Dimitri Konyshev

Dimitri Borisovich Konyshev (; born 18 February 1966) is a Russian former professional road cyclist and current directeur sportif. 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 and Russia (1993, 2001).

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.

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.

In 1990 he became Soviet national road race champion and won a Tour de France stage (stage 17). Riding for TVM, he added two Tour stages in 1991, and took bronze in the World Championships road race in 1992.

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.

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.

He retired after the 2006 season.

Post-racing career Following retirement, Konyshev became a directeur sportif. He worked with Tinkoff Credit Systems from 2007, 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).

Personal life Konyshev’s son, Alexander Konychev, is a professional cyclist who has raced under an Italian licence.

Major results Primary sources for results: ProCyclingStats; FirstCycling; Cycling Archives (for historical listings).

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