Ilnur Zakarin
 Zakarin at the 2015 Tour de Romandie | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
15 September 1989 Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Katusha |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-Rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012 | Itera-Katusha |
| 2013–2014 | RusVelo |
| 2015– | Team Katusha |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 3 May 2015 | |
Ilnur Zakarin (Russian: Ильнур Азатович Закарин; born 15 September 1989) is a Russian racing cyclist riding for Team Katusha.[1]
Career
In 2007, as a 17-year-old, he won the juniors time trial at the European Road Championships.[2]
Doping ban
In July 2009 the Russian cycling federation announced that Zakarin had been banned for two years after he had tested positive for the anabolic steroid methandienone.[3]
Comeback
He came back from his ban in 2011 and in 2012 he got a contract with continental team Itera-Katusha. In the fall of 2012 he rode as a trainee with Team Katusha, but he wasn't picked up by the team and instead he got a contract with pro continental team RusVelo, which he rode for 2013-2014.
In September 2014 Team Katusha announced that they had signed Zakarin on a two year deal from 2015.[4] In April 2015 he finished ninth overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. At the beginning of May 2015, Zakarin took a prestigious victory; the general classification of the Tour de Romandie. He realized this feat thanks to a good performance in the mountains, finishing second of stage 4,[5] and a very good time trial ride on the fifth and final stage, where he finished second even though he had to change his bike midway through the course due to some mechanical issues.[6]
Palmarès
- 2007
- 1st
European Junior Time Trial Championships - 2011
- 10th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 2012
- 1st GP Donetsk
- 1st Overall GP Adygeya
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour Alsace
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 8th Duo Normand
- 9th Overall Girobio
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Points classification
- 10th Overall GP Sochi
- 2013
- 1st
Russian National Time Trial Championships - 3rd Overall GP Adygeya
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 5th Duo Normand
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Tour de Azerbaijan - 1st Overall GP Sochi
- 1st Overall GP Adygeya
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour de Romandie - 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 9th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 10th Overall Tour de San Luis[7]
- 2016
- 3rd Vuelta a Murcia
- 4th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 6
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
See also
References
- ↑ "Ilnur Zakarin". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ "Results Road Men Junior 2007". European Cycling Union. 13 October 2009.
- ↑ Susan Westemeyer (28 January 2009). "Russia suspends three young riders". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "Team Katusha signs with Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Lagutin" (Press release). Team Katusha. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ↑ Sadhbh O'Shea (2 May 2015). "Pinot takes victory on Tour de Romandie stage 5". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ Sadhbh O'Shea (3 May 2015). "Zakarin wins Tour de Romandie". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ Ryan, Barry (25 January 2015). "Diaz wins Tour de San Luis". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
External links
- Ilnur Zakarin profile at Cycling Archives
- Ilnur Zakarin profile at ProCyclingStats
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