About Svetlana Bubnenkova
Born 1973. Svetlana Bubnenkova is a Russian sport cyclist.
Svetlana Yuryevna Bubnenkova-Stolbova (Russian Светлана Юрьевна Бубненкова; born 2 January 1973 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia) is a racing cyclist from Russia. She represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004. Her biggest achievement was winning the 2002 Giro d'Italia Femminile. Bubnenkova twice won the world title in the women's team time trial (1993, 1994). She tested positive for the use of EPO in the Tour Féminin en Limousin 2006. In June 2007 she was suspended for two years by the French doping association. Later the UCI adopted this suspension, but due to miscommunications Bubnenkova continued to race in 2007. At the end of 2007 the UCI disqualified Bubnenkova in all races she started between June and September 2007.
Palmarès Source:
1993
with Olga Sokolova, Valentina Polkhanova & Aleksandra Koliaseva 1st Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen 2nd National Time Trial Championships 1994
with Olga Sokolova, Valentina Polkhanova & Aleksandra Koliaseva
1st overall Tour de Bretagne 2nd National Road Race Championships 2nd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen 1995 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop 3rd overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 3rd National Time Trial Championships 1996
2nd overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 18th Olympic Games Time Trial 1997 2nd overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 1999 2nd overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 2nd overall Giro del Trentino 2000 1st stage 7 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 1st stage 6A & 7 Giro d'Italia Femminile
3rd overall Giro del Trentino 5th Olympic Games Road Race 2001 2nd National Road Race Championships 2002 1st overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st stage 3 & 6
1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda 1st GP Suisse Féminin 3rd National Time Trial Championships 2003 1st Bern-Oberbottigen
1st Sparkassen Giro Bochum 3rd Berner Rundfahrt 2004 2nd National Time Trial Championships 8th World Road Cycling Championships 2005 1st overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira 1st stage 1 1st overall Giro del Trentino 1st prologue
1st stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st stage 2, 3, 4 & 5 Tour de l'Ardèche 2nd overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 1st stage 3 3rd National Road Race Championships 3rd overall Giro di San Marino 2006 1st overall Giro di San Marino 1st stage 2 1st overall Giro del Trentino 1st stage 1 & 2 1st Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 1st stage 5 2nd Russian National Time Trial Championships 2nd overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 3rd overall Geelong Tour 3rd Coppa dei Laghi 3rd overall Route de France Féminine 1st stage 8 9th World Road Cycling Championships 2007 1st Futur Géant de la Route CC Hollerich 1st stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st Critérium International Feminin 1st overall Tour Féminin en Limousin 1st stage 1 & 4 1st Critérium des Championnes 2nd National Time Trial Championships 2nd overall Route de France Féminine 1st stage 2, 5, 6 & 7 2nd Trophée des Cyclistines 3rd overall Giro del Trentino 2009 1st GP Elsy Jacobs 1st Classic Féminine Vienne Poitou-Charentes 3rd overall Giro del Trentino 3rd National Time Trial Championships 2010 3rd overall Giro del Trentino 2011 2nd National Road Race Championships 3rd overall Gracia–Orlová 1st prologue 3rd Russian National Track Cycling Championships (team pursuit) with Natalia Boyarskaya & Irina Molicheva 2012 5th World Team Time Trial Championships with Boyarskaya, Kasper, Kupfernagel, Molicheva & Zabelinsaya 2013
3rd overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
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Russian racing cyclist
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Svetlana Bubnenkova was born on 2 January 1973 in Izhevsk.
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