Ilnur Zakarin

Ilnur Zakarin

Ilnur Zakarin in 2014
Personal information
Born 15 September 1989
Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Katusha
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-Rounder
Professional team(s)
2012 Itera-Katusha
2013-2014 RusVelo
2015- Team Katusha
Major wins
Russian National Time Trial Championships (2013)
Infobox last updated on
10 April 2015

Ilnur Zakarin (Russian: Ильнур Азатович Закарин; born 15 September 1989) is a Russian racing cyclist.[1]

In 2007, as a 17 year old, he won the juniors time trial at the European Road Championships.[2]

Doping ban

In July 2009 the Russian cycling federation announced that Zakarin had been banned for two years after he'd tested positive for the anabolic steroid methandienone.[3]

Comeback

He came back from his ban in 2011 and in 2012 he got a contract with continental team Itera-Katusha. In the fall of 2012 he rode as a trainee with Team Katusha, but he wasn't picked up by the team and instead he got a contract with pro continental team RusVelo, which he rode for 2013-2014.

In September 2014 Team Katusha announced that they had signed Zakarin on a two year deal from 2015.[4]

Palmarès

2011
10th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
2012
1st GP Donetsk
1st Overall GP Adygeya
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
4th Overall Tour Alsace
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
8th Duo Normand
9th Overall Girobio
1st Stage 5
1st Points classification
10th Overall GP Sochi
2013
1st Russian National Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall GP Adygeya
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
5th Duo Normand
2014
1st Overall GP Sochi
1st Overall GP Adygeya
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
1st Overall Tour de Azerbaijan
2nd Overall Tour de Slovénie
3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2015
9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
10th Overall Tour de San Luis[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ilnur Zakarin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Results Road Men Junior 2007". European Cycling Union. 2009-10-13.
  3. ↑ Susan Westemeyer: Russia suspends three young riders, cyclingnews.com, 21 July 2009
  4. ↑ "Team Katusha signs with Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Lagutin" (Press release). Team Katusha. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Barry (25 January 2015). "Diaz wins Tour de San Luis". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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