Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (cyclist)

Vyacheslav Gennadyevich Kuznetsov (Russian: Вячесла́в Генна́дьевич Кузнецо́в; born 24 June 1989)^[4] is a Russian former professional cyclist,^[5] who rode professionally between 2013 and 2021 for the Team Katusha–Alpecin and Gazprom–RusVelo teams.

Vyacheslav Kuznetsov

Kuznetsov in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Vyacheslav Gennadyevich Kuznetsov
Born	(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 35) Togliatti, Russia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics rider
Amateur teams
2010–2012	Itera–Katusha
2012	Team Katusha (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013–2019	Team Katusha[1]
2020–2021	Gazprom–RusVelo[2][3]

In 2010, he won La Côte Picarde, one of the events of the Nations Cup U23. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.^[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.^[7]

Major results

Kuznetsov at the 2016 Dwars door Vlaanderen

2008

8th Grand Prix of Moscow

2010

1st La Côte Picarde

5th Duo Normand (with Anton Vorobyev)

6th Textielprijs

10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

10th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

2011

1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Coppa della Pace

4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Under-23

5th Overall Tour of Yeroskipos

6th Omloop van het Waasland

9th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

2012

1st La Roue Tourangelle

2nd Overall Ronde de l'Oise

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

2nd Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc

2nd Ruota d'Oro

3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes

1st Stage 3 (TTT)

3rd Mayor Cup

3rd Grand Prix des Marbriers

4th Overall Tour of Bulgaria

1st Stage 7

6th Overall Olympia's Tour

10th Duo Normand (with Pavel Kochetkov)

2014

7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

2015

4th Road race, National Road Championships

8th Overall Tour of Belgium

2016

3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

9th Overall Tour of Qatar

2018

7th Overall Tour de Wallonie

7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

2020

7th Paris–Camembert

10th Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	123	132	105	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	138

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

1. "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
2. "Gazprom - RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
3. "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
4. "Viacheslav Kuznetsov | ProCyclingStats". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18.
5. "The Cyclingnews guide to 2021-2022 rider transfers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
6. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
7. "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

External links

• Team Katusha profile
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at UCI
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at ProCyclingStats
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at Cycling Quotient
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at CycleBase
• Vyacheslav Kuznetsov at UCI