Dimitri Konyshev
Dimitri Konyshev (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966) is a Soviet/Russian former road bicycle racer. Over his 17 year professional cycling career, Konyshev won nine Grand Tour stages becoming one of the few riders to win a stage in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a Espana. Konyshev was the first Soviet and first Russian to win a medal in the Men's Road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He won a Silver medal in 1989 behind Greg LeMond and a Bronze medal in 1992 behind Gianni Bugno and Laurent Jalabert.
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| Full name | Dmitri Borisovitsj Konysjev | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 February 1966 Gorky, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Russian National Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989–1990 | Alfa Lum–STM | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | TVM–Sanyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Jolly Componibili–Club 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Roslotto–ZG Mobili | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Fassa Bortolo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | LPR–Piacenza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2008 | Tinkoff Credit Systems | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2019 | Team Katusha | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Russian National Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Gazprom–RusVelo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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In his day, Konyshev could win from an attack or a sprint finish. He was the first rider from the Soviet Union to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia and the first Russian to win a stage also. He never won a Cycling monument but placed in the top 10 on four occasions three of which were in Giro di Lombardia. In the 2000 Giro d'Italia he won both the Points classification and Combativity classification. In the 1997 edition of the race he won one stage and the Intergiro classification.
Following his retirement from racing, he became a sports director with Tinkoff Credit Systems. He moved to UCI WorldTeam Team Katusha in 2009 where he was an assiatant sports director for 11 seasons before the team folded in 2019. Gazprom–RusVelo employed Konyshev from 2020 till mid 2022, when they lost their UCI license due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Konyshev's son Alexander Konychev is also a professional cyclist although he represents Italy.