Vladimir Poulnikov

Volodymyr Poulnikov
Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Poulnikov
Born	6 June 1965 (age 59); Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
-	USSR Amateur team
Professional teams
1989–1990	Alfa Lum–STM
1991–1994	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni
1995	Team Telekom
1996	TVM–Farm Frites
1997–1998	Kross–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.

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

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

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	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

^ "Volodymyr Pulnikov". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
^ 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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