Zinaida Vladimirovna Stahurskaya (original name: Зинаида Владимировна Стагурская; also written as Zinaida Stagurskaya, Zinaida Stahurskaia or Zinaida Stagourskaya; 9 February 1971 – 25 June 2009) was a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian racing cyclist who was the world champion in 2000. Stahurskaya was born in Vitebsk. She rode at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

for the Unified Team and at the

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and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

for Belarus.

Doping

In 2006 Stahurskaya was banned for two years for a drugs test that she failed in 2005 at a number of European races. One positive test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol at the GP Carnevale Europa and twice for the hormone

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at the

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and Sparkassen Giro Bochum. Stahurskaya had earlier been suspended for a positive test for a banned diuretic at the 2001

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...

and a positive test for ephedrine at the 2003 Circuito di Massarosa. She was subsequently banned for four months and for two months respectively.

Death

Stahurskaya died in 2009 after being struck by a car while training.

Major results

;1994 :1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (Tour de Feminin – Krásná Lípa) is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Euro ...

:1st

Overall

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:1st Stage 4 Essen Etappenfahrt :1st Stage 7

Tour du Finistère Tour du Finistère is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April around the city of Quimper, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route ...

;1999 :1st Stage 3

:2nd

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:6th

Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio is a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the ''comune'' (municipality) of Cittiglio and nearby comunes located within the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy. Sinc ...

;2000 :1st

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Road Race :1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro della Toscana :1st Stage 11

;2001 :1st Jersey pink

Overall

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:1st Stages 2a, 4 & 9

:2nd Overall Giro della Toscana :2nd Overall

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:2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa ;2002 :2nd Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 8 :2nd Overall Giro della Toscana ::1st Stage 2 :2rd

:3rd Overall

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:3rd Overall

;2003 :1st Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia :1st Stage 2

;2004 :2nd Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2005 :1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 :1st Jersey pink

Overall

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::1st Stage 2 :1st Cento :1st GP Città di Castenaso :3rd Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia ;2008 :2nd National Road Race Championships

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stahurskaya, Zinaida 1971 births 2009 deaths Belarusian female cyclists Sportspeople from Vitebsk Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Belarus Olympic cyclists of the Unified Team Road incident deaths in Belarus UCI Road World Champions (women)