Alexandre Pliușchin

Alexandre Pliușchin

Pliușchin at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name Alexandre Pliușchin
Alexandru Pliușchin
Born (1987-01-13) January 13, 1987
Chişinău, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current team Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2008–2009 Ag2r–La Mondiale
2010–2011 Team Katusha
2012 Leopard–Trek Continental Team
2013 IAM Cycling[1]
2014 Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling
2015 Synergy Baku Cycling Project
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2008, 2010–2012)

Alexandre Pliușchin (Russian: Александр Плюшкин, Romanian: Alexandru Pliușchin; born January 13, 1987 in Chişinău) is a Moldovan road bicycle racer for UCI Continental Team Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli Pro Cycling Team.[2] He is a four-time National Road Race Champion; winning in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Pliuschin also represented Moldova in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, having participated in the Men's Road Race and the Men's Individual Pursuit.

For the 2014 season, Pliuschin joined the Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling squad.[2]

On February 25 Pliușchins Synergy Baku Cycling Project announced it had suspended him for a non-negative test for Salbutamol at the Sharjah Cycling Tour (a race he won) whilst riding for Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling.[3]

Major results

References

  1. "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Skydive Dubai, arriva anche Pliuschin" [Skydive Dubai, also comes Pliuschin]. Spazio Ciclismo (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. http://www.bakucyclingproject.com/synergy-baku-team-statement-concerning-alexandr-pliuschin/
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