# Branislau Samoilau

Branislau Samoilau (Belarusian: Браніслаў Самойлаў; born 25 May 1985) is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for Belarusian amateur team Minsk Cycling Club.

## Career

Born in Vitebsk, Samoilau competed professionally for Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo between 2007 and 2008, a brief stint for Amica Chips–Knauf in 2009, for Quick-Step in 2009 and 2010, the Movistar Team in 2011 and 2012 and CCC–Polsat–Polkowice between 2014 and 2017. Samoilau won the Belarusian National Road Race Championships in 2007. He was national time trial champion of Belarus in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Samoilau did not compete in the professional peloton in 2013, but joined CCC–Polsat–Polkowice for the 2014 season.
During the 2015 Tour of Austria, Samoilau was fined a month's salary by his team for having said "fucking nigger" to Natnael Berhane, a black rider from Eritrea.

## Major results

Source:

### 2004

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
    1st Chieti–Casalincontrado–Blockhaus
    3rd GP Capodarco
    4th Overall Volta a Lleida
       1st Mountains classification
    7th Overall Giro delle Regioni
       1st Stage 5

### 2005

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Overall Volta a Lleida
       1st Stages 1, 2a (ITT) & 5
    1st Trofeo Franco Balestra
    1st Ruota d'Oro
    9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 2006

    1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    3rd Giro del Lazio
    6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

### 2008

    1st Stage 5 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

### 2009

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Tour of Austria
    10th Subida al Naranco

### 2010

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2011

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2012

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2013

    2nd Race Horizon Park II
    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Tour of Małopolska
       1st Stage 3
    9th Overall Baltic Chain Tour

### 2014

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    4th Overall Cycling Tour of Sibiu
       1st Stages 2 & 3a (TTT)
    4th Coupe des Carpathes

### 2015

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    6th Overall Tour of Croatia

### 2016

    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       3rd Road race

### 2017

    1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2018

    1st Race Horizon Park Maidan
    1st Race Horizon Park Classic
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Mersin
    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       3rd Road race
    2nd Minsk Cup
    3rd Grand Prix Side
    4th Overall Tour de Serbie
       1st Stage 3
    9th Overall Tour of Almaty
    10th Grand Prix Alanya

### 2019

    1st Overall Tour of Mesopotamia
       1st Stage 1
    1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Tour of Mersin
       1st Stage 1
    8th Overall Tour of China I
    10th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
    10th Overall Tour of Xingtai

### 2020

    1st GP Manavgat
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Giro d'Italia | 22 | — | — | 39 | 45 | 43 | — | — | 48 | — | 112 |
| Tour de France | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |