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Historic Overview Denis Menchov

Rider

Overall Rank129
NameDenis MENCHOV
Country
  Russia
Date of birth25-Jan-1978 - Oriol (Orel)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Denis Menchov

Denis Nikolayevich Menshov (often mistakenly romanized as Menchov, Денис Николаевич Меньшов; born 25 January 1978) is a former professional Russian road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 2000 and 2013. He was best known as a general classification rider, a climber and an accomplished time trialist. In 2005 he finished second in the Vuelta a España and in 2007 he finished as the champion. He also won the centenary Giro d'Italia in 2009 and finished second in the Tour de France in 2010 becoming the first Russian to do so. He was later disqualified from that Tour de France, as well as the 2009 and 2012 editions, owing to adverse biological passport findings.

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Badges

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Major Victories

Giro d'Italia 2009
Vuelta a España 2007
Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2004
Vuelta a Murcia 2009
Tour de l'Avenir 2001
Tour de France - stages 2006 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 2009 (2)
Vuelta a España - stages 2004 (1), 2005 (2), 2007 (1), 2012 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 2004 (1)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 2002 (1), 2006 (1)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 2004 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 2007 (2)
Vuelta a Murcia - stages 2011 (1)
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Seasons

Denis Menchov - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1997 Individual 10 953
2. 1999 Banesto 18 896
3. 2000 Banesto 13 1063
4. 2001 iBanesto.com 502 138
5. 2002 iBanesto.com 422 168
6. 2003 iBanesto.com 742 72
7. 2004 Illes Balears - Banesto 1347 33
8. 2005 Rabobank 2346 6
9. 2006 Rabobank 1169 34
10. 2007 Rabobank 2249 5
11. 2008 Rabobank 1733 14
12. 2009 Rabobank 2018 9
13. 2010 Rabobank 1392 22
14. 2011 Geox - TMC 1312 25
15. 2012 Katusha Team 919 55
16. 2013 Katusha Team 152 426
Overall: 16344 129