Dimitri Konyshev
Dimitri Borisovich Konyshev is a Russian former professional road cyclist and current directeur sportif. Over a 17-year professional career he won stages at all three Grand Tours—four at the Tour de France, four at the Giro d'Italia, and one at the Vuelta a España—and claimed the Giro’s points classification in 2000 and the intergiro in 1997. He took silver in the men’s road race at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships and bronze in 1992, and was national road race champion for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Early life
Konyshev was born in Gorky, Soviet Union. He started cycling in the mid-1980s after initially practicing other sports, and progressed through the Soviet sports system, winning the 1986 Coors Classic stage 10.Professional career
Konyshev turned professional in 1989 with Alfa Lum as riders from the Soviet Union began to join Western European trade teams. He won Giro dell'Emilia the same year and took silver in the road race at the 1989 UCI Road World Championships.In 1990 he became Soviet national road race champion and won a Tour de France stage. Riding for TVM, he added two Tour stages in 1991, and took bronze in the World Championships road race in 1992.
Between 1993 and 2000 he recorded four stage wins at the Giro d'Italia, won the intergiro classification and the points classification. He also completed the set of Grand Tour stage victories at the 1996 Vuelta a España and won a fourth Tour stage in 1999.
Outside Grand Tours he won several one-day races, including Grand Prix de Wallonie, Grand Prix de Fourmies, and Coppa Sabatini, and twice became Russian national road race champion. He placed tenth in the men’s Olympic road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He retired after the 2006 season.
Post-racing career
Following retirement, Konyshev became a directeur sportif. He worked with Tinkoff Credit Systems from 2007, later joining the management staff of Team Katusha. He has also held roles with the Russian national team and with Gazprom–RusVelo.Personal life
Konyshev’s son, Alexander Konychev, is a professional cyclist who has raced under an Italian licence.Major results
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