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Historic Overview Dmitri Konychev

Rider

Overall Rank283
NameDmitri KONYCHEV
Country
  Russia
Date of birth18-Feb-1966 - Nizjni Novgorod (Wolga Vjatka)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Dmitri Konychev

Dimitri Konyshev (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966) is a Soviet/Russian former road bicycle racer. Over his 17 year professional cycling career, Konyshev won nine Grand Tour stages becoming one of the few riders to win a stage in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a Espana. Konyshev was the first Soviet and first Russian to win a medal in the Men's Road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He won a Silver medal in 1989 behind Greg LeMond and a Bronze medal in 1992 behind Gianni Bugno and Laurent Jalabert.

In his day, Konyshev could win from an attack or a sprint finish. He was the first rider from the Soviet Union to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia and the first Russian to win a stage also. He never won a Cycling monument but placed in the top 10 on four occasions three of which were in Giro di Lombardia. In the 2000 Giro d'Italia he won both the Points classification and Combativity classification. In the 1997 edition of the race he won one stage and the Intergiro classification.

Following his retirement from racing, he became a sports director with Tinkoff Credit Systems. He moved to UCI WorldTeam Team Katusha in 2009 where he was an assiatant sports director for 11 seasons before the team folded in 2019. Gazprom–RusVelo employed Konyshev from 2020 till mid 2022, when they lost their UCI license due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Konyshev's son Alexander Konychev is also a professional cyclist although he represents Italy.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Giro dell'Emilia 1989
Giro di Romagna 2000
Tour du Lac Léman 2004
G.P. Industria e Artigianato 1990
Giro di Campania 2001
G.P. de Fourmies 1999
Coppa Agostoni 1989
G.P. de Wallonie 1997
Coppa Sabatini 2001
Hofbräu Cup 1996
Tour de France - stages 1990 (1), 1991 (2), 1999 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1993 (2), 1997 (1), 2000 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1996 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1991 (1), 1997 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 2001 (1)
Tour de Pologne - stages 1997 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 1998 (1)
Vuelta a Asturias - stages 2005 (1)
Vuelta a Murcia - stages 1997 (1)
Coors Classic - stages 1986 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1987 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1994 (1)
Euskal Bizikleta - stages 2004 (1)
Hofbräu Cup - stages 1996 (2)
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Seasons

Dmitri Konychev - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1985 Individual
2 1177
2. 1986 Individual
34 601
3. 1987 Individual
132 367
4. 1988 Individual
92 449
5. 1989 Alfa Lum - STM
627 85
6. 1990 Alfa Lum
800 70
7. 1991 TVM - Sanyo
845 63
8. 1992 TVM - Sanyo
1176 30
9. 1993 Jolly Componibili - Club 88
702 68
10. 1994 Jolly Componibili - Cage
1308 29
11. 1995 Aki - Gipiemme - Pitti Shoes
938 44
12. 1996 Aki - Gipiemme - Safi
718 64
13. 1997 Roslotto - ZG Mobili
519 116
14. 1998 Mercatone Uno - Bianchi
372 166
15. 1999 Mercatone Uno - Bianchi
768 73
16. 2000 Fassa Bortolo
857 68
17. 2001 Fassa Bortolo
490 141
18. 2002 Fassa Bortolo
237 294
19. 2003 Marlux - Wincor Nixdorf
123 461
20. 2004 Team LPR - Piacenza Management SRL
144 412
21. 2005 Team L.P.R. - Piacenza Management SRL
54 701
22. 2006 Team L.P.R.
24 1068
23. 2008 Elite without contract
0 4223
Overall: 10962 283