Piotr Ugrumov

Career He was born in Riga in 1961, and displayed his potential for stage race racing with a stage win at the 1984 Baby Giro. Competing at the 1989 Giro d'Italia he won the Young Rider classification. He had a top-ten finish the following year, finishing eighth on the general classification at the 1990 Giro d'Italia.

He was a member of the Gewiss-Ballan team under team doctor Michele Ferrari that had a collective increase in their red blood cell count, or hematocrit level from December 1994, to May 1995, with his percentage being the highest and with the greatest increase, rose from 32.8% to 60% according to records published in L'Équipe from the office of Dr. Ferrari. He later finished fourth at the 1996 Giro and finished in seventh place at the 1996 Tour de France. including Isaac del Toro.

Personal life Ugrjumovs was born in Riga to a Russian father and Belarusian mother, and attended Riga Secondary School No. 28. He has lived in Italy since 1989. In 1997, Ugrjumovs' old Soviet passport expired and he took up Russian citizenship, but in 2005 he was awarded Latvian citizenship under the name of Pēteris Ugrjumovs and pledged to renounce the Russian one.

Major results Sources:

1982 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1983 1st Stage 4a Ruban Granitier Breton 1984

1st Prologue Course de la Paix 1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir 1986

1st Stage 1 (TTT) 10th Overall Coors Classic 1987

1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1988 3rd Overall Course de la Paix 3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1989 4th Coppa Bernocchi 7th Coppa Sabatini 8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1990 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino 4th Firenze–Pistoia 5th Giro dell'Appennino 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 5th Coppa Bernocchi 6th Giro del Friuli 8th Overall Giro d'Italia 9th Trofeo Laigueglia 1991

2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta 2nd Overall Tour of Galicia 2nd Clásica a los Puertos 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 4th Subida al Naranco 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 8th Overall Vuelta a España 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 8th Escalada a Montjuïc 1992 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta 4th Klasika Primavera 5th Vuelta a La Rioja 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1993

1st Giro del Friuli 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 4 2nd GP Industria & Artigianato 3rd Coppa Placci 3rd Coppa Sabatini 4th Giro dell'Emilia 5th Overall Tour de Romandie 7th Giro di Lombardia 1994 2nd Overall Tour de France 1st Stages 18 & 19 (ITT) 2nd Giro di Romagna 4th Telekom Grand Prix (with Claudio Chiappucci) 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1995 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 5th Firenze–Pistoia 1996 3rd Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International 3rd Klasika Primavera 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni 4th Overall Giro d'Italia 5th Road race, National Road Championships (Russia) 7th Overall Tour de France 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 1997 5th Giro del Piemonte 7th Overall Tour de Pologne 1998 1st Luk-Cup Bühl 2nd Road race, National Road Championships (Russia)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish