Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov
Pawel Sergejewitsch Tonkow ( Russian Павел Сергеевич Тонков ; born February 9, 1969 in Izhevsk ) is a former Russian cyclist .
He first started swimming , after a falling out with his trainer, he tried cycling and stuck with it. His talent soon led him to the training group of the former Olympic champion Viktor Kapitinov . After Tonkov became junior world champion in road racing in 1987 and won the Hessen Tour as an amateur in 1988 , he became a professional with the Russian cycling team Russ in 1992 . From 1993 until the end of his career, he mostly drove for Italian teams and was also most successful in Italian races. Nine times he finished in the top ten of the overall ranking of the Giro d'Italia . In his first two appearances in 1992 and 1993 , he finished seventh and fifth, respectively, and won the youth championship . His greatest career success came with the overall victory of the Giro d'Italia in 1996 . In 1997 and 1998 he came second. He won a total of seven stages of the Giro d'Italia, most recently in 2004 .
Palmarès
1987
1988
- Overall ranking of the Hessen Tour
1995
- Overall ranking Tour de Suisse
1996
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Giro d'Italia
1997
- Giro dell'Appennino
- Overall ranking Tour de Romandie
- three stages of the Giro d'Italia
1998
- Giro dell'Appennino
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
1999
2002
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
2004
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
2005
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Giro d'Italia | 7th | 5 | 4th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | - | 5 | WD | 13 |
Tour de France | - | - | WD | WD | - | - | - | WD | - | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | WD | - | 4th | 3 | - | 67 | - | WD |
Teams
- 1992 Russ
- 1993 Lampre-Polti
- 1994 Lampre-Panaria
- 1995 Lampre-Panaria
- 1996 Ceramiche Panaria-Vinavil
- 1997 Mapei-GB
- 1998 Mapei-Bricobi
- 1999 Mapei-Quick Step
- 2000 Mapei-Quick Step
- 2001 Mercury Viatel
- 2002 Lampre-Daikin
- 2003 CCC Polsat
- 2004 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2005 Team LPR
Web links
- Pawel Sergejewitsch Tonkow in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurt Lorenz GmbH (ed.): Tour . No. 06/1996 . Starnberg, S. 137 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tonkow, Pavel Sergejewitsch |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Тонков, Павел Сергеевич (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Izhevsk |