Kirill Pozdnyakov Explained

Kirill Pozdnyakov
Fullname:	Kirill Pozdnyakov
Birth Date:	20 January 1989
Birth Place:	Unecha, Russia
Height:	1.76 m
Weight:	67 kg
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	2013
Proyears2:	2014–2015
Proyears3:	2016–2018
Proyears4:	2019

Kirill Pozdnyakov (born 20 January 1989) is an Azerbaijani former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2013 and 2019 for teams, and two spells with the team.^[1]

Career

In November 2015 announced that Pozdnyakov would rejoin them for the 2016 season, having been part of the team's squad in its debut season in 2013.^[2] He switched from Russian to Azerbaijani nationality in 2017.

Doping violation

In July 2019, the Azerbaijan Cycling Federation announced that he committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation: Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample. The substance was Methylphenidate metabolite. His period of sanction began 11 May 2019, and he received 24 months of Ineligibility.^[3]

Major results

2011

3rd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

2012

5th Flèche Ardennaise

2013

1st Overall Tour of China I

1st Stage 6

1st Stage 4 Rás Tailteann

3rd Overall Tour de Taiwan

1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Jelajah Malaysia

1st Stage 1

6th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt

2016

1st Overall Tour of Szeklerland

1st Stages 2 & 3a (ITT)

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Sibiu Cycling Tour

3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska

7th Overall Tour of Croatia

2017

~~1st Road race, National Road Championships~~

~~1st Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan~~

~~1st Mountains classification~~

~~1st Stage 2~~

~~3rd Overall Tour du Maroc~~

~~1st Stages 1 & 4~~

8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

2018

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Grand Prix Alanya

2nd Overall Five Rings of Moscow

1st Points classification

1st Stage 4

5th Overall Tour du Maroc

7th Overall Tour of Mersin

1st Stage 1

2019

8th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

Notes and References

Web site: Kirill Pozdnyakov . 15 March 2015 . Pro Cycling Stats.
Web site: Pozdnyakov re-joins Synergy Baku. 6 November 2015. . 13 November 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151108213636/http://www.bakucyclingproject.com/pozdnyakov-re-joins-synergy-baku-2. 8 November 2015. dead.
Web site: Sanctions.