Alexandr Kolobnev

Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (; born 4 May 1981) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of the 2007 Paris–Nice and he is a two-time winner of the Russian National Road Race Championships. In 2011, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for a potential drug masking agent. He was cleared of intentional doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February 2012, and returned to in March 2012. and finished second at the UCI Road World Championships. Kolobnev finished fourth in the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games. Second-place finisher Davide Rebellin later tested positive for Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), causing the IOC to strip him of his silver medal. Kolobnev was promoted to third in the race's standings by the UCI. However, he was not awarded the bronze medal until 2011.

Controversies Exonerated doping test In the 2011 Tour de France he tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, a masking agent that can hide the presence of performance-enhancing drugs. He was subsequently pulled from the tour by his team, and his results for that stage were annulled. Despite his B sample also testing positive he only received a fine from the Russian cycling federation. However this was later appealed by the UCI to CAS, although he was subsequently cleared of any charges on 29 February 2012. Kolobnev rejoined in March 2012. On 12 September 2019, prosecutors requested a six-month jail sentence for Kolobnev and Vinokourov, with an additional fine of €50,000 for Kolobnev, as well as €150,000 to be confiscated from his bank account. Kolobnev and Vinokourov were cleared on 5 November 2019, with the judge citing a "lack of concrete evidence" for the court's decision.

Personal life He lives in Dénia, Spain, with his wife Daria and two sons and one daughter, David, Alexander and Aprelia. He opened a hotel in Dénia which had several altitude simulation rooms, a permitted method to increase athletic performance.

Major results

1999 1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana 2001 1st Gran Premio di Poggiana 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 4th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo 2002 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2003 (1 pro win) 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano 2nd Giro dell'Emilia 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 2 4th Coppa Sabatini 5th La Flèche Wallonne 6th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo 2004 (1)

2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 7th Overall Brixia Tour 8th Gran Premio di Lugano 8th Trofeo Matteotti 10th Road race, Olympic Games 2005 2nd Overall Niedersachsen Rundfahrt 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 8th Overall Danmark Rundt 2006 (1) 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 1 5th Overall Tour de Pologne 7th Overall Sachsen Tour 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm 2007 (2) 1st Monte Paschi Eroica 1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Deutschland Tour

5th Overall Tour de Wallonie 9th Giro dell'Emilia 2008 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián

3rd Giro dell'Emilia 5th Klasika Primavera 5th Coppa Sabatini 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie 2009

2nd GP Miguel Induráin 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie 3rd Giro di Lombardia 4th Overall Tour of Ireland 6th Amstel Gold Race 7th Giro dell'Emilia 9th Overall Tour of Slovenia 9th Clásica de Almería 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2010 (1)

2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 3rd GP Miguel Induráin 4th Giro dell'Emilia 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 2011 2nd GP Miguel Induráin 5th Road race, National Road Championships 5th Amstel Gold Race 2012 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 4th Overall Tour de Pologne 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 9th Trofeo Melinda 2013 (1) 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Stage 1 3rd Tre Valli Varesine 7th Strade Bianche 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 2014 7th GP Miguel Induráin 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 2016

10th Overall Giro di Toscana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Classics results timeline Monument 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Milan–San Remo — — — — — — — — 46 51 — — DNF 73 — Tour of Flanders — — 94 — — — — — — — — — — — — Paris–RoubaixDid not contest during his career Liège–Bastogne–Liège — 44 39 — 60 45 4492 11 — 75 33 — — Giro di Lombardia — 56 DNF — 23 11 133 DNF — 14 DNF 13 — DNF Classic 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Strade Bianche Race did not exist1 — — — — —7 74 — — Amstel Gold Race DNF 51 64 — — 53 366 215 — 19 19 — — La Flèche Wallonne —5 59 — 29 53 DNF 21 74 81 — 96 48 — — Clásica de San Sebastián — 61 101 33 19 DNF2 15 45 — — 21 11 — —Grand Prix Cycliste de QuébecRace did not exist — — 38 22 — — —Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal — —3 30 — — — Giro dell'Emilia —2 11 — 129374 — — — — — DNF

Major championship results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish