Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov

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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

Pavel Tonkow 2005

1987

1988

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2002

2004

2005

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 7th 5 4th 6th 1 2 2 - 5 - 5 WD 13
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - WD WD - - - WD - - - - -
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - - - - - WD - 4th 3 - 67 - WD

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Lorenz GmbH (ed.): Tour . No. 06/1996 . Starnberg, S. 137 .
personal data
SURNAME Tonkow, Pavel Sergejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тонков, Павел Сергеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Izhevsk