Kanstantsin Sivtsov
 Sivtsov at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name |
Kanstantsin Siutsou Канстанцін Сіўцоў |
| Nickname | Kosta |
| Born |
9 August 1982 Gomel, Belarussian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Dimension Data |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001–2002 | Itera |
| 2003 | Lokomotiv |
| 2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006 | Acqua & Sapone |
| 2007 | Barloworld |
| 2008–2011 | Team High Road |
| 2012–2015 | Team Sky[1] |
| 2016 | Team Dimension Data |
| 2017– | Bahrain–Merida |
| Major wins | |
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Medal record
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Infobox last updated on 6 November 2016 | |
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Kanstantsin Sivtsov or Kanstantsin Siutsou[2] (Belarusian: Канстанцін Віктаравіч Сіўцоў; Łacinka: Kanstancin Viktaravič Siŭcoŭ; born 9 August 1982) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam Team Dimension Data.
Career
Siutsou was born in the Belarusian city of Gomel in 1982. He shot to prominence in 2004, winning the Under-23 World Road Race Championships, and the senior Belarusian championships in 2006.
He joined Barloworld for the 2007 season, and rode the Tour de France for the first time, finishing 32nd overall. Siutsou moved to Team High Road for 2008, where he took his first stage race overall victory at the Tour de Georgia, and came 16th overall in the Tour de France. In the 2009 Giro d'Italia, he won his first two Grand Tour stages, the team time trial on stage one and a successful solo breakaway in stage eight.
Siutsou enjoyed his most successful year to date in 2011. He finished tenth overall in the Giro d'Italia – again winning the team time trial stage – with an eighth-place finish in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and won the Belarusian National Time Trial Championship for the first time.
He moved to Team Sky for the 2012 season. Siutsou was part of the teams that helped Richie Porte win the Volta ao Algarve, Bradley Wiggins win Paris–Nice, the Tour de Romandie and Critérium du Dauphiné, and Michael Rogers win Bayern-Rundfahrt. Siutsou was selected to ride the Tour de France as one of Wiggins' main domestiques, but crashed out on stage three with 50 kilometres (31 mi) remaining with a fractured left tibia, the first retirement of the 2012 Tour.[3]
Siutsou claimed a solo win on stage two of the 2013 Giro del Trentino.[4]
In October 2015 he announced that he would be leaving Team Sky after four seasons to join Team Dimension Data for 2016, with the team describing his role as being a super-domestique and mentor to the team's younger riders.[5]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2002
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 2003
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 2004
- 1st
World Under-23 Road Race Championships - 2005
- 7th Trofeo Melinda
- 2006
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 2nd Subida al Naranco
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 4th Overall Course de la Paix
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 9th Giro di Toscana
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2007
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Giro del Lazio
- 5th Coppa Placci
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 8th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 9th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st Stage 6
- 2009
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 8
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 2011
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 8th Overall Criterium du Dauphine
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2012
- 5th Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2013
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 2
- Road World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 10th Individual time trial
- 3rd
- 8th Overall Route du Sud
- 2014
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 2015
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 7th Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'es Colomer[6]
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2016
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
— | — | 15 | — | 9 | — | 37 | WD | 26 | 10 |
| Tour |
31 | 16 | — | 39 | — | WD | 90 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta |
— | — | — | 37 | WD | — | — | 43 | — | — |
WD – Withdrew; IP – In Progress
References
- ↑ "Sivtsov to Team Sky". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ↑ "Kanstantsin Siutsou". Team Sky. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ "Tour de France: Peter Sagan earns his second Tour stage win". BBC Sports. BBC. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (17 April 2013). "Kanstantsin Sivtsov wins Giro del Trentino stage two". Cycling Weekly. London: IPC Media. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Wynn, Nigel (25 November 2015). "Kanstanstin Siutsou leaves Sky for Team Dimension Data". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ "Mallorca Challenge: Cummings wins on Mirador d'Es Colomer". cyclingnews.com. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanstantsin Siutsou. |
- Kanstantsin Siutsou profile at Team Sky
- Kanstantsin Sivtsov profile at Cycling Archives