Evgeny Shalunov
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Evgeny Shalunov |
| Born | 8 January 1992 |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Gazprom–RusVelo |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2011 | Lokomotiv-Urbycolan |
| 2011 | Team RadioShack (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012–2015 | Lokosphinx[1] |
| 2016 | Gazprom–RusVelo |
|
Infobox last updated on 20 August 2016 | |
Evgeny Shalunov (born 8 January 1992) is a Russian professional road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Gazprom–RusVelo. 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]
Major results
- 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 Ster ZLM Toer
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 7th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti
- 2016
- 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
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