Kanstantsin Sivtsov (or Siutsou ( be, Канстанцін Віктаравіч Сіўцоў; Łacinka: Kanstancin Viktaravič Siŭcoŭ; born 9 August 1982) is a

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ian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, , , , , , and squads. He retired after provisionally being suspended from the sport following an adverse analytical finding for erythropoietin (EPO).

Career

Sivtsov was born in the Belarusian city of

Gomel Gomel (russian: Гомель, ) or Homiel ( be, Гомель, ) is the administrative centre of Gomel Region and the second-largest city in Belarus with 526,872 inhabitants (2015 census). Etymology There are at least six narratives of the o ...

in 1982. He won the under-23 road race at the

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 ...

. Sivtsov joined for the 2007 season, and rode the

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 ...

, finishing 32nd overall.

Team High Road (2008–11)

Siutsou moved to for 2008, where he took his first stage race overall victory at the Tour de Georgia, and came 16th overall in the

. In the 2009 Giro d'Italia, Sivtsov won his first two Grand Tour stages, the team time trial on stage one and a successful solo breakaway in stage eight. Sivtsov enjoyed his most successful year in 2011. He finished tenth overall in the Giro d'Italia – again winning the team time trial stage – with an eighth-place finish in the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is par ...

, and won the Belarusian National Time Trial Championships for the first time.

Team Sky (2012–15)

Sivtsov moved to for the 2012 season. He was part of the teams that helped

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win the

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

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win Paris–Nice, the

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

and

, and Michael Rogers win Bayern–Rundfahrt. Sivtsov was selected to ride the

as one of Wiggins' main domestiques, but crashed out on stage three with remaining with a fractured left

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, the first retirement of the 2012 Tour. Sivtsov claimed a solo win on stage two of the

2013 Giro del Trentino The 2013 Giro del Trentino was the 37th edition of the Giro del Trentino cycling stage race. It started on 16 April in Lienz (Austria) and ended on 19 April in Sega di Ala. The race, that was officially presented on 8 April in Trento, consisted ...

Team Dimension Data (2016)

In October 2015, he announced that he would be leaving Team Sky after four seasons to join for 2016.

Doping case

On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out of competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of Erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Siutsou was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test. This followed his back injury sustained whilst carrying out a recon of the time trial at the Giro earlier that year. On 23 June 2020, he was given a four-year ban for doping using EPO.

Major results

;2000 : 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2002 : National Road Championships ::2nd

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::3rd Road race ;2003 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd

;2004 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 1st MaillotBielorrusia

, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Volta a Lleida : 4th

Ruota d'Oro The Ruota d'Oro is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. It was held as a stage race from 1978 to 1990. Winners References

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;2005 : 7th Trofeo Melinda ;2006 : 1st MaillotBielorrusia

Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Subida al Naranco : 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese : 4th Overall Course de la Paix ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 5 : 4th

Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie The Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Arona, Italy between 1997 and 2015. It was held primarily as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...

: 9th

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 ...

: 10th

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour, and since 2020 it's part of the UCI ProSeries calendar. The ...

;2007 : 2nd

Giro dell'Appennino The Giro dell'Appennino is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Fausto Coppi, Francesco Moser, Felice ...

: 3rd

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany, 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 bicycle racing Road bic ...

: 3rd

Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually the first and most important race of Trittico Lombardo, which con ...

: 4th

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 ...

: 5th

Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola ...

: 8th Gran Premio di Lugano : 8th

Gran Premio di Chiasso The Gran Premio di Chiasso ( en, Grand Prix of Chiasso) was an annual road bicycle race held in Chiasso, Switzerland. It was a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racin ...

: 9th Overall

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 road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...

;2008 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Georgia ::1st Stage 6 ;2009 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 1 ( TTT) & 8 : 9th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

: 10th Overall

::1st Stage 3 ( TTT) ;2010 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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 ...

;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBielorrusia

::2nd Road race : 8th Overall

: 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2012 : 5th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt ;2013 : 1st MaillotBielorrusia

, National Road Championships : Giro del Trentino ::1st Stages 1b ( TTT) & 2 : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia :

::3rd

Team time trial ::10th

: 8th Overall

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

;2014 : 1st MaillotBielorrusia

, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

;2015 : 6th Overall

: 7th Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'es Colomer : 8th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotBielorrusia

Road race ::1st MaillotBielorrusia

: 10th Overall Giro d'Italia ;2017 : 6th Overall

Tour of Croatia The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...

;2018 : 1st Jersey red

Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 3rd

, National Road Championships : 9th Overall

Vuelta a San Juan The Vuelta a San Juan is a road cycling race held in Argentina. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages. From 2017 to 2019, the race had a 2.1 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sp ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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