Aleksei Stepanovich Petrov (russian: Алексей Степанович Петров; 22 March 1937 – 8 March 2009) was a Russian cyclist. He competed in the road race and 100 km

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at the

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and

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. In the time trial he won a bronze medal in 1960 and finished in fifth place in 1964; in the road race he finished 62nd in 1964. He competed in the team time trial at the world championships in 1962, 1964 and 1965, finishing in fourth, ninth and seventh place, respectively. In 1958 and 1959 he was second in the

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and in 1962 won the Tour du Saint-Laurent in Canada. He 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 1961, 1962, 1965 and 1966 in the team competition; individually, his best results were fifth place in 1962 and sixth in 1966. Nationally, he won the individual road race in 1962 and in the team time trial in 1960, 1962–64 and 1966.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Aleksei 1937 births 2009 deaths Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Russian male cyclists Soviet male cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Saint Petersburg Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics