Branislau Samoilau
 Samoilau at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name |
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| Born | 25 May 1985
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| Team information | |
| Current team | Minsk Cycling Club |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time-trialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2006 | Palazzago–Vellutex |
| 2006 | Acqua & Sapone (stagiaire) |
| 2013 | RCOP–Belarus |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2008 | Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo |
| 2009 | Amica Chips–Knauf |
| 2009–2010 | Quick-Step |
| 2011–2012 | Movistar Team[1] |
| 2014–2017 | CCC–Polsat–Polkowice[2] |
| 2018– | Minsk Cycling Club[3][4] |
| Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
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Branislau Samoilau (Belarusian: Браніслаў Самойлаў; born 25 May 1985) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Minsk Cycling Club.[5]
Career[]
Born in Vitebsk, Samoilau has competed professionally for Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo between 2007 and 2008, a brief stint for Amica Chips–Knauf in 2009, for Quick-Step in 2009 and 2010, the Movistar Team in 2011 and 2012 and CCC–Polsat–Polkowice between 2014 and 2017. Samoilau has won the Belarusian National Road Race Championships in 2007, but his strength lies in the individual time trial. He has been national time trial champion of Belarus on three occasions; in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Samoilau did not compete in the professional peloton in 2013, but joined CCC–Polsat–Polkowice for the 2014 season.[2]
During the 2015 Tour of Austria, Samoilau was fined a month's salary by his team for having said "fucking nigger" to Natnael Berhane, a black rider from Eritrea.[6]
Major results[]
- 2004
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 1st Chieti–Casalincontrado–Blockhaus
- 3rd GP Capodarco
- 4th Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1st Mountains classification
- 7th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stage 5
- 2005
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1st Stages 1, 2a (ITT) & 5
- 1st Trofeo Franco Balestra
- 1st Ruota d'Oro
- 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 2006
- 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2007
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Giro del Lazio
- 6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2008
- 1st Stage 5 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 10th Subida al Naranco
- 2010
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Race Horizon Park II
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Overall Baltic Chain Tour
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Cycling Tour of Sibiu
- 1st Stages 2 & 3a (TTT)
- 4th Coupe des Carpathes
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2018
- 1st Race Horizon Park Maidan
- 1st Race Horizon Park Classic
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Mersin
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2nd Minsk Cup
- 3rd Grand Prix Side
- 4th Overall Tour de Serbie
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Overall Tour of Almaty
- 10th Grand Prix Alanya
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour of Mesopotamia
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Mersin
- 1st Stage 1
- 8th Overall Tour of China I
- 10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 10th Overall Tour of Xingtai
- 2020
- 1st GP Manavgat
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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22 | — | — | 39 | 45 | 43 | — | — | 48 | — | 112 |
 Tour de France
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Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||
 Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ McRae, Keith (20 September 2012). "Transfers for 2013 (World and Pro Continental Tours)". Road.cc. Farrelly Atkinson Ltd. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b Axelgaard, Emil (16 November 2013). "CCC renews Rebellin's contract, signs Paterski and Samoilau". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ "Il bielorusso Branislau Samoilau ingaggiato dal Minsk Cycling Club" [The Belarusian Branislau Samoilau hired by the Minsk Cycling Club]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Minsk Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Minsk Cycling Club". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (10 July 2015). "Berhane racially abused at Tour of Austria". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Branislau Samoilau. |
- Profile on Quick Step's Official Website
- Branislau Samoilau at ProCyclingStats
- Branislau Samoilau at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- Living people
- 1985 births
- Belarusian male cyclists
- People from Vitebsk
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Belarus
- European Games competitors for Belarus
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games