Artem Ovechkin

Artem Sergeyevich Ovechkin (Russian: Артём Сергеевич Овечкин; born 11 July 1986) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who most recently rode for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5]

Artem Ovechkin
Ovechkin in June 2015
Personal information
Full nameArtem Ovechkin
Born (1986-07-11) July 11, 1986
Berdsk, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2009Lokomotiv
Professional teams
2009Team Katusha (stagiaire)
2010–2011Team Katusha
2012–2017RusVelo[1][2]
2018–2021Terengganu Cycling Team[3]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships
(2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020)

Major results
2007
5th Overall Way to Pekin
1st Stages 4 & 5 (ITT)
2008
3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2009
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Duo Normand (with Nikolay Trusov)
2010
1st Duo Normand (with Alexandre Pliușchin)
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour of Austria
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
2011
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2012
4th Overall Grand Prix of Adygeya
2013
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
2014
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Duo Normand (with Ivan Balykin)
7th Overall Tour of Belgium
10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2015
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour of Slovenia
3rd Grand Prix of Sochi Mayor
6th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
6th Chrono Champenois
2016
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2017
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
2018
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 5
1st Overall Tour of Antalya
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Tour of China II
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour of Thailand
4th Overall Tour de Korea
2019
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour of China II
1st Prologue
5th Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)
6th Overall Tour of Fuzhou
7th Overall Tour of China I
2020
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi
6th Grand Prix World's Best High Altitude
2021
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 142
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "RusVelo (RVL) – RUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. "Gazprom-RusVelo invests in youth with reduced 2018 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018. Also leaving are Artem Ovechkin, Ivan Savitsky, Andrei Solomennikov, Kirill Sveshnikov, Sergey Nikolaev, Artur Ershov, and Aydar Zakarin (brother of) left Gazprom-Rusvelo last March.
  3. "Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. "Terengganu Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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