Nations
- 2004
- 2nd overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st stage 13 (ITT)
- 2005
- 1st stage 3 Giro del Trentino
- 6th overall Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 2006
- 2nd overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- Giro d'Italia
- Leader of the general classification (after stages 5 and 7)
- Tour de France
- 52nd general classification
- Leader of the general classification (after stages 7–9)
- 1st stage 7 (ITT)
- 1st stage 19 (ITT)
See also
References
- General
Serhiy Honchar at Cycling Archives
- Specific
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/interviews/?id=gonchar_post_tour06
- "Vini Caldirola now out of Tour". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- Haake, Bjorn (19 February 2010). "Gonchar retires set to lead Ukrainian National Team". Velonation.
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