Mikhail Ignatiev (cyclist)

Mikhail Ignatiev

Ignatiev at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev
Nickname	Gambero
Born	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist Classic cycle races
Amateur team(s)
2004–2005	Lokomotiv
Professional team(s)
2006–2008	Tinkoff Restaurants
2009–2014	Team Katusha
Major wins
Olympic Points Race (2004)
Medal record Representing  Russia Road bicycle racing World Championships 2005 Madrid Under-23 Time Trial 2006 Salzburg Under-23 Time Trial 2007 Stuttgart Under-23 Time Trial Track cycling Olympic Games 2004 Athens Points race 2008 Beijing Madison World Championships 2007 Mallorca Points race
Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014

Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev (Russian: Михаил Борисович Игнатьев) (born 7 May 1985) is a former Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He recently rode for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha,^[1] as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a time trial specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory.

Career

In 2004 Ignatiev achieved his biggest success to date, winning a gold medal in the points race at the Athens Olympics. On the road, Ignatiev came to prominence with his ability in the individual time trial. In 2002 and 2003, he was the World Junior Champion, while in 2005 he became the World Under 23 Champion.

Ignatiev signed his first professional contract in 2006, when he started riding for the Tinkoff Restaurants cycling team. This team competed mainly in Russia, but Ignatiev made a big impact during a series of Spanish races in the middle part of the season.

When Tinkoff Credit Systems was established from Tinkoff Restaurants in 2007, Ignatiev moved to Marina di Massa, Italy. Early in the 2007 cycling season, Ignatiev made a name for himself by winning a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and the Trofeo Laigueglia with successful late attacks. He continued his form throughout the season and won two time trials, the Prologue in Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 4 of the Regio-Tour and the first stage of Vuelta a Burgos.

In the 2009 cycling season he moved to UCI World Tour Team Katusha, a newly formed Russian cycling team, sponsored by Itera, Gazprom and Rostechnologies. In his first season he achieved some greatest results having taken two podiums at 2009 Tour de France.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Giro	128	140	167	131	—	143	—
Tour	—	—	140	—	147	—	—
Vuelta	—	104	—	148	—	171	—

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mikhail Ignatiev.

• Team profile
• Mikhail Ignatiev on Sport-Topics.Ru
• Mikhail Ignatiev at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)