Pavel Sivakov

Pavel Alekseyevich Sivakov (; born 11 July 1997) is a French cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He was born in Italy to Russian parents who subsequently moved to France, and switched his sporting allegiance from Russia to France in 2022. He has six professional cycling victories including a general classification win on the UCI World Tour at the 2019 Tour de Pologne.

Personal life Sivakov is the son of Russian former cyclists Alexei Sivakov and Aleksandra Koliaseva. He was born in Italy, but grew up in Soueich, Haute Garonne in France. Sivakov started competing for Russia. In March 2022, he changed his cycling nationality to France, due to his opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Career

In August 2017 it was announced that Sivakov would turn professional with , joining the team on a three-year contract from 2018.

In April 2019, Sivakov won Stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps, his first professional victory. He held the race lead for the rest of the race, taking overall victory by 27 seconds ahead of teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart.

In the 2019 Giro d'Italia, Sivakov finished 9th overall.

Sivakov took overall victory at the 2019 Tour de Pologne after a second place on the first mountain stage and a finish among the peloton on the final stage. Sivakov took the leader's jersey after the last stage, after previous leader Jonas Vingegaard suffered larger losses. Sivakov finished ahead of Jai Hindley of on the sixth stage and overtook the Australian by two seconds, thanks to time bonuses.

Sivakov also won the Vuelta Burgos in 2022, Giro della Toscana in 2023 and Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol in 2025.

Major results

2014 1st Overall Ronde des Vallées 1st Stage 1 2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 2015 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 1st Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt 1st Points classification 1st Stage 2 1st Tour of Flanders Juniors 3rd Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt 2016 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Valle d'Aosta 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour de Berlin 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Young rider classification 2017 1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1st Young rider classification Tour de l'Avenir 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 9 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Normandie 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour 2018 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 1b (TTT) 2019 (3 pro wins) 1st Overall Tour of the Alps 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Tour de Pologne 4th Overall Tour of Britain 8th Overall Herald Sun Tour 1st Young rider classification 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie 9th Overall Giro d'Italia Held after Stages 13–15 2020 1st Young rider classification, Tour Down Under 2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2021 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 6th Overall Tour of the Alps 9th Road race, UEC European Road Championships Vuelta a España Held after Stage 7–8 2022 (1) 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 10th Overall Tour of the Alps 2023 (1) 1st Giro della Toscana 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2nd Coppa Sabatini 3rd Memorial Marco Pantani 4th Overall Deutschland Tour 5th Overall Tour of Austria 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 7th Overall Tour of the Alps 9th Overall Paris–Nice 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2024 (1) 2nd Overall Giro d'Abruzzo 1st Stage 4 5th Overall Tour of Guangxi 6th Giro di Lombardia 6th Coppa Bernocchi 9th Overall Vuelta a España 2025 (1) 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 6th Trofeo Tessile & Moda 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships 10th Overall Tour of Britain

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP Race in Progress