Vladimir Pulnikov ( uk, Володимир Пульніков; born 6 June 1965 in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

) is a

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former

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

Career

He debuted in the amateur categories for Soviet Union. As a professional, his best results include a 4th place overall in the

1990 Giro d'Italia The 1990 Giro d'Italia was the 73rd edition of the race. It started off in Bari on May 18 with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start stage that began and ended in Milan on June 6. Twenty-two teams entered the ra ...

, a 10th overall place at the Tour de France in

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

and

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

, and a second place overall at the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the stage victory in the Giro. He also competed in the men's individual road race at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Poulnikov retired from professional cycling in 1998.

Major results

;1985 : 1st Stage 6

GP Tell The Grand Prix Guillaume Tell (, "William Tell Grand Prize") was a professional cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were in ...

;1986 : 2nd Overall

Course de la Paix The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

;1987 : 3rd Overall

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...

;1988 : 2nd Overall

: 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ;1989 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 9 : 1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT) : 3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini ;1990 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 4th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ;1991 : 7th Tre Valli Varesine ;1992 : 1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT) : 1st MaillotUcrania

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 4

Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races th ...

: 1st Stage 5

Clásico RCN The Clásico RCN (Spanish for ''RCN Classic'') is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October. It is organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The event is sponsored b ...

: 3rd

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 ...

;1993 : 7th Overall Giro d'Italia : 9th Overall

: 10th Overall

Giro del Trentino 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 ...

: 10th Overall Tour de France : 10th Subida a Urkiola ;1994 : 1st Giro del Friuli : 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia : 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Overall Tour de France ;1996 : 4th Overall Route du Sud ;1997 : 3rd Giro di Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Kyiv Ukrainian male cyclists Soviet male cyclists Ukrainian Giro d'Italia stage winners Olympic cyclists of Ukraine Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport alumni 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-cycling-bio-stub