Branislau Samoilau

Branislau Samoilau (Belarusian: Браніслаў Самойлаў; born 25 May 1985) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Minsk Cycling Club.[4]

Branislau Samoilau
Samoilau at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name
  • Branislau Samoilau
  • Belarusian: Браніслаў Самойлаў
Born (1985-05-25) 25 May 1985
Team information
Current teamMinsk Cycling Club
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist
Amateur teams
2004–2006Palazzago–Vellutex
2006Acqua & Sapone (stagiaire)
2013RCOP–Belarus
Professional teams
2007–2008Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
2009Amica Chips–Knauf
2009–2010Quick-Step
2011–2012Movistar Team[1]
2014–2017CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[2]
2018–Minsk Cycling Club[3]
Major wins
One-Day Races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2009, 2010, 2012)
National Road Race Championships (2007)

Career

Born in Vitebsk, Samoilau has competed professionally for Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo between 2007 and 2008, a brief stint for Amica Chips–Knauf in 2009, for Quick-Step in 2009 and 2010, the Movistar Team in 2011 and 2012 and CCC–Polsat–Polkowice between 2014 and 2017. Samoilau has won the Belarusian National Road Race Championships in 2007, but his strength lies in the individual time trial. He has been national time trial champion of Belarus on three occasions; in 2009, 2010 and 2012.

Samoilau did not compete in the professional peloton in 2013, but joined CCC–Polsat–Polkowice for the 2014 season.[2]

During the 2015 Tour of Austria, Samoilau was fined a month's salary by his team for having said "fucking nigger" to Natnael Berhane, a black rider from Eritrea.[5]

Major results
2004
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
1st Chieti–Casalincontrado–Blockhaus
1st Stage 5 Giro delle Regioni
3rd GP Capodarco
4th Overall Volta a Lleida
2005
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Overall Volta a Lleida
1st Stages 1, 2a & 5
1st Trofeo Franco Balestra
1st Ruota d'Oro
9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2006
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2007
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
3rd Giro del Lazio
6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
2008
1st Stage 5 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
2009
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour of Austria
10th Subida al Naranco
2010
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2011
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2012
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2013
2nd Race Horizon Park II
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of Małopolska
1st Stage 3
9th Overall Baltic Chain Tour
2014
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Cycling Tour of Sibiu
1st Stages 2 & 3a (TTT)
4th Coupe des Carpathes
2015
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour of Croatia
2016
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2017
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2018
1st Race Horizon Park Maidan
1st Race Horizon Park Classic
1st Stage 2 Tour of Mersin
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
2nd Minsk Cup
3rd Grand Prix Side
4th Overall Tour de Serbie
1st Stage 3
9th Overall Tour of Almaty
10th Grand Prix Alanya
2019
1st Overall Tour of Mesopotamia
1st Stage 1
1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour of Mersin
1st Stage 1
8th Overall Tour of China I
10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
10th Overall Tour of Xingtai
2020
1st GP Manavgat

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Giro d'Italia 22 — — 39 45 43 — — 48 — 112
Tour de France Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España — — — DNF — — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. McRae, Keith (20 September 2012). "Transfers for 2013 (World and Pro Continental Tours)". Road.cc. Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. Axelgaard, Emil (16 November 2013). "CCC renews Rebellin's contract, signs Paterski and Samoilau". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. "Il bielorusso Branislau Samoilau ingaggiato dal Minsk Cycling Club" [The Belarusian Branislau Samoilau hired by the Minsk Cycling Club]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. "Minsk Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. O'Shea, Sadhbh (10 July 2015). "Berhane racially abused at Tour of Austria". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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