Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei Yakovlev

Sergei Anatoljewitsch Jakowlew , also Serguei Yakovlev , ( Russian Сергей Анатольевич Яковлев ; born April 21, 1976 in Temirtau , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Kazakh cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1997, Sergei Yakovlev became the Kazakh road racing champion . In 1999 he later became the Asian road racing champion and runner-up in the individual time trial . In the same year he decided a stage of the Circuit Franco-Belge and the Tour de Hokkaidō for themselves. In 2000 he was once again the Kazakh road champion, and in the time trial for the national title, he finished second. He won the overall ranking of the Tour de l'Ain and a stage of the Giro d'Abruzzo . In 2003 he won a stage of the Tour de Suisse and in 2005 the Tour d'Indonesia .

Yakovlev competed four times in the Giro d'Italia and once, in 2006, in the Vuelta a España .

In 2000 and 2004 Yakovlev started at the Olympic Games in road races. In 2000 he was 56th in Sydney and 50th in Athens in 2004 .

Successes (excerpt)

• Stage win at the Tour de Suisse 2003
• Winner of the Tour de l'Ain 2000
• Kazakh champion 1997, 2000
• Asian champion 1999

Teams

• 1999 Besson Chaussures-Nippon Hodo
• 2000 Besson Chaussures
• 2001 Cantina Tollo-Acqua e Sapone
• 2002–2003 Team Telekom
• 2004–2005 T-Mobile team
• 2006 Liberty Seguros-Würth (until June 1st)
• 2006–2008 Team Astana

Web links

• Sergei Jakowlew in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Sergei Jakowlew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )