Andrei Georgievich Wedernikov

Andrei Georgijewitsch Wedernikow ( Russian Андрей Георгиевич Ведерников ; born September 1, 1959 in Izhevsk ; † February 29, 2020 ) was a Soviet cyclist .

Athletic career

Wedernikow (for whose name there are different spellings: Vedernikov, Vedernikow) had his first victory abroad, the Carrera Transpeninsular , a tour of the national cycling calendar of Mexico (Transpeninsular Tour) in 1980, where he won several stages. He also won the Yugoslavia Tour (Kroz Jugoslavija) in two stages of the day and was second in the overall standings. The year before, he had already finished third in the Tour of Slovakia . 1981 Vedernikov won the world road championship of amateurs . After Sergei Sukhoruchenkow, he was the second Soviet citizen to win the road race at a UCI World Championship . Because he was still unknown, his club mate, Sergei Nikolayevich Sukhorutschenkow , who won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games , was the favorite for this title.

Wedernikow had his particular strength in tours. In 1981 Wedernikow also won the Tour of Slovakia without having won a stage. There were also stage successes in the Tour of Cuba , the Tour of Sochi, the Tour of Britain (here he also won the mountain classification) and the Tour de l'Avenir . In the 1982 Rhineland-Palatinate Tour , he came second. In the Tour of Italy for amateurs, the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia , he won a stage. In 1985 he emerged victorious from the USSR Tour, after finishing second the year before. In 1990 he won a section of the Ronde de l'Isard .

Wedernikov was trained by Viktor Kapitonov in the SKA Kuibyshev Army Club .

Honors

After the 1981 World Cup, he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sport.

Web links

Sports complete
Andrej Wedernikow in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
velorider.ru
Andrei Georgijewitsch Wedernikow in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

↑ Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников. Retrieved March 1, 2020 (Russian).
↑ ^a ^b Ведерников Андрей Георгиевич. Retrieved November 2, 2019 (Russian).

personal data
SURNAME	Wedernikow, Andrei Georgijewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ведерников, Андрей Георгиевич (Russian); Vedernikow, Andrei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Izhevsk , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH	February 29, 2020

[1] Погиб чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей Ведерников. Retrieved March 1, 2020 (Russian).

[:0-2] Ведерников Андрей Георгиевич. Retrieved November 2, 2019 (Russian).