Volodymyr Poulnikov
Personal information
Full nameVolodymyr Poulnikov
Born (1965-06-06) 6 June 1965
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
-USSR Amateur team
Professional teams
1989–1990Alfa Lum–STM
1991–1994Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1995Team Telekom
1996TVM–Farm Frites
1997–1998Kross–Montanari–Selle Italia
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (1989, 1990)
3 individual stages (1990, 1991, 1994)

Volodymyr Pulnikov (Ukrainian: Володимир Пульніков; born 6 June 1965 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian former road racing cyclist.[1]

Career

He debuted in the amateur categories for Soviet Union. As a professional, his best results include a 4th place overall in the 1990 Giro d'Italia, a 10th overall place at the Tour de France in 1993 and 1994, and a second place overall at the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the stage victory in the Giro. He also competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2]

Poulnikov retired from professional cycling in 1998.

Major results

1985
1st Stage 6 GP Tell
1986
2nd Overall Course de la Paix
1987
3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
1988
2nd Overall Course de la Paix
2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1989
Giro d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 9
1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT)
3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini
1990
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
4th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
1991
7th Tre Valli Varesine
1992
1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN
3rd Giro del Lazio
1993
7th Overall Giro d'Italia
9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
10th Overall Giro del Trentino
10th Overall Tour de France
10th Subida a Urkiola
1994
1st Giro del Friuli
1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
10th Overall Tour de France
1996
4th Overall Route du Sud
1997
3rd Giro di Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Vuelta a España 31 DNF 66 44
Giro d'Italia 11 4 11 7 11 14 16 DNF
Tour de France 88 10 10 25 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Volodymyr Pulnikov". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vladimir Poulnikov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.


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