Volodymir Gustov ( uk, Володимир Густов, sometimes transliterated as Volodymyr Hustov or other permutations; born 15 February 1977 in

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) is a

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professional

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, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . He began his career in 2000 with Italian team . Before the 2002 Tour de Romandie, Gustov was tested with a hematocrit level above fifty percent. This indicates either health problems or doping usage so he was suspended for fifteen days, but in the middle of May, Fassa Bortolo announced that he could ride again. After laboratory tests accredited by the

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(UCI), the governing body of cycling, it was stated that his high hematocrit and

hemoglobin Hemoglobin (haemoglobin BrE) (from the Greek word αἷμα, ''haîma'' 'blood' + Latin ''globus'' 'ball, sphere' + ''-in'') (), abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein present in red blood cells (erythrocyte ...

values were physiologically determined. As his contract ended prior to the 2006 season, former team mate Ivan Basso arranged for him to ride alongside him at

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. After being selected for the 2008 Tour de France team, he worked for the two Schleck brothers and Carlos Sastre as the race got into the French Alps and

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Major results

;1999 :10th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;2000 :2nd National Road Race Championships :6th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ;2001 :8th Giro Provincia di Siracusa :10th Overall

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 ...

:10th Trofeo dello Scalatore II ;2002 :4th GP di Lugano :9th Overall

:9th Giro dell'Emilia ;2003 :1st Overall

Regio-Tour The Regio-Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held between France, Switzerland and Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Famous riders like Laurent Brochard, Jan Ullrich ...

:8th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

:10th Giro della Toscana ;2006 :1st Stage 1 (TTT)

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:1st Stage 5 (TTT) Giro d'Italia :1st Stage 1 (TTT)

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;2007 :1st Stage 1 (TTT) Deutschland Tour

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