Alexandre Usov

Alexandre Usov (born 27 August 1977) is a Belarusian retired racing cyclist. His specialty is sprinting.

Career Usov came so close to victory at the 2005 GP Ouest-France with both himself and winner George Hincapie celebrating the win and unsure who won. Hincapie was awarded the win in a photo finish but years later after Hincpie admitted to doping his result was annulled so usov finished second to no one. Usov re-signing with for the 2007 season was only going to happen if Francisco Mancebo did not return to the team as the team could not afford them both. Mancebo was implicated in Operación Puerto doping case and was facing possible suspension. Mancebo left the team and signed Usov. After four top 10's in stages at the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Usov had his lead-out in the perfect position to contest the stage 18 sprint finish. The bunch went around one of the final corners too fast and Usov did not break in-time, crashing into his teammate and out of contention.

Usov went to the 2008 Giro d'Italia as the nominated sprinter for , he achieved three top 10 finishes in bunch sprints. He did however get second place in the final bunch sprint at the 2008 Vuelta a España.

Major results Sources:

2000 1st Stage 10, Tour de l'Avenir 2001 1st Stages 3 & 5, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 1st Stage 1, Tour de l'Avenir 2002 Road Race Champion 1st Stage 2, Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 1, Tour du Poitou-Charentes 2003 1st Trofeo Soller 1st Trofeo Cala Millor 1st Stage 1, Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas 2004 1st Berner Rundfahrt 1st Stage 5, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2005 1st Stage 4, Hessen Rundfahrt 1st Stage 1, Circuit des Ardennes 1st Stage 1, Boucles de la Mayenne 2nd GP Plouay 2007 1st Stage 4, Tour du Limousin 2008 1st Stage 7, Tour de Langkawi 2009 1st Mountains Classification, Tour de Luxembourg