Ivan Stević ( sr-cyr, Иван Стевић; born 12 March 1980) is a

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n former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 2005, riding for the Aerospace Engineering-VMG squad, before joining Toyota-United in 2006, the year he won the road race at the Serbian National Road Championships.

Career

Born in Belgrade, Stević rode for the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Olympics, and for Serbia in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having qualified by winning the 'B' World Championships, in South Africa on 1 July 2007. Prior to racing in America, from 2000 to 2005 he rode as an amateur in Italy, amassing 20 Victories for the Aran Cucine-Cantina Tollo and Zilio teams. On 20 July 2010, Stević gave a

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salute while winning the fourth stage of the

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part ...

. He was subsequently thrown out of the race for his gesture. On 22 October 2010, the

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(UCI) disqualified all his results between 17 September 2008 and 16 September 2010 for the use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method. In 2012, he competed for Serbia at the Olympics in

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and took 54th place in the road race.

Major results

Source:Profile
at ''Cycling Archives'' ;2001 : Yugoslavian National Road Championships ::1st Under-23 road race ::2nd Road race ;2002 : Yugoslavian National Road Championships ::1st Under-23 road race ::3rd Road race : 1st Trofeo Mario Zanchi ;2003 : Serbia and Montenegro National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd Time trial : 2nd Silver medal blank

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 in ...

: 9th Overall Tour d'Egypte ;2004 : 1st Gran Premio San Basso : 1st La Ciociarissima : 3rd

Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli The Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli 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 Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport disciplin ...

: 4th Overall Giro Ciclisto delle Provincia di Cosenza ::1st Stage 2 : 9th Gran Premio San Giuseppe ;2005 : 1st Road race, Serbia and Montenegro National Road Championships : 1st Overall Tobago International : 1st Overall Bermuda GP : 1st Stage 4

The Paths of King Nikola The Paths of King Nikola was a road bicycle race held annually in Montenegro. The name is a reference to King Nikola I (1841–1921), the ruler of the Principality of Montenegro. The first edition was in 2002; since 2005, it is organized as a 2 ...

: 2nd Overall Vuelta de Bisbee ::1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 : 2nd Overall

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

: 4th Overall

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway ...

::1st Stage 1 : 5th Overall

Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...

::1st Stage 6 : 6th Road race, Mediterranean Games : 8th Reading Classic : 9th

Lancaster Classic The Tom Bamford Lancaster Classic was a professional road bicycle race held in late May or early June between 1992 and 2007 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. With the exception of the first race, which was , the Lancaster Classic covered about . D ...

;2006 : 1st Serbia NC

Road race, Serbian National Road Championships : 1st Maxxis Georgia Cup : 1st Habitat for Humanity Road Race : Tri-Peaks Challenge ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 5 Nature Valley Grand Prix : 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ;2007 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race,

: 1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Georgia : 1st Stage 3 Tri-Peaks Challenge : 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ;2008 : 1st Putevima Vukovog Kraja : Tulsa Tough ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie : 3rd Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix ;2009 : ~~1st Road race, Balkan Road Championships~~ : ~~1st Road race, Serbian National Road Championships~~ : ~~1st Overall Generalni Plasman Liga~~ : ~~1st Beograd–Čačak~~ : ~~1st Velika Nagrade Čubure~~ : 5th Overall
Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...
: 6th Overall
Grand Prix Bradlo The Grand Prix Bradlo was a cycling race held annually in Slovakia. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primaril ...
: ~~10th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc~~ ;2010 : ~~1st Velika Nagrada Novog Sad~~ : ~~1st Beograd–Čačak~~ : 1st Stage 4
Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part ...
: ~~2nd Overall Generalni Plasman Liga~~ : 5th
Memorial Oleg Dyachenko The Memorial Oleg Dyachenko is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Moscow, Russia. It was first run in 2004 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicyc ...
: 7th
Grand Prix of Moscow The Grand Prix of Moscow was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Moscow, Russia between 2004 and 2015. From 2005 to 2015, it was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.2 category race. The most successful rider was Alexander Khatuntse ...
;2010 : 1st Stage 9

Tour of Bulgaria The Tour of Bulgaria is an annual international professional bicycle race held in Bulgaria that was first staged on 21 August 1924. It is part of UCI Europe Tour and is category 2.2. The race covers about 1,500 kilometres and lasts two weeks. As ...

;2011 : 1st Overall

: 1st Mayor Cup : 2nd Overall

Five Rings of Moscow The Five Rings of Moscow is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Moscow, Russia. It was first run in 1993 and since 2005 has been part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.2 category race. The most successful riders are Sergey Firsanov, ...

: 2nd Velika Nagrada Novog Sad : 2nd

Tour of Vojvodina The Tour of Vojvodina was a road cycling race held in Serbia. The race consisted of two one day races. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by th ...

I : 5th

Jūrmala Grand Prix The Jūrmala Grand Prix was a one-day cycling race held in Jūrmala, Latvia. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...

: 6th Banja Luka–Belgrade II : 7th Banja Luka–Belgrade I : 10th

Grand Prix of Moscow The Grand Prix of Moscow was a one-day road cycling race held annually in Moscow, Russia between 2004 and 2015. From 2005 to 2015, it was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.2 category race. The most successful rider was Alexander Khatuntse ...

;2012 : 1st Serbia NC

Time trial, Serbian National Road Championships : 1st Overall

Grand Prix of Sochi The Grand Prix of Sochi was a road cycling stage race held annually in Sochi, Russia until 2015. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in ...

::1st Points classification : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 3rd

: 7th Mayor Cup ;2013 : 1st Serbia NC

Road race, Serbian National Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 1st Overall Cupa Mun. Reghin : 1st Stage 2 Delta Bike Tour : 2nd Silver medal blank

Road race, Balkan Road Championships : 2nd Overall Turul Dobrogei : 3rd Overall

Tour of Romania The Tour of Romania (or "Little Loop") is a cycling competition held in Romania. It is organised as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. History Inspired by Tour de France, the monthly publication "Car Magazine" held in August 1910 the first edition ...

: 3rd Velika Nagrada Novog Sad : 7th Banja Luka–Belgrade I : 7th Beograd–Čačak ;2014 : 1st Banja Luka–Belgrade II :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Jersey polkadot

Bora Ivkovic Memorial Trophy : Serbian National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 8th Banja Luka–Belgrade I : 8th Grand Prix Sarajevo ;2015 : 1st Serbia NC

Road race, Serbian National Road Championships : 1st Stage 5

: 3rd

Belgrade–Banja Luka Belgrade–Banja Luka is a road bicycle race held annually since 2007 in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina respectively. Until 2017, it is made up of two one-day races: Belgrade–Banja Luka I and Belgrade–Banja Luka II, which were both organi ...

II : 4th Overall Tour of Çanakkale : 4th Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Krasnodar–Anapa : 5th Overall

: 6th Overall Tour of Mersin : 6th Overall Tour of Ankara

Major championship results

References

External links

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Profile on toyota-united.com

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