Edgar Stepanyan

Edgar Stepanyan

Edgar Stepanyan (2017)
To person
Date of birth	January 1, 1997
nation	Armenia
discipline	Road / rail (endurance)
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships (U23) 2018 - points race UEC European Rail Championships (Juniors) 2015 - Scratch
Last updated: November 19, 2019

Edgar Stepanyan (born January 1, 1997 in Masis ) is an Armenian cyclist who competes in races on track and road .

Athletic career

In 2014 Edgar Stepanyan won the bronze medal in the points race at the Junior World Championship . In the following year he became Junior European Champion in Scratch , making him the first cyclist in his country to win gold at European Championships. In the same year he was runner-up in the junior world championship in the points race. In 2017 he finished second in the scratch at the Track World Cup 2017/18 in Pruszków , in 2018 he was U23 European champion in the points race; at the European Elite Track Championships he finished eighth in the points race. Also in 2018 he moved to the USA and joined the Velo Pasadena Club , which was founded and is run by a compatriot, the former racing driver Hrach Gevrikyan.

At the end of May 2019, Stepanyan broke his arm at the Grand Prix of Moscow . A few weeks later he took part in the European Games in Minsk . On the advice of the doctors, he did not start in the road race, but in the scratch race on the track and finished 16th there.

successes

train

2014

• Junior World Championship - points race

2015

• Junior World Championship - points race
• Junior European Champion - Scratch

2018

• U23 European Champion - points race

Web links

Commons : Edgar Stepanyan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Edgar Stepanyan in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Edgar Stepanyan in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• “Way to Minsk”: Edgar Stepanyan. National Olympic Committee of Armenia, accessed November 19, 2019 . 
• Edgar Stepanyan - 2014 UCI Juniors Track World Championship on YouTube , 21 August 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Edgar Stepanyan Champion of Track Juniors European Championships. In: msy.am. July 18, 2015, accessed November 19, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Armenia's best cyclist Edgar Stepanyan moves to United States and shows great results. In: aravot-en.am. March 26, 2018, accessed November 19, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Minsk 2019: Edgar Stepanyan comes 16th in scratch competition. In: armnoc.am. June 27, 2019, accessed November 19, 2019 .