Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (or Siutsou[2] (Belarusian: Канстанцін Віктаравіч Сіўцоў; Łacinka: Kanstancin Viktaravič Siŭcoŭ; born 9 August 1982) is a Belarusian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, Fassa Bortolo, Acqua & Sapone, Barloworld, HTC–Highroad, Team Sky, Team Dimension Data and Bahrain–Merida squads. He retired after provisionally being suspended from the sport following an adverse analytical finding for erythropoietin (EPO).[3]
 Sivtsov at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kanstantsin Sivtsov Канстанцін Сіўцоў | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Kosta | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1982 Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002 | Itera | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Lokomotiv | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Acqua & Sapone | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Barloworld | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Team High Road | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Team Sky[1] | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Team Dimension Data | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bahrain–Merida | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Career
Sivtsov was born in the Belarusian city of Gomel in 1982. He won the under-23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships. Sivtsov joined Barloworld for the 2007 season, and rode the Tour de France, finishing 32nd overall.
Team High Road (2008–11)
Siutsou moved to Team High Road for 2008, where he took his first stage race overall victory at the Tour de Georgia, and came 16th overall in the Tour de France. In the 2009 Giro d'Italia, Sivtsov won his first two Grand Tour stages, the team time trial on stage one and a successful solo breakaway in stage eight.
Sivtsov enjoyed his most successful year in 2011. He finished tenth overall in the Giro d'Italia – again winning the team time trial stage – with an eighth-place finish in the Critérium du Dauphiné, and won the Belarusian National Time Trial Championships for the first time.
Team Sky (2012–15)
Sivtsov moved to Team Sky for the 2012 season. He was part of the teams that helped Richie Porte win the Volta ao Algarve, Bradley Wiggins win Paris–Nice, the Tour de Romandie and Critérium du Dauphiné, and Michael Rogers win Bayern–Rundfahrt. Sivtsov was selected to ride the Tour de France as one of Wiggins' main domestiques, but crashed out on stage three with 50 kilometres (31 mi) remaining with a fractured left tibia, the first retirement of the 2012 Tour.[4]
Sivtsov claimed a solo win on stage two of the 2013 Giro del Trentino.[5]
Team Dimension Data (2016)
In October 2015, he announced that he would be leaving Team Sky after four seasons to join Team Dimension Data for 2016.[6]
Doping case
On 5 September 2018, the UCI announced that an out of competition test had resulted in an adverse analytical finding of Erythropoietin in a sample collected 31 July 2018. Siutsou was provisionally suspended pending the result of any B sample test.[7] This followed his back injury sustained whilst carrying out a recon of the time trial at the Giro earlier that year.[8]
On 23 June 2020, he was given a four-year ban for doping using EPO.[9]
Major results
- 2000
- 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2002
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2003
- 2nd
Points race, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships - National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2004
- 1st
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 2nd Overall Volta a Lleida
- 4th Ruota d'Oro
- 2005
- 7th Trofeo Melinda
- 2006
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Subida al Naranco
- 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
- 4th Overall Course de la Paix
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 4th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 9th Giro di Toscana
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2007
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Tre Valli Varesine
- 4th Giro del Lazio
- 5th Coppa Placci
- 8th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 8th Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 9th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de Georgia
- 1st Stage 6
- 2009
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 8
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 2010
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2012
- 5th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
- 2013
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 2
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 10th Time trial
- 3rd
- 8th Overall Route du Sud
- 2014
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 2015
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 7th Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'es Colomer
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2017
- 6th Overall Tour of Croatia
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Tour of Croatia
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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 Giro d'Italia |
— | DNF | 15 | — | 9 | — | 37 | DNF | 26 | 10 | 35 | DNS |
| Tour de France |
31 | 16 | — | 39 | — | DNF | 90 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España |
— | — | — | 37 | DNF | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
References
- "Sivtsov to Team Sky". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- "Kanstantsin Siutsou". Team Sky. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- "License-Holders Provisionally Suspended as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)" (PDF). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Tour de France: Peter Sagan earns his second Tour stage win". BBC Sports. BBC. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- Wynn, Nigel (17 April 2013). "Kanstantsin Sivtsov wins Giro del Trentino stage two". Cycling Weekly. London: IPC Media. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- Wynn, Nigel (25 November 2015). "Kanstanstin Siutsou leaves Sky for Team Dimension Data". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- "UCI Statement on Kanstantsin Siutsou".
- "Siutsou out for three months after vertebrae fracture in Giro d'Italia TT recon crash".
- Ballinger, Alex (23 June 2020). "Former Team Sky rider banned for doping two years after he retired". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
External links
- Kanstantsin Siutsou profile at Team Sky
- Kanstantsin Sivtsov at Cycling Archives
- Kanstantsin Sivtsov at ProCyclingStats