Dimitry Muravyev ( kz, Дмитрий Муравьёв, born 2 November 1979 in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

) is a former professional

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from

. He turned professional in 2002 and has ridden internationally since then, although his primary victories have been the Kazakhstan national road race (2002) and the Kazakhstan national time trial (three times, 2003–2005). In 2007, he joined the newly formed Kazakh team on the

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, where he managed to place 8th in the

2007 Tour of Flanders The 2007 Tour of Flanders cycle race was the 91st edition of this monumental classic and took place on April 8. The day's break formed at kilometer 29 and included José Vicente García (Caisse d'Epargne), Laurent Mangel (AG2R), Enrico Franzoi ...

and was a member of the winning team in the

2009 Tour de France The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco. The race visite ...

. On 22 November 2009, it was reported that Muravyev had become one of the 12 members of Astana—and the only Kazakhstani—to rejoin former Astana team director

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at . Muravyev later rejoined for the 2012 season.

Career achievements

Major results

;2002 :1st MaillotKaz

Road race, National Road Championships ;2003 :1st MaillotKaz

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 ...

, National Road Championships :1st Overall Ruban Granitier Breton ::1st Prologue, Stages 4 & 6 :1st Stage 1

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

:1st Stages 5 & 6

Tour des Pyrénées The Tour des Pyrénées was a road bicycle race held annually in France and Spain. It was organized 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 ...

:2nd 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 ...

;2004 :1st MaillotKaz

, National Road Championships ;2005 :1st MaillotKaz

, National Road Championships ;2006 :2nd GP de Villers Cotterêts ;2007 :8th

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...

;2009 :1st Stage 4 ( TTT)

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

;2011 :2nd Route Adélie de Vitré :7th Overall

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;2012 :2nd

Druivenkoers-Overijse Druivenkoers Overijse is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Overijse, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Team Astana profile
* Kazakhstani male cyclists 1979 births Living people Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1998 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan 21st-century Kazakhstani people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub