Vladimir Gusev

Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (, born 4 July 1982) is a Russian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the , , , and teams.

Career At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level-crossing.

On 25 July 2008, Gusev was fired by his team for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check, a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June.

Gusev joined in 2010 after not riding for a trade team following his dismissal from Astana.

Major results

2000

2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana 2001 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2002 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 2nd Coppa Città di Asti 5th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 2003

1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1st Stages 3 & 4b (ITT)

3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana 4th Overall Giro delle Regioni 1st Stage 1 4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin 8th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 2004 2nd Chrono des Herbiers 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire 8th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Paris–Bourges 2005 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 3rd Chrono des Herbiers 4th Paris–Camembert 8th HEW Cyclassics 9th Brabantse Pijl 10th Tour of Flanders 2006

3rd Japan Cup 4th Overall Deutschland Tour

1st Prologue 4th Chrono des Nations 8th Züri–Metzgete UCI Road World Championships 10th Time trial 10th Road race 2007

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Mallorca 2nd Trofeo Pollença 7th Trofeo Sóller 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne 5th Tour of Flanders 5th Chrono des Nations 5th Firenze–Pistoia 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 6th Overall Eneco Tour Tour de France

2008

2nd Overall Tour of Austria 8th Chrono des Nations 2010 National Road Championships

2nd Road race 6th Overall Tour of Austria 10th Giro di Lombardia 2011 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 10th Münsterland Giro 2012 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt 7th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2013 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 2014 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2015 2nd Overall Tour du Maroc 1st Stage 8 5th Overall Tour de Ijen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish