Piotr Ugrumov (born January 21, 1961 in Riga

Riga

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) is a former Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 professional road racing cyclist who participated for Latvia

Latvia

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 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, though he was a part of the Russian

Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Russia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the first time that the nation participated separately from the other former republics of the Soviet Union. Russia had been a member of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics....

 delegation at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...

. His career as a professional lasted from 1989 to 1999, he had ten victories. Ugrumov finished second at the 1994

1994 Tour de France

The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st Tour de France and included two stages in England , Stage 4, Dover to Brighton and Stage 5, around Portsmouth. It took place July 2 to July 24, 1994...

 Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

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Palmares

1987

Circuit de la Sarthe 1st overall

1989

Peace Race 3rd overall

1990

Tour de France 45th overall

1991

Vuelta a Asturias 1st overall

1992
1993

Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...

 Second overall

First place - Stage 3

Euskal Bizikleta 1st overall

Giro del Friuli 1st

1994 - Gewiss-Ballan (Italy)

• winner stage 18 Moutiers to Cluses, Tour de France
• winner stage 19 Cluses to Morzine-Avoriaz, Tour de France
• 2nd - Tour de France
• 10th - World Championships road race, Agrigento, Italy
• 24th - Giro d'Italia
• 58th - Meisterschaft von Zürich, Switzerland (world cup)

1995 - Gewiss-Ballan (Italy)

• 3rd - Giro d'Italia (winner team classification)
• 8th - Tour de Romandie, Switzerland
• 21st - Giro di Lombardia, Italy (world cup)
• 22nd - Vuelta a Espana

1996 - Roslotto-ZG Mobili (Italy/Russia)

• 3rd - Coppa Agostoni, Italy
• 4th - Giro d'Italia
• 5th - National Championships road race (Russia)
• 7th - Tour de France (He finished 10th in the first mountain stage (7) to Les Arcs, together with other favourites; He had his best stages in the Pyrenees and finished 8th in stage 16 to Lourdes-Hautacam and 6th in Pamplona, finishing in the group that gave Miguel Indurain his definite blow. After that stage he was 7th in gc and maintained that position till Paris.)
• 8th - Tour de Romandie, Switzerland
• 21st - La Flèche Wallonne, Belgium (classic)
• 54th - Meisterschaft von Zürich, Switzerland (world cup)
• 58th - Olympic Games road race, Atlanta, USA

1997 - Roslotto-ZG Mobili (Italy/Russia)

• 7th - Tour of Poland
• 25th - World Championships road race, San Sebastian, Spain
• 32nd - Meisterschaft von Zürich, Switzerland (world cup)
• 38th - Giro di Lombardia, Italy (world cup)
• 44th - Paris-Tours, France (world cup)
• dnf - Giro d'Italia (He did not start in stage 14; he finished 5th in stage three, a time trial to San Marino)

1998 - Ballan (Italy)

• winner Luk Cup Bühl, Germany
• 2nd - National Championships of Russia, road race, Nizhny Novgorod
• 17th - Tour de Suisse (fifth in the 10th stage Bern > Bern)
• 40th - Giro d'Italia
• 63rd - Paris-Tours, France (world cup)
• 83rd - Amstel Gold Race, the Netherlands (world cup)
• 109th - Milano-San Remo, Italy (world cup)
• dnf - World Championships road race, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
• dnf - Danmark Rundt

1999 - Ballan-Alessio (Italy)

• 28th - Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy
• 38th - Paris-Tours, France (world cup)
• 49th - Tour de Suisse, Switzerland
• dnf - Giro d'Italia (He rode the Giro, but did not finish stage 7 to Lanciano. That same morning his Ballan-Alessio was one of three teams to be tested for doping. His best result came in stage 5, when he finished 31st on the Monte Sirino, in the first mountain stage of this Giro.)
• dnf - World Championships road race, Verona, Italy

Professional Teams

• Alfa Lum
  Alfa Lum cycling team
  The Italian company of Alfa Lum, an aluminium door and windows manufacturer sponsored a professional cycling team for two periods of time. Firstly for the three seasons between 1982 and 1984 and then for three more seasons between 1988 and 1990. The team is best remembered for introducing many...
  
   1989 - 1990
• SEUR 1991 - 1992
• Mecair - Ballan 1993
• Gewiss - Ballan 1994 - 1995
• Roslotto - ZG Mobili 1996 - 1997
• 1998 - Ballan (Italy)
• 1999 - Ballan-Alessio (Italy)

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Piotr Ugrumov