Dimitri Konyshev ( Russian Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966 in Gorky) is a Russian former

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. During the 1989 World Championship he can be seen in a rather famous photo of cycling history showing the agony of defeat in 2nd place behind Greg Lemond's display of the intensity of victory. In 1990 Konyshev would become the first ever rider from the

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to win a stage in the

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. While the Soviet's would not allow their riders to join the professional teams until a short while before the end of the

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in the

1991 Tour de France The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 6 to 28 July. The total race distance was 22 stages over . The race was won by Miguel Indurain, whose Banesto team also won the team classification. The points ...

, Soviet riders had remarkable success winning 5 stages. One by

Viatcheslav Ekimov Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov (Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born 4 February 1966), nicknamed ''Eki'', is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the titl ...

, two by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov who also won the Green Jersey and two stage wins by Konyshev. His victory in stage 17 also made him the last rider for the Soviet Union to win a Tour de France stage. All total in his professional career Konyshev would win nine

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stages becoming one of the few riders to win a stage in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a Espana. He followed his silver medal at the 1989 World Championship with a Bronze medal in 1992 at

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and later in his career during the

2000 Giro d'Italia The 2000 Giro d'Italia was the 83rd edition of the Giro. It began with a prologue that navigated through the Italian capital Rome. The race came to a close on June 4 with a mass-start stage that ended in the Italian city of Milan. Twenty te ...

he won the Points Classification, as well as the overall Combativity Award.

Major results

Sources: ;1986 : 1st Stage 10

Coors Classic The Coors International Bicycle Classic (1980–1988) was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor; the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in 1 ...

: 3rd Soviet National Road Race Championships ;1987 : 1st Overall USSR Tour : 1st Overall

Österreich-Rundfahrt The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...

::1st Stage 3 : 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6 :

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

: 1st

GP Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...

: 5th Overall Tour of Sochi ::1st Stage 6 : 8th Overall

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 ...

;1988 : 1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ::1st Stages 2, 4 & 6 : 1st Stage 2 (

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

)

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 1st Stages 3 & 5 Giro delle Regioni :

Vuelta a Cuba The Vuelta a Cuba (''English'': Tour of Cuba) was a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each February in Cuba. It was held from 1964 to 2010. When the UCI Continental Circuits were created in 2005, the Vuelta a Cuba was added ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 4 & 11 : 3rd

: 3rd Overall Tour of Sochi ;1989 : 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 1st Giro dell'Emilia : 1st Overall Cronostafetta : 1st Points classification, Tour of Belgium : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race,

UCI Road World Championships The UCI Road World Championships are the annual world championships for bicycle road racing organized by the (UCI). The UCI Road World Championships consist of events for road race and individual time trial, and a mixed team relay. Events ...

: 2nd

Giro di 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 r ...

: 2nd

Trittico Premondiale I ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych'') is the title of a collection of three one-act operas, ''Il tabarro'', ''Suor Angelica'', and ''Gianni Schicchi'', by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December ...

: 3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ::1st Stage 2 : 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 6th Trittico Premondiale : 7th Trofeo Baracchi ;1990 : 1st Soviet National Road Race Championships : 1st Stage 17

: 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 4th Giro del Veneto : 8th Gent–Wevelgem : 9th

: 10th

Dwars door België Dwars door Vlaanderen ''( en, Across Flanders)'' is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI W ...

;1991 : 1st Stages 19 & 22

: 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico : 5th La Flèche Wallonne : 5th

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( TTT) : 6th

: 8th Overall Critérium International : 8th Grand Prix Cerami ;1992 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Asturias : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Road race,

: 3rd Amstel Gold Race : 4th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the mo ...

;1993 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stages 5 & 12 Giro d'Italia : 4th

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...

: 4th Giro di Romagna : 9th Giro di Lombardia ;1994 : 1st Stage 1

Ronde van Nederland The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Enec ...

: 3rd Trittico Premondiale : 4th Giro di Lombardia : 5th Road race,

: 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 5th

Giro del Lazio The Giro del Lazio is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Lazio, Italy. From 2005 to 2008, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 6th

Giro del Friuli Giro del Friuli is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. The first edition took place in 1974. From 2005 to 2008 the race was suspended, but it returned in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Contine ...

: 7th Gent–Wevelgem : 8th Milano–Torino : 8th

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: 9th

Firenze–Pistoia The Firenze–Pistoia was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. It was an individual time trial between Prato and Quarrata, in the Province of Pistoia. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;1995 : 1st

: 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico : 3rd Brabantse Pijl : 4th Overall

Tour Méditerranéen Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed b ...

: 4th GP Ouest–France : 5th

: 6th

: 7th Road race,

: 7th

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

: 9th

Nice–Alassio Nice–Alassio was a professional one-day road cycling race that was held from 1979 until 1997. It was known as Monte Carlo–Alassio from 1993 to 1996 and the Alassio Cup in 1997. The race was held in February as a preparation race for Milan–Sa ...

;1996 : 1st Overall

Hofbrau Cup The Schwabenbräu Cup (1988–1990), Hofbräu Cup (1992–1997) or Dekra Open (1999–2000) was a short professional multi-day cycling race held annually in Germany. Winners Stage winners 1988 Schwabenbräu Cup 1989 Schwabenb ...

::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 18

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

: 2nd Buhl International : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Overall

Tour of Galicia Tour or Tours may refer to: Travel * Tourism, travel for pleasure * Tour of duty, a period of time spent in military service * Campus tour, a journey through a college or university's campus * Guided tour, a journey through a location, directed ...

: 10th Giro del Veneto ;1997 : 1st

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: Giro d'Italia ::1st Intergiro classification ::1st Stage 9 : 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 6

: Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 3rd

GP du canton d'Argovie Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (german: Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau) is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland. The race consists of fifteen laps around the Swiss town of ...

: 10th

;1998 : 1st Stage 4

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; en, Tour of the Valencian Community or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Clasica de Almeria ;1999 : 1st Coppa Sabatini : 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies : 1st Stage 14

: 1st Mountains classification

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

: 3rd

: 5th Giro di Lombardia : 7th Milano–Torino : 9th Road race,

;2000 : 1st Giro della Romagna : Giro d'Italia ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 6 : 1st Sprint classification Tour de Romandie : 5th

Trofeo Pantalica The Trofeo Pantalica was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Syracuse, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the ...

: 5th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa : 8th Coppa Sabatini : 10th Road race,

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

;2001 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Coppa Sabatini : 1st Giro di Campania :

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 3rd

: 6th

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli The Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (also known as GP Beghelli) is a late season men's road bicycle race held annually in Monteveglio, near the city of Bologna, Italy. From 2005 to 2013, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

: 7th Giro di Romagna : 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa ;2002 : 7th

GP Industria & Commercio di Prato The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...

: 9th

;2003 : 7th

GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Carnago, Italy. From 2005 to 2012, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a ser ...

;2004 : 1st Tour du Lac Léman : 1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta : 3rd

: 3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria : 4th

Giro d'Oro The Giro d'Oro was an early season road bicycle race held annually in Trentino, Italy. The race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

: 7th Stausee Rundfahrt : 10th Coppa Sabatini ;2005 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Mountain classification

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

: 4th

: 9th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria

General classification results timeline

Classics results timeline

References

External links

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