Alexandr Kolobnev
Kolobnev in 2011
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| Full name | Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
4 May 1981 Vyksa, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Gazprom–RusVelo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2002 | Acqua e Sapone–Cantina Tollo | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Domina Vacanze | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Rabobank | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Team CSC | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Team Katusha | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Gazprom–RusVelo | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (Russian: Александр Васильевич Колобнев; born 4 May 1981) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer, who rides on the UCI World Tour with Team Katusha–Alpecin. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of Paris–Nice and he is a two-time Russian National road Champion. In 2011, he was provisionally suspended after testing positive for a potential drug masking agent. He was cleared of intentional doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February 2012, and returned to Team Katusha in March 2012.
Born in Vyksa, Russian SFSR, Kolobnev spent his neo-pro year in 2002 with Acqua e Sapone–Cantina Tollo. His second season saw him sign with Domina Vacanze. There, he took his first victory in Stage 2 of the Settimana Ciclistica Coppi-Bartali. He stayed with Domina Vacanze through the 2004 season and signed with UCI ProTeam Rabobank. With Rabobank he managed to capture Stage 1 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006.
In 2007 he transferred to Team CSC. He won the third stage of Paris–Nice, became the inaugural winner of the Monte Paschi Eroica, now known as the Strade Bianche, and finished second at the UCI Road World Championships. Kolobnev finished fourth in the road race at the 2008 Olympic Games. Second-place finisher and silver medalist Davide Rebellin later tested positive for Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator, causing the IOC to strip him of his silver medal. Though the UCI considers Kolobnev promoted to third in the race's standings, he has not, as of January 2010, been awarded a bronze medal.
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