Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev

Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Бақтияр Қожатаев Baqtiyar Qojatayev; born March 28, 1992, in Petropavl) is a Kazakh former cyclist, who rode professionally for UCI WorldTeam between 2015 and 2018.

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, and the 2017 Tour de France.

Major results

 * 2012
 * 3rd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
 * 1st Mountains classification


 * 2013
 * 1st Mountains classification Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
 * 3rd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 4th Tour of Almaty
 * 5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
 * 6th Overall Tour Alsace
 * 7th Gran Premio di Poggiana
 * 9th GP Capodarco


 * 2014
 * 2nd Tour Bohemia
 * 5th Road race, Asian Under-23 Road Championships
 * 6th La Côte Picarde
 * 9th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta


 * 2015
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
 * 7th Overall Tour of Hainan


 * 2016
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino


 * 2017
 * 1st Team time trial, Asian Road Championships
 * 5th Overall Tour of Almaty