Valentina Polkhanova

Valentina Polkhanova

Personal information
Born	(1971-08-15) August 15, 1971 Russia
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Road cycling World Championships Gold 1993 Oslo Team time trial Gold 1994 Agrigento Team time trial Bronze 1990 Utsunomiya Team time trial Bronze 1991 Stuttgart Team time trial

Valentina Polkhanova (Russian: Валентина Николаевна Полханова, born 15 August 1971 in Russia) is a former Russian road racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the UCI Road World Championships in the team time trial in 1993 and 1994 and a bronze medal in 1990 and 1991. In 1994 she also won the Tour de France Féminin.^[1]

Teams

• 1999 The Greenery Grisley (Germany)
• 2000 Edil Savino (Italy)
• 2001 Carpe Diem-Itera (Russia)
• 2002 Itera (Russia)
• 2003 Velodames-Colnago (Russia)
• 2004 Nobili Rubinetterie-Guerciotti (Italy)
• 2005 P.M.B. Fenixs (Italy)

References

External links

• Valentina Polkhanova profile at Cycling Archives

UCI Road World Champions – Women's team time trial National teams 1987: Soviet Union (Kibardina, Jakovleva, Poliakova, Pogovitchaikova) 1988: Italy (Bandini, Bonanomi, Canins, Galli) 1989: Soviet Union (Kibardina, Poliakova, Zilporytė, Melekhina) 1990: Netherlands (Van Moorsel, Knol, Westland, Schop) 1991: France (Clignet, Gendron, Odin, Marsal) 1992: United States (Stephenson, Golay, Bolland, Bankaitis-Davis) 1993–1994: Russia (Sokolova, Bubnenkova, Polkhanova, Koliaseva) Trade teams 2012: Team Specialized–lululemon (Van Dijk, Becker, Neben, Stevens, Teutenberg, Worrack) 2013: Specialized–lululemon (Van Dijk, Brennauer, Stevens, Small, Colclough, Worrack) 2014: Specialized–lululemon (Blaak, Brennauer, Canuel, Small, Stevens, Worrack)