Tamara Dronova
Tamara Dronova (Russian: Тамара Дронова, née Balabolina; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Israel Premier Tech Roland in road racing,[1] and UCI Track Team Marathon–Tula in track cycling.[2] After winning several medals as a junior and under-23 at the European Track Championships she won as an elite rider the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships.[3] Besides track cycling she also rides on the road and competed in 2013 at the Russian National Road Race Championships and Russian National Time Trial Championships.[4]
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Full name | Tamara Dronova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tamara Balabolina 13 August 1993 Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2020– | Marathon–Tula (track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Cogeas–Mettler–Look (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As of 31 October 2014 she is still the current Russian national track cycling record holder in the 4000 m team pursuit in a time of 4:29.842 ridden at the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes on 5 December 2013 together with Anastasia Chulkova, Alexandra Chekina and Galina Strelsova.[5]
Major results
Track
- 2011
- UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Team sprint (with Anastasia Voynova)
- 3rd
Sprint
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st
Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 3rd
Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
- 3rd
Omnium, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
- 2013
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Aleksandra Goncharova and Maria Mishina)
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2014
- European Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st
Omnium
- 1st
Scratch
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Aleksandra Goncharova and Gulnaz Badykova)
- 1st
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships (with Alexandra Chekina, Irina Molicheva, Aleksandra Goncharova and Evgenia Romanyuta)
- 2015
- Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch
- 6 giorni delle rose – Fiorenzuola
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships (with Gulnaz Badykova, Alexandra Chekina and Maria Savitskaya)
- UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 2nd
Omnium
- 3rd
Team pursuit (with Gulnaz Badykova, Alexandra Chekina and Natalia Mozharova)
- 2nd
- 2016
- 2nd Points race, Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
- 2017
- 3rd Madison, Grand Prix Minsk (with Gulnaz Badykova)
- 3rd Madison, Grand Prix of Moscow (with Gulnaz Badykova)
- 2019
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, European Games
- 2021
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Diana Klimova)
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
Road
Source:[6]
- 2015
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1st Grand Prix Central Anatolia
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Grand Prix Mount Erciyes
- 6th Grand Prix Gazipaşa
- 7th Grand Prix Cappadocia
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 4th Grand Prix Velo Manavgat
- 5th Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
- 8th Grand Prix Develi
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial
- 1st
Road race
- 1st Mixed team relay
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
- 6th Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden RR
- 7th GP de Plouay
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
References
- "Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Marathon – Tula Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- "Tamara Balabolina". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "Tamara Balabolina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Result". tissottiming.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "Tamara Dronova". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
External links
- Tamara Dronova at ProCyclingStats