French
DeutschAlexandre Pliușchin
 Pliușchin at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2005 | World Cycling Centre |
| 2006 | Team Hörmann |
| 2007 | Chambéry CF |
| 2020 | CC Palafrugell |
| 2021–2023 | 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) | |
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, having last rode for Abu Dhabi CC in 2023.[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.
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, arriva anche Pliuschin" [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]
- Alexandre Pliușchin at UCI
- Alexandre Pliușchin at ProCyclingStats
- Alexandre Pliușchin at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Palmarès by cyclingbase.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 February 2012)
- Alexandre Pliușchin at Olympics.com
- Alexandre Pliușchin at Olympedia (archive)
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