Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gusyatnikov (russian: Александр Михайлович Гусятников, also ''Alexander Gysiatnikov'';''

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'' (Monday, 6 July 1970), page 4. born 5 October 1950) is a retired Russian road cyclist. He won the races of

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(1970), Ruban Granitier Breton (1975), Circuit de Saône-et-Loire (1976) and the

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(1976). He was part of the Soviet team that won the

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

in 1972 and 1975–1978. After retirement from competition he worked as a coach and between 1985 and 1988 trained the Soviet team. Then for 12 years he was involved with various professional cycling teams. Between 2000 and 2010 he was president and after 2010 vice-president of the Russian Cycling Federation. During that time he was also a member of

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. For his achievements he was awarded the

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. He is married and has two sons Mikhail and Konstantin; Mikhail is a martial arts practitioner whereas Konstantin is an ice hockey player.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gusyatnikov, Aleksandr 1950 births Living people Russian male cyclists Sportspeople from Orenburg Soviet male cyclists Rás Tailteann winners