Sergey Firsanov
Sergey Nikolayevich Firsanov (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Фирсанов; born 3 July 1982) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Gazprom–RusVelo.[2]
 Firsanov in 2016. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sergey Firsanov |
| Born | 3 July 1982 |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2001–2003 | Olympique St-Petersburg |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005 | Rietumu Banka–Riga |
| 2006 | Premier |
| 2006–2008 | Rietumu Banka–Riga |
| 2009–2010 | Team Designa Køkken |
| 2011 | Itera–Katusha |
| 2012–2018 | RusVelo[1] |
Career
Born in Velikiye Luki, Firsanov has competed as a professional since 2005, competing for the Rietumu Banka–Riga squad during two separate spells, as well as the Premier, Team Designa Køkken and Itera–Katusha squads before signing for the newly formed RusVelo team for the 2012 season.[3]
Firsanov achieved the team's first overall victory at the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid; after a third-place finish in the race-opening individual time trial, Firsanov won the race's second and final stage by almost two minutes from his nearest competitors, to comfortably take the general classification victory.[4]
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5]
Major results
- 2001
- 9th Tour du Jura
- 2004
- 9th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2005
- 1st
- 4th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
- 2006
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT) Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
- 2nd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
- 1st Stage 5a
- 3rd Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala
- 6th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
- 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 7th Grand Prix of Moscow
- 8th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
- 8th Coupe des Carpathes
- 2007
- 1st Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
- 2nd Overall Five Rings of Moscow
- 3rd Coupe des Carpathes
- 5th Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 7th Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
- 8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 8th Mayor Cup
- 9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 9th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
- 2008
- 1st
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 2, 3 (ITT) & 7
- 2nd Overall Ringerike GP
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Stage 4a (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
- 3rd Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 7th Coupe des Carpathes
- 2009
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Aleksejs Saramotins)
- 5th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 5th Grand Prix of Moscow
- 5th Rogaland GP
- 7th Overall Tønsberg 4-dagers
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Ringerike GP
- 3rd Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 4th Westrozebeke
- 6th Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
- 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 7th Chrono Champenois
- 10th Grand Prix of Moscow
- 2011
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix of Adygeya
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 5th Mayor Cup
- 6th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 7th Overall Tour de Serbie
- 9th Grand Prix of Donetsk
- 2012
- 1st
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix of Adygeya
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 3rd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop
- 4th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 5th Overall Tour of Norway
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 7th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2013
- 5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 10th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Grand Prix of Adygeya
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 6th Giro di Toscana
- 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Grand Prix of Sochi Mayor
- 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Tour of Almaty
- 5th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 5th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 1st Stage 5
- 7th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
- 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Giro dell'Appennino
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2018
- 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
- 10th Boucles de l'Aulne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
 |
30 | 96 |
|
— | — |
 |
— | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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References
- "Gazprom-RusVelo invests in youth with reduced 2018 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- "Evtushenko, Kurbatov, Stash e Vorobyev completano la Gazprom 2019. Menchov nuovo ds" [Evtushenko, Kurbatov, Stash and Vorobyev complete Gazprom in 2019. Menchov new DS]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- "New russian pro-continental team RusVelo announced". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "Firsanov wins Vuelta a Madrid". RusVelo. Provelo AG. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links
- RusVelo profile
- Sergey Firsanov at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile
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