Serhiy Honchar

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Serhiy Honchar

Honchar in 2011
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Honchar
Born (1970-07-03) July 3, 1970
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time trialist
Professional team(s)
1996 Ideal
1997 Aki
1998 Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
1999 Vini Caldirola
2000–2001 Liquigas
2002 Fassa Bortolo
2003–2005 De Nardi-Colpack
2006–2007 T-Mobile Team
2008 Preti Mangimi
2009 Team Utensilnord
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
2 stages
Giro d'Italia
5 stages

Stage races

Ronde van Nederland (1999)
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda (2000, 2001)

One-day races and Classics

Chrono des Herbiers (1997, 1998, 1999)
Grand Prix des Nations (1999)
World Time Trial Champion (2000)
National Road Race Champion (2003)
National Time Trial Champion (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)

Serhiy Honchar (Ukrainian: Сергій Гончар; born July 3, 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion (2000).

Career

Honchard failed a blood health check in the 1999 Tour de Suisse, and was removed from the race. Even though it was only a health check, and not a doping offence, the Tour de France organisation still decided to ban his Vini Caldirola team from the 1999 Tour de France.[1]

In the 2006 Tour de France, Honchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7. In time trialing, Honchar rocks the top of his body to get the most out of a big gear. He beat Landis, Zabriskie, Lang, Rogers, Kloden, Evans and various others in the individual time trials in the 2006 Tour de France.

On 11 May 2007, Honchar was suspended for 30 days by his T-Mobile team, following blood tests taken at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour de Romandie. On 19 June 2007, the T-Mobile team announced the termination of his contract.

When Honchar was not able to find a new team in 2010, he retired.[2]

Results and Teams

1996
National Time Trial Champion
1997
1st Chrono des Herbiers
2nd World Time Trial Championship
1st stage 18 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
1st stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
1998
National Time Trial Champion
1st stage 3b (ITT) Ronde van Nederland
1st stage 3b (ITT) Four Days of Dunkirk
3rd World Time Trial Championship
10th overall Giro d'Italia
1st stage 21 (ITT)
1st Chrono des Herbiers
1999
1st Ronde van Nederland
1st stage 3b (ITT)
7th overall Giro d'Italia
1st stage 18 (ITT)
1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
1st Grand Prix des Nations
1st Chrono des Herbiers
2000
National Time Trial Champion
1st World Time Trial Championship
1st overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
1st stage 2
9th overall Giro d'Italia
1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
2nd Chrono des Herbiers
2001
1st overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
1st stage 3
4th overall Giro d'Italia
2nd overall Ronde van Nederland
1st stage 4 (ITT)
National Time Trial Champion
3rd Chrono des Herbiers
2002
3rd overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Coppa delle Nazioni – Memorial Fausto Coppi
National Time Trial Champion
2003
8th overall Giro d'Italia
1st stage 21 (ITT)
National Road Race Champion
3rd overall Ronde van Nederland
3rd Grand Prix des Nations
2004
2nd overall Giro d'Italia
1st stage 13 (ITT)
2005
1st stage 3 Giro del Trentino
6th overall Giro d'Italia
3rd Giro del Veneto
2006
2nd overall Circuit de la Sarthe
Giro d'Italia
Held the maglia rosa (after stages 5 and 7)
Tour de France
52nd general classification
Held the maillot jaune (after stages 7–9)
1st stage 7 (ITT)
1st stage 19 (ITT)

See also

References

General

Serhiy Honchar profile at Cycling Archives

Specific
  1. "Vini Caldirola now out of Tour". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 1999. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
  2. Haake, Bjorn (19 February 2010). "Honchar retires set to lead Ukrainian National Team". Velonation.
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