Alexander Serov (cyclist)

Alexander Sergeyevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Серо́в; born 12 November 1982, in Vyborg) is a Russian former road and track racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for the Itera, Lokomotiv, Tinkoff Credit Systems, Team Katusha and Gazprom–RusVelo teams.

Alexander Serov

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Sergeyevich Serov
Born	(1982-11-12) 12 November 1982 (age 42) Vyborg, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Team information
Current team	Gazprom–RusVelo
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider (retired) Team manager
Rider type	Sprinter Time-Trialist
Professional teams
2001–2002	Itera
2003–2005	Lokomotiv
2006–2008	Tinkoff Restaurants
2009	Team Katusha
2012–2016	RusVelo[1]
Managerial team
2017–	Gazprom–RusVelo (directeur sportif)
Medal record Representing  Russia Men's track cycling World Championships 2011 Apeldoorn Team pursuit European Elite Championships 2012 Panevėžys Team Pursuit 2010 Pruszków Team Pursuit 2013 Apeldoorn Team Pursuit

Career achievements

Major results

2002

2002 Track Cycling World Cup

1st, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Alexei Markov, Sergei Klimov and Denis Smyslov)

2003

2003 Track Cycling World Cup

1st, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Alexei Markov, Nikita Eskov and Sergei Klimov)

2005

2004–2005 Track Cycling World Cup

3rd, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Serguei Klimov, Anton Mindlin and Nikolay Trusov)

2005–2006 Track Cycling World Cup

3rd, Individual Pursuit, Moscow

2nd, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Serguei Klimov, Anton Mindlin and Nikolay Trusov)

2006

2005–2006 Track Cycling World Cup

1st, Team Pursuit, Los Angeles (with Sergei Klimov, Ivan Rovny and Nikolai Trussov)

2006–2007 Track Cycling World Cup

1st, Individual Pursuit, Sydney

1st, Team Pursuit, Sydney (with Mikhail Ignatiev, Ivan Rovny and Nikolai Trussov)

2nd, Team Pursuit, Moscow (with Ivan Kovalev, Nikolay Trusov and Ivan Rovny)

1st, Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines

2007

2006–2007 Track Cycling World Cup

2nd, Individual Pursuit, Manchester

2nd, Eindhoven Team Time Trial (Tinkoff Credit Systems, with Sergei Klimov, Ivan Rovny, Mikhail Ignatiev, Yevgeni Petrov, Pavel Brutt, Vasil Kiryienka and Nikolay Trusov)

1st, Stage 5, Tour of Britain, Kendal

2007–2008 Track Cycling World Cup

3rd, Individual Pursuit, Sydney

3rd, Individual Pursuit, Beijing

2012

1st, Stage 2, Vuelta a Murcia

2013

1st, Stage 1, Volta a Portugal

1st, Stage 5, Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica

2nd European Track Championships – team pursuit (with Artur Ershov, Ivan Kovalev and Evgeny Kovalev)

2014

8th, Grand Prix of Moscow

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	124	117	—	—	—	—	—	—	128
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish