Yaroslav Popovych

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Yaroslav Popovych
Popovych at the 2006 Tour de Georgia
Popovych at the 2006 Tour de Georgia
Personal information
Full name Yaroslav Popovych
Nickname Popo
Date of birth January 4, 1980 (1980-01-04) (age 28)
Country Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 64 kg (140 lb/10.1 st)
Team information
Current team Silence-Lotto
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2002–2004
2005–2007
2008–		 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
Discovery Channel
Silence-Lotto
Major wins
Volta a Catalunya (2005)
Tour de France, 1 stage (2006)
Young rider classification (2005)
Infobox last updated on:
December 22, 2007

Yaroslav Popovych (Ukrainian: Попович Ярослав, born January 4, 1980 in Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian cyclist with the UCI ProTour Silence-Lotto.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Early Years

He was considered one of the most promising cyclists while riding in junior and under-23 races after catching 35 victories in 2000 and 2001.[1] He won the Under-23 Men's road race in the 2001 UCI Road World Championships after finishing second the previous year. He also won the Paris-Roubaix edition for under-23 riders.[1] The Ukrainian turned pro in 2002 by joining the Belgian team Landbouwkrediet-Colnago and delivered some strong showings, most notably in the Giro d'Italia where he finished third in 2003 and fifth in 2004, where he wore the maglia rosa during three stages.

[edit] Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

He joined the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team in 2005 and he was considered as a possible successor to Lance Armstrong as team leader. In this same year, Popovych took one of his best victory by winning the 2005 Volta a Catalunya, which is an important race before the Tour de France. Along with the rest of the Discovery team, he won stage four team time trial in the 2005 Tour and showed his potential by winning the white jersey of the 2005 Tour de France while helping Lance Armstrong win his seventh Tour de France.

In the 2006 Tour de France, Popovych was considered one of the Discovery Channel team's four leaders, along with Jose Azevedo, Paolo Savoldelli and George Hincapie.[2] After failing to be among the best for the overall classification in the Pyrenees mountain stages, Popovych won stage 12 by repeatedly attacking his fellow break-away compatriots Alessandro Ballan, Óscar Freire and Christophe Le Mével. During 2006 season he also won stages at the Vuelta a Castilla y León and Tour de Georgia, where he finished third.[2]

Popovych mainly worked as a domestique during 2007 season, aiding Alberto Contador to win Paris-Nice and Tour de France. Early in the season, he won the fifth stage in the 2007 Paris-Nice after attacking 33 kilometres from the finishing line.[3] He was considered as the team leader for 2007 Giro d'Italia, but he withdrew in the twefth stage after suffering two crashes in the race. In the 2007 Tour de France, he finished eighth while working for Discovery Channel team-mates Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer.[4]

[edit] Silence-Lotto (2008-)

In 2008, Popovych moved to Silence-Lotto squad after Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team announced that it would cease operations at the end of 2007.[4]

[edit] Results

2001
1st, U23 World Road Race Cycling Championship
2002
12th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
2003 – Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
3rd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
2004 – Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
5th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
3 days in maglia rosa
1st, Trophee Giacotelli
2005 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya[5]
3rd, Stage 2, Paris-Nice
2nd, Stage 7, Dauphiné Libéré
12th, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Best Young Rider Classification (Maillot blanc)
2006 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
25th, Overall, Tour de France
1st, Stage 12
3rd, Overall, Tour de Georgia
1st, Stage 2
3rd, Stage 5
2nd, Overall, Sprint Classification
1st, Stage 2 (ITT), Vuelta a Castilla y León
2007 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
1st, Stage 5, Paris-Nice
8th, Overall, Tour de France
Stage 9 Combativity award
2008 – Silence-Lotto
3rd, Overall, Paris-Nice

[edit] External links

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Yaroslav Popovych bio. team.discovery.com. Retrieved on 22 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b Interviews - Tour de France 2006 - Johan Bruyneel. letour.fr (23 June 2006). Retrieved on 22 December 2007.
  3. ^ Popovych rides glorious day away. cyclingnews.com (6 March 2007). Retrieved on 22 December 2007.
  4. ^ a b Predictor-Lotto signs Popovych. cyclingnews.com (5 September 2007). Retrieved on 22 December 2007.
  5. ^ Hood (5/22). "Popovych delivers big win at Cataluyna". Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
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Persondata
NAME Popovych, Yaroslav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ярослав, Попович
SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH 1980-01-04
PLACE OF BIRTH Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH