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]

Vladimir Gusev
Gusev at the 2011 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Nikolayevich Gusev
Владимир Николаевич Гусев
NicknameGoose
Born (1982-07-04) 4 July 1982
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
2004–2005Team CSC
2006–2007Discovery Channel
2008Astana
2010–2014Team Katusha
2015Skydive 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
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
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
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
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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