Honchar in 2011 |
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| Full name | Serhiy Honchar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 3, 1970 Rivne, USSR |
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| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (160 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–2001 2002 2003–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008 2009 |
Ideal Aki Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio Vini Caldirola Liquigas Fassa Bortolo De Nardi Domina Vacanze T-Mobile Team Preti Mangimi Team Utensilnord |
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| Infobox last updated on June 19, 2007 |
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Serhiy Honchar (Ukrainian: Сергій Гончар; born July 3, 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion. In the 2006 Tour de France, Honchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7.
In time trialing, Honchar 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.
Honchard 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.[1] On 11 May 2007, Honchar 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 Honchar was not able to find a new team in 2010, he retired.[2]
Serhiy Honchar profile at Cycling Archives
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