Ruslan Ivanov
Ruslan Ivanov ( Russian Руслан Иванов ; born December 18, 1973 in Chișinău ) is a former Moldovan cyclist .
Career
Ruslan Ivanov began his career in 1998 with the Brescialat-Liquigas team , after he had attracted attention the year before with a 3rd place in the overall ranking of the Baby Giro , the Giro d'Italia for young riders. In his first year as a professional he was Moldovan champion in road racing and individual time trial and also won the pair time trial Grand Prix d'Europa . For the 2000 season he moved to the team Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport , for which he was able to win the Italian one-day race Giro di Toscana and again the national championship in road racing.
After only one year he moved to the Alessio team , where he was to spend his most successful time. In his first year there he won the overall ranking and two stages at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali . In 2001 he also secured a stage win at the Regio Tour and at the Giro del Trentino and was able to end this season, his most successful season to date, just outside the top 100 riders in the UCI world rankings . In the next three years with Alessio, Ivanov won the Grand Prix di Lugano , two stages at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali and one part each at the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda , the Ruta del Sol , the Brixia Tour and the Giro d'Abruzzo .
In 2005 he finally started for the ProTour team Domina Vacanze , but was unable to achieve any noteworthy results other than third place at Veenendaal-Veenendaal . After Domina Vacanze broke up, he couldn't find a professional team for the following season and spent it with the amateurs.
In the 2007 season Ivanov stayed with the Polish Continental Team Amore & Vita-McDonald’s and since the beginning of the 2008 season he has been driving for the Venezuelan Professional Continental Team Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli , in whose jersey he won the overall standings of the Tour de Langkawi for could register. For 2009, however, he no longer received a contract with this team. Instead, on July 1, 2009, he signed a contract with the Hungarian Continental Team Betonexpressz 2000-Limonta for the second half of the 2009 season and the 2010 season.
successes
1996
- one stage tour of Bulgaria
- Overall ranking Cinturón a Mallorca
1997
1998
- Moldovan road race champion
- Moldovan champion in the individual time trial
- Grand Prix d'Europa (with Massimo Cigana )
2000
- Giro di Toscana
- Mountain classification Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- Moldovan road race champion
2001
- Overall ranking and two stages Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- one stage of the Giro del Trentino
- a stage regional tour
2002
- Grand Prix di Lugano
- a stage Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
2003
- a stage of the Ruta del Sol
- a stage Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- a stage of the Giro d'Abruzzo
- one stage Brixia Tour
2008
- Overall ranking Tour de Langkawi
Teams
- 1998 Brescialat-Liqugas
- 1999 Liquigas-Pata
- 2000 Amica Chips-Tacconi Sport
- 2001 Alessio
- 2002 Alessio
- 2003 Alessio
- 2004 Alessio-Bianchi
- 2005 Domina Vacanze
- 2007 Amore & Vita-McDonald’s
- 2008 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli (from July 1st)
- 2009 Betonexpressz 2000-Limonta
- 2010 Tecnofilm-Betonexpressz 2000
Web links
- Success overview at cqranking.com
- Ruslan Ivanov in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ivanov, Ruslan |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Иванов, Руслан (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moldovan cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th December 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chișinău , Republic of Moldova |