:Mikhail Ignatiev (cyclist)
{{Short description|Russian cyclist (born 1985)}}
{{Other uses|Mikhail Ignatiev (disambiguation){{!}}Mikhail Ignatyev}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Mikhail Ignatiev
| image = Mikhail Ignatyev IMG 1233 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Ignatiev at the 2011 Tour de Romandie
| fullname = Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev
| nickname = Gambero
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|5|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| height = {{convert|1.76|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|abbr=on}}
| currentteam =
| discipline = Road
Track
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Time trialist
Classic cycle races
| amateuryears1 = 2004–2005
| amateurteam1 = Lokomotiv
| proyears1 = 2006–2008
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TCS|2006}}
| proyears2 = 2009–2014
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|KAT|2009}}
| majorwins =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Russia}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Madrid|Under-23 Time Trial}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Salzburg|Under-23 Time Trial}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 Stuttgart|Under-23 Time Trial}}
{{MedalSport|Men's track cycling}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2004 Athens|Points race}}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Beijing | Madison }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2007 Mallorca|Points race}}
}}
Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev ({{lang|ru|Михаил Борисович Игнатьев}}) (born 7 May 1985) is a former Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He recently rode for UCI ProTour team {{UCI team code|KAT|2014}},{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(fi4p1rxrmda3macuk4uui3pf))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/2998|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140102050727/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(fi4p1rxrmda3macuk4uui3pf))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/2998|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 January 2014|title=Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS|accessdate=2 January 2014|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}} as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a time trial specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory.
Career
In 2004 Ignatiev achieved his biggest success to date, winning a gold medal in the points race at the Athens Olympics. On the road, Ignatiev came to prominence with his ability in the individual time trial. In 2002 and 2003, he was the World Junior Champion, while in 2005 he became the World Under 23 Champion.
Ignatiev signed his first professional contract in 2006, when he started riding for the {{UCI team code|TCS|2006}} cycling team. This team competed mainly in Russia, but Ignatiev made a big impact during a series of Spanish races in the middle part of the season.
When Tinkoff Credit Systems was established from Tinkoff Restaurants in 2007, Ignatiev moved to Marina di Massa, Italy. Early in the 2007 cycling season, Ignatiev made a name for himself by winning a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and the Trofeo Laigueglia with successful late attacks. He continued his form throughout the season and won two time trials, the Prologue in Ster Elektrotoer, Stage 4 of the Regio-Tour and the first stage of Vuelta a Burgos.
In the 2009 cycling season he moved to UCI World Tour Team Katusha, a newly formed Russian cycling team, sponsored by Itera, Gazprom and Rostechnologies. In his first season, he achieved some greatest results having taken two podiums at 2009 Tour de France.
Career achievements
=Major results=
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;2002
: 1st 20px Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
: UCI Junior Track World Championships
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Team pursuit
: 1st 20px Points race, UEC European Junior Track Championships
;2003
: 1st 20px Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
: UCI Junior Track World Championships
::1st 20px Madison
::1st 20px Team pursuit
: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
;2004
: 1st 15px Points race, Olympic Games
;2005
: 1st 20px Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
;2006
: 1st 20px Individual pursuit, UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
: 1st 20px Overall Volta a Lleida
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st Clásica Memorial Txuma
: 2nd 15px Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
;2007
: 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
: 1st Stage 3 Tour Méditerranéen
: 1st Prologue Ster Elektrotoer
: 1st Stage 4 Regio-Tour
: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos
: 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
: 5th Tour du Haut Var
: 2nd 15px Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
: 3rd 15px Points race, UCI Track World Championships
: 1st Fuga Gilera classification Giro d'Italia
;2010
: 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
;2011
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships
: 20px Combativity award Stage 16 Tour de France
;2012
: 3rd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
;2013
: 1st 20px Turkish Beauties classification, Presidential Tour of Turkey
: 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
{{div col end}}
=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | style="text-align:center;"|128 | style="text-align:center;"|140 | style="text-align:center;"|167 | style="text-align:center;"|131 |— | style="text-align:center;"|143 |— |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France |— |— | style="text-align:center;"|140 |— | style="text-align:center;"|147 |— |— |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España |— | style="text-align:center;"|104 |— | style="text-align:center;"|148 |— | style="text-align:center;"|171 |— |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Mikhail Ignatiev}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310151353/http://eng.procycling.ru/team/id.32/ Team profile]
- [http://sport-topics.ru/mikhail-ignatiev/ Mikhail Ignatiev]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on Sport-Topics.Ru
- {{trapfriis|russia.Ignatiev.htm}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Points race Men}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's under-23 time trial}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's junior time trial}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ignatiev, Mikhail}}
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Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Category:Cyclists from Saint Petersburg
Category:Olympic gold medalists in cycling
Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics