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Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982 in Veliky Novgorod) is a Russian professional road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI ProTeam Astana. Gusev has been a professional since 2004, spending two years each at Team CSC and Discovery Channel before moving to Astana in 2008. On July 25, 2008 team Astana fired Gusev for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check

Gusev is as good with languages as he is in time trials: he speaks five (Russian, English, Italian, French and German). Gusev has been a professional since 2004, spending two years each at Team CSC and Discovery Channel before moving to Astana in 2008. At the 2006 Paris-Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified for riding though closed train crossing.

Palmares, Carrer Highlights

2008

2nd, overall Tour of Austria
1st, Russian time trial championship

2007

5th, Tour of Flanders
1st, mountains competition, Tour de Suisse (plus
1st, stage 7, Tour de Suisse
1st overall, Tour of Belgium (plus stage 3)
1st, Russian time trial championship
6th, world time trial championship

2006

1st overall, Sachen Tour International
1st, best young rider, Deutschland Tour (plus stage 1)
4th, stage 12, Vuelta a España
7th stages 3 and 7, Tour of California
7th, stage 7 Tour of California
10th, world time trial championship
10th, world road championship

2005

1st, Russian time trial championship
8th, HEW Cyclassics
10th, Tour of Flanders

2004

8th, Ghent-Wevelgem

2003

1st, Russian time trial championship

references :

VeloNews Biography Vladimir Gusev
Wikipedia Vladimir Gusev

Country : Russia
Date of Birth : 04 July 1982
Height : 172 cm / 5 ft 10 in
Weight : 73 kg / 160lbs
Residence : Guardamiglio, Italy

What do you enjoy doing in the off-season?
Chasing Girls

What’s your favorite sport to play, other than cycling?
Swimming

If you weren’t a professional cyclist, what job would you want?
I’d be a businessman

Personal goals for the 2007 season?
Be on the Tour de France Team; Win a Pro Tour race

What message you would like to send to your fans?
Keep the Faith

List something many people do not know about you:
I believe in God

Favorite race?
The Tour of Flanders

What’s on your iPod?
In Da Club, P.I.M.P. by 50 Cent

List the languages you speak/understand:
Russian, English, Italian, French, German

Fourth-youngest rider in cycling history to finish all seven one-day Spring Classics (Other finishers include Eddy Merckx, Freddy Maertens, and Dietrich Thurau)
Finished fourth at 2006 Paris-Roubaix, but later was disqualified for crossing railroad partitions

Contact

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