Maxim Iglinsky Explained

Maxim Iglinsky
Fullname:Maxim Gennadyevich Iglinsky
Birth Date:1981 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Tselinograd, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Weight:67kg (148lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Puncheur
Proyears1:2004
Proyears2:2005
Proteam2:Domina Vacanze
Proyears3:2006
Proyears4:2007–2014
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2006)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2012)

Strade Bianche (2010)

Maxim Gennadyevich Iglinsky (Максим Геннадьевич Иглинский; born 18 April 1981, in Astana) is a Kazakh former road racing cyclist who rode professionally from 2004 to 2014 with the, Domina Vacanze, and teams.

Career

Iglinsky turned professional in 2005 with Domina Vacanze and rode for in 2006. Iglinsky won stage 6 of the 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He is the elder brother of Valentin Iglinsky.

In spring 2012, he prevailed in one of the Ardennes Classic races, Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He broke away from the chasing group with Joaquim Rodríguez, subsequently dropping him and flying by race leader Vincenzo Nibali with one kilometer to go to win solo.[1]

He was provisionally suspended in October 2014 after testing positive for EPO in August 2014.[2] His brother Valentin Iglinsky was suspended on 10 September for testing positive, also in August 2014.[3] Maxim Iglinsky received a two-year ban, dating from the publication of the positive test, expiring 30 September 2016.

Major results

2002
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
  • 1st Stage 8
  • 2nd Overall Tour of China
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 4th Overall Tour of Japan
    2003
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de Bulgaria
  • 2nd Flèche Ardennaise
  • 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
  • 8th Omloop van het Houtland
    2004
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
  • 1st Prix de la Slantchev Brjag
  • 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Greece
  • 1st Prologue
  • 3rd Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo
  • 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  • 5th Boucles de l'Aulne
  • 6th Overall Tour de Beauce
    2005
  • 1st GP Cittá di Camaiore
  • 1st Stage 6 Deutschland Tour
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 5th Giro del Lazio
    2006
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
    2007
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    2008
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Suisse
  • 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 1st Stage 1
    2009
  • 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 8th GP Ouest–France
    2010
  • 1st Montepaschi Strade Bianche
  • 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
  • 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
  • 7th Gent–Wevelgem
  • 8th Milan–San Remo
  • 8th Tour of Flanders
    2012
  • 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 2nd Strade Bianche
    2013
  • 1st Tour of Almaty
  • 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
  • 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 9th Overall Eneco Tour
    2014
  • 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2005200620072008200920102011201220132014
    Giro d'Italia55
    Tour de France37DNFDNF131105116129
    Vuelta a EspañaDNFDNF
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Maxim Iglinsky wins Liège – Bastogne – Liège . Velo News . VeloNews.com . 22 April 2012 . 22 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120110164412/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results . 10 January 2012 .
    2. News: Maxim Iglinskiy provisionally suspended for EPO. Cycling News. cyclingnews.com. 1 October 2014. 1 October 2014.
    3. News: Valentin Iglinskiy sacked by Astana after positive test. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 10 September 2014. 10 September 2014.