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Alexandre Pliușchin
Alexandre Pliușchin (Russian: Александр Плюшкин, Romanian: Alexandru Pliușchin; born 13 January 1987) is a Moldovan former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015. He still competes as an amateur, riding for Abu Dhabi CC.[3] He is a four-time National Road Race Champion; winning in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Pliuschin also represented Moldova in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, having participated in the Men's Road Race and the Men's Individual Pursuit.
Pliușchin at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name |
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| Born | 13 January 1987
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Abu Dhabi CC |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2005 | World Cycling Centre |
| 2006 | Team Hörmann |
| 2007 | Chambéry CF |
| 2020 | CC Palafrugell |
| 2021– | Abu Dhabi CC |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2009 | Ag2r–La Mondiale |
| 2010–2011 | Team Katusha |
| 2012 | Leopard–Trek Continental Team |
| 2013 | IAM Cycling[1] |
| 2014 | Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling[2] |
| 2015 | Synergy Baku |
| Major wins | |
| National Road Race Championships (2008, 2010–2012) | |
On 25 February 2015, Pliușchin's Synergy Baku team announced it had suspended him for a non-negative test for salbutamol at the 2014 Sharjah International Cycling Tour, a race he won whilst riding for Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling.[4]
Major results edit
- 2004
- 3rd Scratch, UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2005
- 1st Classique des Alpes
- 2nd Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana
- 2006
- 9th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 2007
- 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Mountains classification Grand Prix du Portugal
- 3rd Road race, UCI B World Championships
- 8th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2008
- 1st National Road Championships
- 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2010
- 1st National Road Championships
- 1st Duo Normand (with Artem Ovechkin)
- 2011
- 1st National Road Championships
- 2012
- 1st National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour Alsace
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 7th Overall Flèche du Sud
- 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 9th Duo Normand (with Fábio Silvestre)
- 2014
- 1st Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Melaka Governor's Cup
References edit
- ^ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ^ [Skydive Dubai, also comes Pliuschin]. Spazio Ciclismo (in Italian). Tutto Mercato. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ^ "Alexandre Pliuschin". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "My WordPress Site – Just another WordPress site".
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexandr Pliuschin.
- Alexandre Pliușchin at ProCyclingStats
- Alexandre Pliușchin at Cycling Archives
- Palmarès by cyclingbase.com 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine