Pavel Alekseyevich Sivakov (; born 11 July 1997) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour
...
. He is also a citizen of Russia and rode as a Russian until 2 March 2022.
Personal life
Sivakov is the son of Russian former cyclists
Alexei Sivakov
Alexei Viktorovich Sivakov (Russian: Алексей Викторович Сиваков) (born 7 January 1972 in Moscow) is a former Russian cyclist. He is the father of fellow cyclist Pavel Sivakov.
Palmares
;1994
:1st Overall Tour de Serbie
; ...
and
Aleksandra Koliaseva
Aleksandra Ivanovna Koliaseva (russian: Александра Ивановна Колясева, born 18 August 1968) is a former Soviet Union and Russian road racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the UCI Road World Championships in the team ti ...
. He was born in Italy, but grew up in
Soueich,
Haute Garonne
Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...
in France. Sivakov started competing for Russia. In March 2022, he changed his cycling nationality to France, due to his opposition to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
.
Career
In August 2017 it was announced that Sivakov would turn professional with , joining the team on a three-year contract from 2018.
In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the
2018 Vuelta a España
The 2018 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 25 August and 16 September 2018. The race was the 73rd edition of the Vuelta a España and was the final Grand Tour of the 2018 cycling sea ...
.
In April 2019, Sivakov won Stage 2 of the
Tour of the Alps
The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
, his first professional victory. He held the race lead for the rest of the race, taking overall victory by 27 seconds ahead of teammate
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Tao Geoghegan Hart ( ; born 30 March 1995) is a British cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
He rode for as a stagiaire in late 2015, and joined the team permanently for the 2017 season.
He won the 2020 Giro d'Italia, taking the j ...
.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the
2019 Giro d'Italia
The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...
. Sivakov finished 9th overall in only his second Grand Tour.
Sivakov took overall victory at the
2019 Tour de Pologne
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after a second place on the first mountain stage and a finish among the peloton on the final stage. Sivakov took the leader's jersey after the last stage, after previous leader
Jonas Vingegaard
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen (; born 10 December 1996) is a Danish cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2022 edition of the Tour de France.
Vingegaard started as a youth rider for various Danish teams, making his breakthrough as a sen ...
suffered larger losses. Sivakov finished ahead of
Jai Hindley
Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career
After joining the team for the 2018 season, Hindley made his debut for at the 2018 Volta ao Algarve. In August 2018, he was nam ...
of on the sixth stage and overtook the Australian by two seconds, thanks to time bonuses.
In August 2020, he was named in the start list for the
2020 Tour de France
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.
Major results
;2014
: 1st
Overall Ronde des Vallées
::1st Stage 1
: 2nd Overall
Grand Prix Rüebliland
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* University of California, Irvine, a public univ ...
;2015
: 1st
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, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st
Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt
::1st
Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 1st Tour of Flanders Juniors
: 3rd Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
;2016
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Giro della Valle d'Aosta
Giro della Valle d'Aosta is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
...
: 1st Prologue (TTT)
Tour de Berlin
The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
: 2nd
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
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: 2nd Overall
Olympia's Tour
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands.
History
A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ...
::1st
Young rider classification
;2017
: 1st
Overall
Ronde de l'Isard
The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...
::1st
Young rider classification
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 1st
Overall
Giro della Valle d'Aosta
Giro della Valle d'Aosta is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
...
::1st Stage 3
: 1st
Overall
Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970.
Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar, ...
::1st
Young rider classification
:
Tour de l'Avenir
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::1st
Mountains classification
::1st Stage 9
: 1st
Mountains classification,
Tour de Normandie
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: 2nd Overall
Olympia's Tour
The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands.
History
A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, w ...
;2018
: 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 ...
, National Road Championships
: 4th Overall
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
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::1st
Young rider classification
::1st Stage 1b (
TTT)
;2019
(3 pro wins)
: 1st
Overall
Tour of the Alps
The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
::1st
Young rider classification
::1st Stage 2
: 1st
Overall
Tour de Pologne
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: 4th Overall
Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time.
The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...
: 8th Overall
Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...
::1st
Young rider classification
: 8th Overall
Route d'Occitanie
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 ...
: 9th Overall
Giro d'Italia
::Held
after Stages 13–15
;2020
: 1st
Young rider classification,
Tour Down Under
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: 2nd Overall
Route d'Occitanie
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 ...
: 2nd
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race also known as Great Ocean Road Race or Cadel Road Race is an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for both men and women starting and finishing in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and routed along th ...
;2021
: 4th Overall
Vuelta a Burgos
Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day ...
: 6th Overall
Tour of the Alps
The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
: 9th
Road race,
UEC European Road Championships
:
Vuelta a España
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::Held
after Stage 7–8
;2022
(1)
: 1st
Overall
Vuelta a Burgos
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: 2nd
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 m ...
: 9th Overall
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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: 10th Overall
Tour of the Alps
The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
;2023
(1)
: 1st
Giro della Toscana
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: 2nd
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
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The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal ...
: 2nd
Coppa Sabatini
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
R ...
: 3rd
Memorial Marco Pantani
The Memorial Marco Pantani is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani's hometown, and ...
: 4th Overall
Deutschland Tour
The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved t ...
: 5th Overall
Tour of Austria
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 ...
: 5th Overall
Étoile de Bessèges
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: 7th Overall
Tour of the Alps
The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...
: 9th Overall
Paris–Nice
: 10th 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 ...
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes
:1.Sivakov tested positive from coronavirus and was forced to withdraw.
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
French male cyclists
People from San Donà di Piave
Olympic cyclists for Russia
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Russian male cyclists
Naturalized citizens of France
Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Venice
Sportspeople from Haute-Garonne
French people of Russian descent
Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region)
21st-century French people