Evgeny Shalunov

Evgeny Shalunov
Personal information
Full name Evgeny Shalunov
Born (1992-01-08) 8 January 1992
Team information
Current team Gazprom–RusVelo
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2011 Lokomotiv-Urbycolan
2011 Team RadioShack (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2012–2015 Lokosphinx[1]
2016 Gazprom–RusVelo
Infobox last updated on
20 August 2016

Evgeny Shalunov (born 8 January 1992) is a Russian professional road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Gazprom–RusVelo. Shalunov has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2011 season, having signed a stagiaire deal with Team RadioShack in July 2011.[2]

A winner of eight national events in 2011 with Lokomotiv-Urbycolan, Shalunov signed with the Lokosphinx team for the 2012 season. After finishing fourth in the La Roue Tourangelle held in France in March,[3] Shalunov won his first UCI Europe Tour race in April 2012, by winning the Vuelta a La Rioja in Spain.[4] Attacking around 30 km (18.6 mi) from the finish in La Rioja, Shalunov soloed to the finish line to win by 28 seconds ahead of Euskaltel–Euskadi's Pablo Urtasun and team-mate Mikhail Antonov.[5]

Major results

2010
1st Overall Závod Míru
1st Stages 2 & 4
2nd Overall, Vuelta al Besaya
1st Stage 4
2nd European Junior Track Championships – Individual pursuit
2011
1st Overall, Bidasoa Itzulia
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st GP Macario
1st Memorial Valenciaga
1st Stages 1 & 3, Volta a Coruña
1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
2012
1st Vuelta a La Rioja
4th La Roue Tourangelle
2013
7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
7th GP San Giuseppe
10th Klasika Primavera
2014
1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
4th Ster ZLM Toer
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
7th Vuelta a La Rioja
2015
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid
1st Stage 1
1st Trofeo Matteotti
2016
5th Overall Tour de Wallonie

References

  1. "Lokosphinx (LOK) - RUS". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. Philippon, Alexandre (30 July 2011). "Shalunov sera stagiaire chez Radio Shack" [Shalunov will intern at Radio Shack]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. "Kuznetsov triumphs at La Roue Tourangelle". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  4. "Shalunov wins Vuelta a la Rioja". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  5. "Shalunov wins Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

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