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Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev (russian: Михаил Борисович Игнатьев) (born 7 May 1985) is a former
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n professional track and road bicycle racer. He recently rode for
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team , as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a
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 ...
specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory.


Career

In 2004 Ignatiev achieved his biggest success to date, winning a gold medal in the
points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
at the Athens Olympics. On the road, Ignatiev came to prominence with his ability in the
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. In 2002 and 2003, he was the World Junior Champion, while in 2005 he became the World Under 23 Champion. Ignatiev signed his first professional contract in 2006, when he started riding for the cycling team. This team competed mainly in Russia, but Ignatiev made a big impact during a series of
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races in the middle part of the season. When Tinkoff Credit Systems was established from Tinkoff Restaurants in 2007, Ignatiev moved to Marina di Massa,
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. Early in the 2007 cycling season, Ignatiev made a name for himself by winning a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and the Trofeo Laigueglia with successful late attacks. He continued his form throughout the season and won two time trials, the Prologue in
Ster Elektrotoer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...
, Stage 4 of the Regio-Tour and the first stage of
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. In the 2009 cycling season he moved to
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, a newly formed Russian cycling team, sponsored by
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, Gazprom and Rostechnologies. In his first season, he achieved some greatest results having taken two podiums at 2009 Tour de France.


Career achievements


Major results

;2002 : 1st
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, UCI Junior Road World Championships : UCI Junior Track World Championships ::1st Points race ::1st Team pursuit : 1st Points race, UEC European Junior Track Championships ;2003 : 1st
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 ...
, UCI Junior Road World Championships : UCI Junior Track World Championships ::1st Madison ::1st Team pursuit : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships ;2004 : 1st
Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 18 ...
,
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;2005 : 1st
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, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships ;2006 : 1st Individual pursuit, UEC European Under–23 Track Championships : 1st Overall Volta a Lleida ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Clásica Memorial Txuma : 2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships ;2007 : 1st Trofeo Laigueglia : 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen : 1st Prologue
Ster Elektrotoer The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's elite road cycling tour. It was inaugurated in 2020. The serie ...
: 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour : 1st Stage 1
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 ...
: 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise : 5th Tour du Haut Var : 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 ...
, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships : 3rd Points race,
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: 1st Fuga Gilera classification Giro d'Italia ;2010 : 1st Stage 6
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 ...
;2011 : 1st
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, National Road Championships : Combativity award Stage 16
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;2012 : 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen ;2013 : 1st Turkish Beauties classification,
Presidential Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...
: 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes


Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links


Team profile

Mikhail Ignatiev
on Sport-Topics.Ru * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ignatiev, Mikhail Living people 1985 births Russian male cyclists Russian track cyclists Olympic cyclists of Russia Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Cyclists from Saint Petersburg Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics