Evgeny Shalunov
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Evgeny Shalunov |
| Born | 8 January 1992 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lokosphinx |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2011 | Lokomotiv-Urbycolan |
| 2011 | Team RadioShack (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Lokosphinx |
|
Infobox last updated on 29 April 2014 | |
Evgeny Shalunov (born 8 January 1992) is a Russian professional road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental Team Lokosphinx.[1] Shalunov has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2011 season, having signed a stagiaire deal with Team RadioShack in July 2011.[2]
A winner of eight national events in 2011 with Lokomotiv-Urbycolan, Shalunov signed with the Lokosphinx team for the 2012 season. After finishing fourth in the La Roue Tourangelle held in France in March,[3] Shalunov won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Vuelta a La Rioja in Spain.[4] Attacking around 30 km (18.6 mi) from the finish in La Rioja, Shalunov soloed to the finish line to win by 28 seconds ahead of Euskaltel–Euskadi's Pablo Urtasun and team-mate Mikhail Antonov.[5]
Palmarès
- 2010
- 1st Overall, Závod Míru
- 1st, Stages 2 & 4
- 2nd Overall, Vuelta al Besaya
- 1st, Stage 4
- 2nd, European Junior Track Championships – Individual pursuit
- 2011
- 1st Overall, Bidasoa Itzulia
- 1st, Stages 1 & 3
- 1st, GP Macario
- 1st, Memorial Valenciaga
- 1st, Stages 1 & 3, Volta a Coruña
- 1st, Stage 3, Ronde de l'Isard
- 2012
- 1st, Vuelta a La Rioja
- 4th, La Roue Tourangelle
- 2013
- 7th Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 7th, GP San Giuseppe
- 10th, Klasika Primavera
- 2014
- 1st, Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th, ZLM Tour
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 7th, Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
References
- ↑ "Lokosphinx (LOK) - RUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ Philippon, Alexandre (30 July 2011). "Shalunov sera stagiaire chez Radio Shack" [Shalunov will intern at Radio Shack]. Velochrono.fr (in French) (Velochrono). Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Kuznetsov triumphs at La Roue Tourangelle". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Shalunov wins Vuelta a la Rioja". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Shalunov wins Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
External links
- Evgeny Shalunov profile at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile