Ivan Stević

Ivan Stević (; born 12 March 1980) is a Serbian former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 2005, riding for the Aerospace Engineering-VMG squad, before joining Toyota-United in 2006, the year he won the road race at the Serbian National Road Championships.

Career Born in Belgrade, Stević rode for the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Olympics, and for Serbia in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, having qualified by winning the 'B' World Championships, in South Africa on 1 July 2007. Prior to racing in America, from 2000 to 2005 he rode as an amateur in Italy, amassing 20 Victories for the Aran Cucine-Cantina Tollo and Zilio teams. On 20 July 2010, Stević gave a middle finger salute while winning the fourth stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake. He was subsequently thrown out of the race for his gesture.

On 22 October 2010, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) disqualified all his results between 17 September 2008 and 16 September 2010 for the use or attempted use of a prohibited substance or method. In 2012, he competed for Serbia at the Olympics in London and took 54th place in the road race.

Major results Source:

2001 Yugoslavian National Road Championships 1st Under-23 road race 2nd Road race 2002 Yugoslavian National Road Championships 1st Under-23 road race 3rd Road race 1st Trofeo Mario Zanchi 2003 Serbia and Montenegro National Road Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial

9th Overall Tour d'Egypte 2004 1st Gran Premio San Basso 1st La Ciociarissima 3rd Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli 4th Overall Giro Ciclisto delle Provincia di Cosenza 1st Stage 2 9th Gran Premio San Giuseppe 2005 1st Road race, Serbia and Montenegro National Road Championships 1st Overall Tobago International 1st Overall Bermuda GP 1st Stage 4 The Paths of King Nikola 2nd Overall Vuelta de Bisbee 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 2nd Overall Tour of the Gila 4th Overall Sea Otter Classic 1st Stage 1 5th Overall Tour de Serbie 1st Stage 6 6th Road race, Mediterranean Games 8th Reading Classic 9th Lancaster Classic 2006

1st Maxxis Georgia Cup 1st Habitat for Humanity Road Race Tri-Peaks Challenge 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Stage 5 Nature Valley Grand Prix 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 2007

1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix 1st Stage 1 1st Stage 2 Tour de Georgia 1st Stage 3 Tri-Peaks Challenge 2nd Overall Joe Martin Stage Race 2008 1st Putevima Vukovog Kraja Tulsa Tough 1st Stages 2 & 3 2nd Overall Tour de Hongrie 3rd Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix

2009

1st Overall Generalni Plasman Liga 1st Beograd–Čačak 1st Velika Nagrade Čubure 5th Overall Tour de Serbie 6th Overall Grand Prix Bradlo 10th Overall Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc 2010 1st Velika Nagrada Novog Sad 1st Beograd–Čačak 1st Stage 4 Tour of Qinghai Lake 2nd Overall Generalni Plasman Liga 5th Memorial Oleg Dyachenko 7th Grand Prix of Moscow

2010 1st Stage 9 Tour of Bulgaria 2011 1st Overall Tour de Serbie 1st Mayor Cup 2nd Overall Five Rings of Moscow 2nd Velika Nagrada Novog Sad 2nd Tour of Vojvodina I 5th Jūrmala Grand Prix 6th Banja Luka–Belgrade II 7th Banja Luka–Belgrade I 10th Grand Prix of Moscow 2012

1st Overall Grand Prix of Sochi 1st Points classification 2nd Overall Five Rings of Moscow 1st Stage 1 3rd Grand Prix of Moscow 7th Mayor Cup 2013

1st Overall Cupa Mun. Reghin 1st Stage 2 Delta Bike Tour

2nd Overall Turul Dobrogei 3rd Overall Tour of Romania 3rd Velika Nagrada Novog Sad 7th Banja Luka–Belgrade I 7th Beograd–Čačak 2014 1st Banja Luka–Belgrade II Tour de Serbie

Serbian National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 8th Banja Luka–Belgrade I 8th Grand Prix Sarajevo 2015

1st Stage 5 Tour of Bulgaria 3rd Belgrade–Banja Luka II 4th Overall Tour of Çanakkale 4th Overall International Tour of Torku Mevlana 1st Stage 1 4th Krasnodar–Anapa 5th Overall Tour de Serbie 6th Overall Tour of Mersin 6th Overall Tour of Ankara

Major championship results