Alexandre Pliușchin (russian: Александр Плюшкин, ro, Alexandru Pliușchin; born 13 January 1987) is a

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

n 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 rode professionally between 2008 and 2015. He is a four-time National Road Race Champion; winning in

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and 2012. Pliuschin also represented Moldova in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, having participated in the Men's Road Race and the Men's Individual Pursuit. On 25 February 2015, Pliușchin's team announced it had suspended him for a non-negative test for

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at the 2014 Sharjah International Cycling Tour, a race he won whilst riding for .

Major results

;2004 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch,

UCI Junior Track World Championships The UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships (named the UCI Juniors Track World Championships before 2016) are a set of world championship events for junior riders, for various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by t ...

: 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2005 : 1st

Classique des Alpes Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains. It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the ...

: 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

UCI Juniors World Championships The UCI Juniors World Championships were a set of UCI World Championships events for junior bicycle cyclists in 2005 to 2009. In 2010 it was divided into: *The Junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships *The UCI Juniors Track World ...

: 2nd Overall

Giro della Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

;2006 : 9th Overall

Grand Prix Guillaume Tell The Grand Prix Guillaume Tell (, "William Tell Grand Prize") was a professional cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2U. In 2007, the race was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Unde ...

;2007 : 1st

Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften ( en, Tour of Flanders U23) is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. It is the version of the Tour of Flanders for under-23 riders and is usually contested a week after the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ludovic Capelle is t ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Mountains classification

Grand Prix du Portugal The Grand Prix du Portugal was a cycling race held annually in Portugal. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, as it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competition for ...

: 3rd

Road race,

UCI B World Championships The UCI B World Championships were the world championship for Level B bicycle road racing and bicycle time trials organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for nations with developing competitive cycling. The UCI B World Championships inc ...

: 8th

, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2008 : 1st MaillotMoldavia

National Road Championships : 10th Overall

Ster Elektrotoer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The series ...

;2010 : 1st MaillotMoldavia

National Road Championships : 1st

Duo Normand The Duo Normand is a two-man team time trial (against the clock) for elite racing cyclists. Held annually at Marigny-le-Lozon in Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of '' ...

(with

Artem Ovechkin Artem Sergeyevich Ovechkin (russian: Артём Сергеевич Овечкин; born 11 July 1986) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team . He was named in the start list for the 2016 Gir ...

) ;2011 : 1st MaillotMoldavia

National Road Championships ;2012 : 1st MaillotMoldavia

National Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 3rd Overall

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race b ...

: 7th Overall

Flèche du Sud The Flèche du Sud, is a road bicycle race held annually in Luxembourg. It is currently organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 b ...

: 8th Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

: 9th

(with

Fábio Silvestre Fábio André Silvestre Tomas (born 25 January 1990 in Sobral de Monte Agraço) is a Portuguese former cyclist. Major results ;2008 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championsh ...

) ;2014 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st

Melaka Governor's Cup The Melaka Governor Cup was an annual professional road bicycle racing classic one-day race held in Malaysia from 2007 to 2014, named after Governor of Malacca. The race previously known as Melaka Chief Minister Cup and His Excellency Governor of ...

References

External links

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Palmarès by cyclingbase.com
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