Alexander Alexandrovich Efimkin (russian: Александр Александрович Ефимкин, born 2 December 1981 in Kuybyshev) is a Russian former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2012 for the , , and teams. Efimkin has also worked as the directeur sportif of the team in 2013, the RusVelo Women's Team in 2013 and the men's team in 2014 and 2015. The twin brother of Vladimir Efimkin, Alexander Efimkin burst on to the professional cycling scene in 2005 with a 2nd place overall at the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, a highly competitive race. Since that time he has proven a competent professional racer, with few victories to his name. In part this is owing to his service to the stars of his team, and in part due to his relatively young age.http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=5056&idtitle=1

Major results

;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Volta a Portugal : 2nd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;2006 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo (Portuguese; en, Tour of Alentejo) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a seri ...

;2007 : 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ::1st Stage 3 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Giro del Capo ::1st Stage 3 ;2008 : 10th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

;2009 : 3rd Paris–Camembert ;2011 : 1st MaillotCyan

Overall Tour of Turkey

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Palmares at Cycling Base
1981 births Living people Russian male cyclists Sportspeople from Samara, Russia Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey winners {{russia-cycling-bio-stub