Sergei Yakovlev | |
Fullname: | Sergei Yakovlev Сергей Яковлев |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1976 |
Birth Place: | Temirtau, Karaganda Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
Weight: | 62kg (137lb) |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1999 - 2000 |
Proteam1: | Besson Chaussures |
Proyears2: | 2001 |
Proyears3: | 2002 - 2005 |
Proyears4: | 2006 |
Proyears5: | 2007 - 2008 |
Majorwins: | Tour de l'Ain (2000) |
Sergei Yakovlev, (Сергей Яковлев, born April 21, 1976, in Temirtau, Karaganda Region, Soviet Union, now Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani (ethnic Russian) professional road bicycle racer. He is currently without a team. He turned professional in 1999 and rode for Besson Chaussures for two seasons, then Acqua & Sapone and then he moved to Team Telekom which became T-Mobile. After fellow Kazakhstani Alexander Vinokourov left T-Mobile at the end of 2005, Yakovlev went with him to Liberty Seguros-Würth team and then the Astana cycling team. Yakovlev's victories include being the national champion of Kazakhstan in 2000, the 2000 edition of the Tour de l'Ain and a stage in the Tour de Suisse.[1]