Vladimir Malakhov

Vladimir Malakhov (Russian Владимир Малахов; born 1958) is a Soviet and Russian former road cyclist.

Malakhov was the first Soviet cyclist to win a stage in a Grand Tour. He won Stage 19 of the 1985 Vuelta a España as part of the USSR amateur team. He won the mass sprint ahead of Noël Dejonckheere and Sean Kelly. Originally Dejonckheere was declared the winner of the stage but after looking at the finish photo Malakhov was announced to have won. In Stage 16 he won the bunch sprint for second place, 43 seconds behind winner Isidro Juárez. He finished the race 71st overall over two hours down from winner Pedro Delgado. Malakhov also finished second in two of the race's other classifications: the sprint classification behind Ronny Van Holen and in the special sprint classification behind Jesús Suárez Cueva.

Major results Sources: 1980 1st Overall Triptyque Ardennaise 1st Stage 3a 1981 1st Overall Gyros Thysias 1982 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 3rd Criterium 9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1st Prologue (TTT) 1983 1st Stages 5 & 8 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1984 1st Trofeo Papà Cervi 1st Criterium, National Road Championships 1985 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour result Source: Grand Tour 1985 Vuelta a España 71 Giro d'Italia – Tour de France –