# Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)

Vladimir Nikolayevich Gusev (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Гусев, born 4 July 1982) is a Russian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the Team CSC, Discovery Channel, Astana, Team Katusha and Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli teams.

## Career

At the 2006 Paris–Roubaix, Gusev finished fourth but was later one of three riders disqualified by the race jury for illegally riding through a closed level-crossing.
On 25 July 2008, Gusev was fired by his Astana team for showing "abnormal" values during an internal doping check, a decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport found to be unjust in a ruling the following June.
Gusev joined Team Katusha in 2010 after not riding for a trade team following his dismissal from Astana.

## Major results
### 2000

    2nd Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana

### 2001

    10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

### 2002

    2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
    2nd Coppa Città di Asti
    5th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

### 2003

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
       1st Stages 3 & 4b (ITT)
    3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana
    4th Overall Giro delle Regioni
       1st Stage 1
    4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    8th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 2004

    2nd Chrono des Herbiers
    7th Cholet-Pays de Loire
    8th Gent–Wevelgem
    8th Paris–Bourges

### 2005

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    3rd Chrono des Herbiers
    4th Paris–Camembert
    8th HEW Cyclassics
    9th Brabantse Pijl
    10th Tour of Flanders

### 2006

    1st Overall Sachsen Tour International
    3rd Japan Cup
    4th Overall Deutschland Tour
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Prologue
    4th Chrono des Nations
    8th Züri–Metzgete
    UCI Road World Championships
       10th Time trial
       10th Road race

### 2007

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour of Belgium
       1st Stage 3 (ITT)
    Tour de Suisse
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 7
    Vuelta a Mallorca
       2nd Trofeo Pollença
       7th Trofeo Sóller
    5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    5th Tour of Flanders
    5th Chrono des Nations
    5th Firenze–Pistoia
    6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    6th Overall Eneco Tour
    Tour de France
       Held after Prologue–Stage 6

### 2008

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Tour of Austria
    8th Chrono des Nations

### 2010

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    6th Overall Tour of Austria
    10th Giro di Lombardia

### 2011

    3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
    10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
    10th Münsterland Giro

### 2012

    2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
    7th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

### 2013

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial

### 2014

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2015

    2nd Overall Tour du Maroc
       1st Stage 8
    5th Overall Tour de Ijen

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | 65 | 60 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | 23 | DNF | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 93 | — | 23 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | 62 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |