Ilnur Zakarin
Zakarin at the 2015 Tour de Romandie
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
15 September 1989 Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Katusha–Alpecin |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012 | Itera–Katusha |
| 2013–2014 | RusVelo |
| 2015– | Team Katusha |
| Major wins | |
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Ilnur Azatovich Zakarin (Russian: Ильнур Азатович Закарин; born 15 September 1989) is a Russian racing cyclist riding for Team Katusha–Alpecin.
In 2007, as a 17-year-old, he won the juniors time trial at the European Road Championships.
In July 2009 the Russian cycling federation announced that Zakarin had been banned for two years after he had tested positive for the anabolic steroid metandienone.
He came back from his ban in 2011 and in 2012 he got a contract with continental team Itera–Katusha. In the fall of 2012 he rode as a trainee with Team Katusha, but he was no picked up by the team and instead he got a contract with pro continental team RusVelo, whom he rode for in 2013 and 2014.
In September 2014 Team Katusha announced that they had signed Zakarin on an initial two-year deal from 2015. In April 2015 he finished ninth overall at the Tour of the Basque Country. At the beginning of May 2015, Zakarin took a prestigious victory; the general classification of the Tour de Romandie. He realized this feat thanks to a good performance in the mountains, finishing second of stage 4, and a very good time trial ride on the fifth and final stage, where he finished second even though he had to change his bike midway through the course due to some mechanical issues. Zakarin made his Grand Tour debut at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, where he won Stage 11 after attacking from a breakaway in heavy rain at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari racing circuit in Imola.
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