Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)

Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982) is a Russian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the, , , and  teams.

Career
At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level-crossing.

On 25 July 2008, Gusev was fired by his team for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check, a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June.

Gusev joined in 2010 after not riding for a trade team following his dismissal from Astana.

Major results

 * 2000
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
 * 2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana


 * 2001
 * 10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships


 * 2002
 * 2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
 * 2nd Coppa Città di Asti
 * 5th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia


 * 2003
 * 1st MaillotRusia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
 * 1st Stages 3 & 4b (ITT)
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
 * 3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana
 * 4th Overall Giro delle Regioni
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
 * 8th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto


 * 2004
 * 2nd Chrono des Herbiers
 * 7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
 * 8th Gent–Wevelgem
 * 8th Paris–Bourges


 * 2005
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 3rd Chrono des Herbiers
 * 4th Paris–Camembert
 * 8th HEW Cyclassics
 * 9th Brabantse Pijl
 * 10th Tour of Flanders


 * 2006
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Sachsen Tour International
 * 3rd Japan Cup
 * 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 1st Prologue
 * 4th Chrono des Nations
 * 8th Züri–Metzgete
 * UCI Road World Championships
 * 10th Time trial
 * 10th Road race


 * 2007
 * 1st MaillotRusia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
 * Tour de Suisse
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 7
 * Vuelta a Mallorca
 * 2nd Trofeo Pollença
 * 7th Trofeo Sóller
 * 5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
 * 5th Tour of Flanders
 * 5th Chrono des Nations
 * 5th Firenze–Pistoia
 * 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 * 6th Overall Eneco Tour
 * Tour de France
 * Held Jersey white.svg after Prologue–Stage 6


 * 2008
 * 1st MaillotRusia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
 * 8th Chrono des Nations


 * 2010
 * National Road Championships
 * 1st MaillotRusia.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 6th Overall Tour of Austria
 * 10th Giro di Lombardia


 * 2011
 * 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 10th Münsterland Giro


 * 2012
 * 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
 * 3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
 * 7th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships


 * 2013
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial


 * 2014
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 2015
 * 2nd Overall Tour du Maroc
 * 1st Stage 8
 * 5th Overall Tour de Ijen