Alexandre Usov

For other uses, see Aleksandr Usov (disambiguation).

Alexandre Usov (born 27 August 1977) is a Belarusian retired racing cyclist.^[2] His specialty is sprinting.

Alexandre Usov

At the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full name	Alexandre Usov
Born	(1977-08-27) 27 August 1977 (age 47) Minsk, Soviet Union
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2000–2004	Phonak
2005–2008	AG2R Prévoyance[1]
2009	Cofidis
2010	ISD Continental Team
Major wins
National Road Championship (2002)

Career

Usov came so close to victory at the 2005 GP Ouest-France with both himself and winner George Hincapie celebrating the win and unsure who won. Hincapie was awarded the win in a photo finish but years later after Hincpie admitted to doping his result was annulled so usov finished second to no one.^[3][4] Usov re-signing with AG2R Prévoyance for the 2007 season was only going to happen if Francisco Mancebo did not return to the team as the team could not afford them both. Mancebo was implicated in Operación Puerto doping case and was facing possible suspension.^[5] Mancebo left the team and AG2R Prévoyance signed Usov.^[6] After four top 10's in stages at the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Usov had his lead-out in the perfect position to contest the stage 18 sprint finish. The bunch went around one of the final corners too fast and Usov did not break in-time, crashing into his teammate and out of contention.^[7]

Usov went to the 2008 Giro d'Italia as the nominated sprinter for Ag2r–La Mondiale, he achieved three top 10 finishes in bunch sprints.^[8] He did however get second place in the final bunch sprint at the 2008 Vuelta a España.^[9]

Major results

Sources:^[10][11][12]

2000

1st Stage 10, Tour de l'Avenir

2001

1st Stages 3 & 5, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

1st Stage 1, Tour de l'Avenir

2002

 Belarus Road Race Champion

1st Stage 2, Tour de l'Avenir

1st Stage 1, Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2003

1st Trofeo Soller

1st Trofeo Cala Millor

1st Stage 1, Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas

2004

1st Berner Rundfahrt

1st Stage 5, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

2005

1st Stage 4, Hessen Rundfahrt

1st Stage 1, Circuit des Ardennes

1st Stage 1, Boucles de la Mayenne

2nd GP Plouay

2007

1st Stage 4, Tour du Limousin

2008

1st Stage 7, Tour de Langkawi

2009

1st Mountains Classification, Tour de Luxembourg