Dimitri Konyshev

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Dimitri Konyshev
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Personal information
Full nameDmitri Borisovitsj Konysjev
Born (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 55)
Gorky, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1989–1990Alfa Lum–STM
1991–1992TVM–Sanyo
1993–1996Jolly Componibili–Club 88
1997Roslotto–ZG Mobili
1998–1999Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000–2002Fassa Bortolo
2003Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
2004–2006LPR–Piacenza
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
4 individual stages (1990, 1991, 1999)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2000)
Intergiro classification (1997)
4 individual stages (1993, 1997, 2000)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (1996)

One-day races and Classics

Soviet National Road Race Champion (1990)
Russian National Road Race Champion (1993, 2001)

Dimitri Konyshev (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966 in Gorky) is a Russian former road bicycle racer. During the 1989 World Championship he can be seen in a rather famous photo of cycling history showing the agony of defeat in 2nd place behind Greg Lemond's display of the intensity of victory. In 1990 Konyshev would become the first ever rider from the Soviet Union to win a stage in the Tour de France. While the Soviet's would not allow their riders to join the professional teams until a short while before the end of the Cold War in the 1991 Tour de France Soviet riders had remarkable success winning 5 stages. One by Viatcheslav Ekimov, two by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov who also won the Green Jersey and two stage wins by Konyshev. His victory in stage 17 also made him the last rider for the Soviet Union to win a Tour de France stage.

All total in his professional career Konyshev would win nine Grand Tour stages becoming one of the few riders to win a stage in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a Espana. He followed his silver medal at the 1989 World Championship with a Bronze medal in 1992 at Benidorm and later in his career during the 2000 Giro d'Italia he won the Points Classification, as well as the overall Combativity Award.

Career achievements[]

1986
1st Stage 10 Coors Classic
3rd Soviet National Road Race Championships
1987
1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
1st GP Palio del Recioto
1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 6 Tour of Sochi
8th Overall Peace Race
1988
1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
1st Overall Tour of Austria
1st Stage 3
1st Stages 3 & 5 Giro delle Regioni
3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
3rd Overall Tour of Sochi
1989
1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
1st Giro dell'Emilia
1st Stage 2 Settimana Bergamasca
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Giro di Toscana
4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1990
1st MaillotURSS.png Soviet National Road Race Championships
1st Stage 17 Tour de France
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
8th Gent–Wevelgem
9th Giro di Toscana
10th Dwars door België
1991
1st Stages 19 & 22 Tour de France
1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
5th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Overall Critérium International
8th Grand Prix Cerami
1992
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Asturias
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
3rd Amstel Gold Race
4th Clásica de San Sebastián
1993
1st MaillotRusia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stages 5 & 12 Giro d'Italia
4th Gran Piemonte
4th Giro di Romagna
9th Giro di Lombardia
1994
1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland
4th Giro di Lombardia
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
7th Gent–Wevelgem
8th Milano–Torino
8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
9th Firenze–Pistoia
1995
1st Giro del Friuli
3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Brabantse Pijl
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
4th GP Ouest–France
5th Gran Piemonte
7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
7th Milan–San Remo
1996
1st Overall Hofbrau Cup
1st Stages 1 & 4
1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España
2nd Buhl International
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
10th Giro del Veneto
1997
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey blue.svg Intergiro classification
1st Stage 9
1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne
3rd GP du canton d'Argovie
10th Giro del Lazio
1998
1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Clasica de Almeria
1999
1st Coppa Sabatini
1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
1st Stage 14 Tour de France
3rd Giro del Lazio
5th Giro di Lombardia
7th Milano–Torino
9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2000
1st Giro della Romagna
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey violet.svg Points classification
1st Stage 6
5th Trofeo Pantalica
5th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
8th Coppa Sabatini
10th Road race, Summer Olympics
2001
1st MaillotRusia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Coppa Sabatini
1st Giro di Campania
Tour de Suisse
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
3rd Giro del Lazio
6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
7th Giro di Romagna
8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
2002
7th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
2003
7th GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese
2004
1st Tour du Lac Léman
1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta
3rd Giro di Toscana
3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
4th Giro d'Oro
7th Stausee Rundfahrt
10th Coppa Sabatini
2005
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
4th Giro di Toscana
9th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria

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