 Konyshev in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Dmitri Borisovich Konyshev |
| Born | (1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 Gorky, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 1989–1990 | Alfa Lum–STM |
| 1991–1992 | TVM–Sanyo |
| 1993–1996 | Jolly Componibili–Club 88 |
| 1997 | Roslotto–ZG Mobili |
| 1998–1999 | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi |
| 2000–2002 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2003 | Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf |
| 2004–2006 | LPR–Piacenza |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2007–2008 | Tinkoff Credit Systems[1] |
| 2009–2019 | Team Katusha |
| 2009– | Russian national team |
| 2020–2022 | Gazprom–RusVelo |
| Major wins | |
| |
Dimitri Borisovich Konyshev (Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966) is a Russian former professional road cyclist and current directeur sportif.[2] Over a 17-year professional career he won stages at all three Grand Tours—four at the Tour de France, four at the Giro d'Italia, and one at the Vuelta a España—and claimed the Giro’s points classification in 2000 and the intergiro in 1997. He took silver in the men’s road race at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships and bronze in 1992, and was national road race champion for the Soviet Union (1990) and Russia (1993, 2001).[3][4][5]
Early life
Konyshev was born in Gorky, Soviet Union (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). He started cycling in the mid-1980s after initially practicing other sports, and progressed through the Soviet sports system, winning the 1986 Coors Classic stage 10.[6][7]
Professional career
Konyshev turned professional in 1989 with Alfa Lum as riders from the Soviet Union began to join Western European trade teams. He won Giro dell'Emilia the same year and took silver in the road race at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships.[8]
In 1990 he became Soviet national road race champion and won a Tour de France stage (stage 17).[9][10] Riding for TVM, he added two Tour stages in 1991, and took bronze in the World Championships road race in 1992.[11][12]
Between 1993 and 2000 he recorded four stage wins at the Giro d'Italia (two in 1993, then 1997 and 2000), won the intergiro classification (1997) and the points classification (2000). He also completed the set of Grand Tour stage victories at the 1996 Vuelta a España and won a fourth Tour stage in 1999.[13][14]
Outside Grand Tours he won several one-day races, including Grand Prix de Wallonie (1997), Grand Prix de Fourmies (1999), and Coppa Sabatini (1999, 2001), and twice became Russian national road race champion (1993, 2001). He placed tenth in the men’s Olympic road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[15][16]
He retired after the 2006 season.
Post-racing career
Following retirement, Konyshev became a directeur sportif. He worked with Tinkoff Credit Systems from 2007,[17] later joining the management staff of Team Katusha (2009–2019). He has also held roles with the Russian national team and with Gazprom–RusVelo (2020–2022).[18]
Personal life
Konyshev’s son, Alexander Konychev, is a professional cyclist who has raced under an Italian licence.[19]
Major results
Primary sources for results: ProCyclingStats; FirstCycling; Cycling Archives (for historical listings).[20][21][22]
- 1986
- 1st Stage 10 Coors Classic
- 1987
- 1st Overall Österreich-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
- 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 1st GP Palio del Recioto
- 1988
- 1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 6
- 1989
- 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 2nd UCI Road World Championships road race
- 1990
- 1st Soviet road race championships
- 1st Stage 17 Tour de France
- 1991
- 1st Stages 19 & 22 Tour de France
- 1992
- 3rd UCI World Championships road race
- 1993
- 1st Russian road race championships
- 1st Stages 5 & 12 Giro d'Italia
- 1994
- 1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland
- 1995
- 1st Giro del Friuli
- 1996
- 1st Overall Hofbrau Cup
- 1st Stages 1 & 4
- 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España
- 1997
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Intergiro classification
- 1st Stage 9
- 1998
- 3rd Russian road race championships
- 1999
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- 1st Stage 14 Tour de France
- 2000
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 6
- 10th Olympic road race
- 2001
- 1st Russian road race championships
- 1st Coppa Sabatini
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 5
References
- ^ "Konychev staff profile". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri KONYSHEV". UCI. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Tour waits for LeMond to strike". The Washington Post. 19 July 1990. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "TOUR DE FRANCE: LeMond Has Flat as Konyshev Wins 17th Stage". Los Angeles Times. 18 July 1990. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri Konychev – career profile". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Soviet Cyclist Wins Road Race". The New York Times. 22 August 1986. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri Konyshev of the Soviet Union overtook the leaders…". UPI. 21 August 1986. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "1989 Giro d'Italia". BikeRaceInfo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Spain's Induráin basks in victory: Tour de France". Los Angeles Times. 29 July 1991. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Tour waits for LeMond to strike". The Washington Post. 19 July 1990. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Tour de France 1991 – Stage 22". Los Angeles Times. 29 July 1991. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "World Championships – Road Race 1992 (results)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia – points classification winners". UCI. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri Konychev – statistics". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Olympedia – Road Race, Individual, Men (Sydney 2000)". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Complete live report: men's road race, Sydney 2000". Cyclingnews. 27 September 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Greg (19 November 2006). "Tinkoff Credit Systems with first team meeting". Cyclingnews. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Дмитрий Конышев назначен главным тренером сборной России по велоспорту на шоссе". Allsportinfo (RU). 27 June 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ^ "Alexander Konychev". GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri Konychev". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Dimitri Konyshev". FirstCycling. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "Dmitri Konychev". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
External links
- https://www.uci.org/rider-details/9215
- Dmitri Konychev at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Dmitri Konychev at ProCyclingStats
