Vladimir Pulnikov

Vladimir Pulnikov

Vladimir Pulnikov (born June 7, 1965 , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Ukrainian cyclist .

Pulnikow finished second in the 1986 Peace Race as an amateur and received his first professional contract in 1989 with the San-Marinese cycling team Alfa Lum for which he won the Maglia Bianca of the best young rider at the Giro d'Italia in 1989 and achieved his best overall result in the 1990 event in fourth. In the following years he confirmed this service with the Grand Tours and took a. a. seventh at the Giro d'Italia in 1993 and tenth at the Tour de France in 1993 and 1994 . In 1992 Pulnikov became the Ukrainian road champion. After the 1998 season he ended his career.

successes

1987

• Overall ranking Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

1989

• Young talent competition Giro d'Italia

1990

• Soviet road championship

1992

• Ukrainian road championship

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Giro d'Italia	11	4th	11	-	7th	11	14th	16
Tour de France	-	-	88	-	10	10	25th	-
Vuelta a España	31	-	66	44	-	-	-	-

Teams

• 1989-1990 Alfa Lum
• 1991–1994 Carrera Jeans-Tassoni
• 1995 Telekom
• 1996 TVM-Farm Frites
• 1997–1998 Kross-Selle Italia .

Web links

• Vladimir Pulnikow in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Wladimir Pulnikow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )