Vasil Kiryienka
 Kiryienka at the 2011 Giro d'Italia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Vasili Kiryienka | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Robocop[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
28 June 1981 Rechytsa, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climber/Time trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 2006 2007–2008 2009–2012 2013– |
OTC Doors (May–) Rietumu-Riga (–June) Tinkoff Credit Systems Caisse d'Epargne Team Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Infobox last updated on 4 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vasili Kiryienka (Belarusian: Васіль Кірыенка) (born 28 June 1981) is a Belarusian racing cyclist, racing for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.[2]
Career
Kiryienka finished 2nd in the 10th stage of the 2010 Tour de France, he was outsprinted at the line by Sérgio Paulinho after basically leading him out to the finish. Kiryienka has also won two stages of the Giro d'Italia, in 2008 and 2011. In 2008, he was victorious in stage 19, a mountainous affair leading to Presolana, after spending the day on the attack and registering more than 6 hours and a half in the saddle.[3] In the 2011 edition, he was part of a long breakaway and made it to destination solo in a mountain stage that took the riders to Sestriere. He had more than 4 minutes of an advantage over the second of the day, Jose Rujano of Androni Giocattoli.[4] In 2012, Kiryienka finished third in the UCI World Time Trial Championships.
Kiryienka left Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Team Sky on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.[2]
Palmares
- 1999
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 2000
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2001
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2002
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 2003
- Aguascalientes Track World Cup
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 3rd Team pursuit
- European Under-23 Track Championships
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 2004
- 3rd Aguascalientes Track World Cup, Individual pursuit
- 6th Overall Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
- 2005
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Manchester Track World Cup, Points race
- 1st Coppa della Pace
- 1st Giro del Casentino
- 1st Stage 3 Giro della Toscana (Under-23)
- 2006
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- Sydney Track World Cup
- 1st Scratch
- 3rd Points race
- 2nd Overall Scandinavian Week
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Moscow Track World Cup, Points race
- 2nd, Scandinavian Open
- 3rd World Track Championships, Points race
- 3rd Riga GP
- 4th EOS Tallinn GP
- 4th Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala
- 5th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
- 6th World Time Trial Championships
- 8th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
- 1st Stage 6
- 2007
- 1st Stage 3 Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 2nd Eindhoven Team Time Trial
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 9th Tour du Haut Var
- 9th World Time Trial Championships
- 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd GP Citta di Camaiore
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 18th World Time Trial Championships
- 2011
- 1st Overall Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Critérium International
- 1st Points classification
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 2
- 2012
- 3rd UCI World Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2013
- 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España
- Road World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 4th Individual time trial
- 3rd
References
- ↑ Mills, Benjamin. "Team Sky Photo Gallery". Team Sky. BSkyB. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kiryienka to Sky for three years". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 18 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ Gerald Churchill (1 June 2008). "Kiryienka wins stage 19 of Giro". Road Cycling (2011 ROADCYCLING.COM).
- ↑ Susan Westemayer (28 May 2011). "Kiryienka soars to Sestriere". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 11 December 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasil Kiryienka. |
- Vasil Kiryienka profile at Team Sky
- Vasil Kiryienka profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Cycling Base (French)