Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Власов; born 23 April 1996) is a Russian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[7]
 Vlasov at the 2019 Giro dell'Emilia | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov |
| Nickname | The Cyborg from Vyborg [1] Sasha[2] |
| Born | 23 April 1996 Vyborg, Russia |
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2015–2017 | Viris Maserati–Sisal–Matchpoint |
| Professional teams | |
| 2018–2019 | Gazprom–RusVelo[3] |
| 2020–2021 | Astana[4][5] |
| 2022– | Bora–Hansgrohe[6] |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
Career
editAstana (2020–21)
editIn October 2020, he was named in the startlists for the Giro d'Italia[8] and the Vuelta a España,[9] where he finished 11th overall. In 2021, he finished second in Paris–Nice,[10] and finished just off the podium in the Giro d'Italia.[11]
Bora–Hansgrohe
editIn August 2021, Vlasov was announced to be moving to the Bora–Hansgrohe team, signing an initial three-year contract from 2022.[12] Vlasov made his first start with the team at January's Challenge Mallorca, finishing third in the Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx.[13] In his first stage race with the team, the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Vlasov won the third stage which finished on the Alto de las Antenas del Maigmó.[14] He assumed the overall race lead, which he held to the end of the race.[15] He took four further top-five results over the next two months, placing fourth overall at the UAE Tour,[16] second at the GP Miguel Induráin,[17] third overall at the Tour of the Basque Country,[18] and third at La Flèche Wallonne.[19] Following this run of results, Vlasov next competed at the Tour de Romandie, where he was third overall going into the final stage,[20] behind Rohan Dennis and Juan Ayuso. The final stage was a primarily uphill 15.84-kilometre (9.84-mile) individual time trial between the World Cycling Centre in Aigle and the ski resort of Villars-sur-Ollon; Vlasov won the stage by more than half a minute from his next closest challenger Simon Geschke, and with Ayuso and Dennis each losing more than a minute, Vlasov also won the overall general classification.[21]
In preparation for the Tour de France, Vlasov aimed for a 3rd stage race victory of 2022 in the Tour de Suisse, and won the 5th stage to Novazzano, taking the race lead before the first mountain stages. However, Vlasov along with several other riders had to abandon the race the next day after testing positive for Covid 19, hindering his Tour de France preparation.[22]
He went into the 2022 Tour de France, his first Tour entry, with high GC aspirations, but ran into bad luck early in the race. Before the serious mountain stages even started his chances for a high finish took a severe hit.[23] As the race progressed he moved back up in the standings. He made his final jump up to 5th place overall by riding considerably better than Quintana and Meintjes, who were ahead of him to start the day, in the individual time trial on stage 20.[24]
Major results
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- 2014
- 1st
Overall GP Général Patton
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 2015
- 3rd Coppa della Pace
- 2016
- 6th GP Capodarco
- 9th Giro del Medio Brenta
- 2017
- 4th Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 9th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 9th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia - 2nd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 6th Giro del Belvedere
- 2019 (2 pro wins)
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Overall Tour of Almaty
- 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 4th Overall Giro di Sicilia
- 5th Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 6
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 9th Coppa Agostoni
- 10th Overall Tour of the Alps
- 2020 (3)
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2nd Overall Tour de la Provence
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
- 4th Gran Piemonte
- 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Alps
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 10th Overall Tour de la Provence
- 2022 (5)
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd GP Miguel Induráin
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
- 4th Overall UAE Tour
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 5th Coppa Sabatini
- 2023
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2024 (1)
- 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Trofeo Calvià
- 2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 3rd Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
- 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7
- 6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
General classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | DNF | 4 | — | DNF | — | ||
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 5 | — | DNF | ||
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 11 | DNF | — | 7 | 18 | ||
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||||||
| Race | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Paris–Nice
|
— | — | — | 2 | DNF | — | 5 | ||
 Tirreno–Adriatico
|
67 | — | 5 | — | — | 9 | — | ||
 Volta a Catalunya
|
— | — | NH | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| Tour of the Basque Country
|
— | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||
| Tour de Romandie
|
— | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | |||
 Critérium du Dauphiné
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Tour de Suisse
|
— | — | NH | — | DNF | — | — | ||
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | Has not contested during his career | ||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | |||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | 14 | 46 | 20 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 107 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 4 | |
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | NH | — | — | 3 | |
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | — | DNF | 19 | 3 | ||
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | 35 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 6 | |
| Gran Piemonte | — | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Tour de France Contenders Preview". INRNG. 30 June 2022.
It's hard to see the Cyborg from Vyborg riding away on a climb
- ^ Smith, Smith (11 July 2022). "Vlasov continues to feel discomfort after his Tour de France crash". Athletistic. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Menchov returns as directeur sportif with Gazprom-RusVelo". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Vlasov signs for Bora-Hansgrohe". CyclingNews. Future plc. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "BORA - HANSGROHE". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "Vlasov, Izagirre give Astana-Premier Tech double Paris-Nice podium". cyclingnews.com. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia 2021". cyclingnews.com. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Vlasov signs for Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Mallorca Challenge: Alejandro Valverde outkicks McNulty on Trofeo Pollença-Port d'Andratx hilltop". VeloNews. Outside Media. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleksandr Vlasov solos gravel final of stage 3 of 2022 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana". VeloNews. Outside Media. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Netherton, Alexander (6 February 2022). "Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2022 - Aleksandr Vlasov wins GC, Fabio Jakobsen secures stage five". Eurosport. Discovery, Inc. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleksandr Vlasov finishes UAE Tour in fourth overall after tough mountain finish at Jebel Hafeet". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleksandr Vlasov proves strong form with second place at GP Induráin". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Aleks Vlasov finishes the Tour of the Basque Country in third overall". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (21 April 2022). "Vlasov 'happy to compete' at La Flèche Wallonne as UCI's Russia ban remains". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Nicholson, Kit (30 April 2022). "Higuita and Vlasov celebrate Bora-Hansgrohe one-two on Romandie queen stage". CyclingTips. CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
In the moment, it looked dangerously close to in-fighting, but the Bora-Hansgrohe pair celebrated together, Higuita claiming a memorable stage win, and Vlasov leaping up into third overall with second on the stage (losing out on four valuable bonus seconds...).
- ^ Trifunovic, Pete (1 May 2022). "Aleksandr Vlasov powers to Tour de Romandie victory after time-trial win". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Tour de Suisse leader Aleksandr Vlasov also out with COVID as UAE Emirates pulls entire team". velonews.com. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Smith, Smith (11 July 2022). "Vlasov continues to feel discomfort after his Tour de France crash". Athletistic. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ McGrath, Andy (23 July 2022). "Tour de France: Aleksandr Vlasov moves up to fifth overall after stage 20 time trial: Bora-Hansgrohe man is big GC mover, leapfrogging Quintana and Meintjes to achieve his 'minimum' pre-race aim after rollercoaster three weeks". Velo News by Outside Magazine. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
External links
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- Aleksandr Vlasov at UCI
- Aleksandr Vlasov at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Aleksandr Vlasov at ProCyclingStats
- Aleksandr Vlasov at CQ Ranking
- Aleksandr Vlasov at Olympedia
- Aleksandr Vlasov at Olympics.com
