Asjat Mansurowitsch Saitow

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Asjat Mansurowitsch Saitow ( Russian Асят Мансурович Саитов ; born January 1, 1965 in Kuibyshev ) is a former Soviet and Russian cyclist . He is vice world champion in the team time trial and two-time stage winner of the Vuelta a España .

Asjat Saitow (left)

Life

As an amateur Saitow was Soviet champion twice, in 1987 in the individual time trial and in 1988 in the team time trial . At the world championships in 1987 he was runner-up in the team time trial with the Soviet four-man team . Saitow often competed in races in Western Europe and won one of the most traditional Italian races for amateurs with Milan-Mendrisio in 1987.

In 1990 Saitow became a professional athlete with the San-Marinese cycling team Alfa Lum , for which he won a stage Vuelta a España in 1990 . From 1991 to 1995 he drove for the Spanish team Kelme . During this time he became the Russian road champion in 1992 and 1995 and won the overall rankings of the stage races Vuelta a Castilla y León (1992) and Volta ao Alentejo (1995). He repeated his stage win in 1990 at the Vuelta a España in 1995 . Saitow ended his career as an actover after the 1996 season with the Italian team Ceramiche Refin-Mobilvetta .

Asjat is married to Svetlana Masterkowa .

successes

1983
  • Overall Tour of Sacrifice
1984
1987
  • Soviet champion - individual time trial
  • silver World Championship - Team Time Trial
  • Baltic Sea Tour (Leningrad – Turku)
1988
  • Soviet champion - team time trial
1989
  • Overall Tour of Sacrifice
1990
1992
1995

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 36/1988 . Berlin, S. 8 .
  2. ↑ Tired in the head but not in the legs. In: Berliner-Zeitung. August 31, 1996.

annotation

  1. ^ The award ceremony for the 1987 Peace Tour, leg from Legnica to Wrocław . He was third on this stage. The first three got a rag doll.
  2. ↑ a b Tour of Sacrifice : A stage race in the Patras region , Greece. Translated “Tour of the Victims”, named after the Greek war of independence against the Turks in 1821.
personal data
SURNAME Saitov, Asjat Mansurowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Саитов, Асят Мансурович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Kuibyshev