Nickname Robocop Name Vasil Kiryienka Current team Team Sky 2006 Rietumu-Riga (–June) Weight 71 kg | 2006 OTC Doors (May–) Height 1.83 m Discipline Road and Track Role Cyclist | |
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Full name Vasili Vasilyevich Kiryienka Rider type Time trialist/ Domestique | ||
Giro d italia 2015 stage 14 vasil kiryienka post race interview
Vasili Vasilyevich Kiryienka (Belarusian: Васіль Васілевіч Кірыенка; Łacinka: Vasil Vasilevič Kiryjenka) (born 28 June 1981) is a Belarusian racing cyclist, racing for UCI ProTeam Team Sky.
Contents
- Giro d italia 2015 stage 14 vasil kiryienka post race interview
- Vasil kiryienka stage 1 tour de france 2017
- Early years
- Caisse dEpargne 2009 2012
- Team Sky 2013
- References
Vasil kiryienka stage 1 tour de france 2017
Early years
Born in Rečyca in the Belorussian S.S.R. in 1981, Kiryienka won his first national time trial championship in 2002. His early career focused mainly on the track, where he won the Points Race at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Later that season Kiryienka won Stage 19 of the 2008 Giro d'Italia, a mountainous affair leading to Presolana, after spending the day on the attack and registering more than 6 hours and a half in the saddle. He attacked his six breakaway companions at the foot of the Monte Para climb and soloed to the finish for the win, by a margin of over four minutes.
Caisse d'Epargne (2009-2012)
Kiryienka moved to the Spanish Caisse d'Epargne squad for the 2009 season.
In 2010 he finished second in the tenth stage of the 2010 Tour de France after he was outsprinted at the line in Gap by Sérgio Paulinho (Radioshack) after the pair's decisive attack with 14 km remaining.
On 23 May 2011, during the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Kiryienka's Movistar Team team mate Xabier Tondo was killed in a freak accident at home while preparing to train with teammates. He was reportedly crushed between his car and a garage door. Five days later, Kiryienka rode to victory in a solo effort on Stage 20, a mountain top finish at Sestriere, and he dedicated the stage victory to Tondó, pointing skyward as he crossed the finish line. The team had met to consider withdrawing from the race after Tondó's death, but instead the riders unanimously voted to ride on. Kiryienka commented that the squad at the Giro hoped to get a further stage win (as Francisco Ventoso's win had come before Tondó's death) to honor him, while other members of the team grieved with Tondó's family.
In September 2012, Kiryienka finished third in the individual time trial at the road world championships.
Team Sky (2013-)
Kiryienka left Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Team Sky on a three-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.
In May 2015, Kiryienka won the individual time trial of the Giro d'Italia, which was 59.5-km long and relatively rolling. In June 2015, he won the individual time trial at the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. On 23 September 2015, Kiryienka won the individual time trial at the road world championships in Richmond, Virginia, United States.