# Aleksandr Vlasov (cyclist)

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Власов; born 23 April 1996) is a Russian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.

## Career
### Astana (2020–21)

In October 2020, he was named in the startlists for the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España, where he finished 11th overall. In 2021, he finished second in Paris–Nice, and finished just off the podium in the Giro d'Italia.

### Bora–Hansgrohe

In August 2021, Vlasov was announced to be moving to the Bora–Hansgrohe team, signing an initial three-year contract from 2022. Vlasov made his first start with the team at January's Challenge Mallorca, finishing third in the Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx. In his first stage race with the team, the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Vlasov won the third stage which finished on the Alto de las Antenas del Maigmó [es]. He assumed the overall race lead, which he held to the end of the race. He took four further top-five results over the next two months, placing fourth overall at the UAE Tour, second at the GP Miguel Induráin, third overall at the Tour of the Basque Country, and third at La Flèche Wallonne. Following this run of results, Vlasov next competed at the Tour de Romandie, where he was third overall going into the final stage, behind Rohan Dennis and Juan Ayuso. The final stage was a primarily uphill 15.84-kilometre (9.84-mile) individual time trial between the World Cycling Centre in Aigle and the ski resort of Villars-sur-Ollon; Vlasov won the stage by more than half a minute from his next closest challenger Simon Geschke, and with Ayuso and Dennis each losing more than a minute, Vlasov also won the overall general classification.
In preparation for the Tour de France, Vlasov aimed for a 3rd stage race victory of 2022 in the Tour de Suisse, and won the 5th stage to Novazzano, taking the race lead before the first mountain stages. However, Vlasov along with several other riders had to abandon the race the next day after testing positive for Covid 19, hindering his Tour de France preparation.
He went into the 2022 Tour de France, his first Tour entry, with high GC aspirations, but ran into bad luck early in the race. Before the serious mountain stages even started his chances for a high finish took a severe hit. As the race progressed he moved back up in the standings. He made his final jump up to 5th place overall by riding considerably better than Quintana and Meintjes, who were ahead of him to start the day, in the individual time trial on stage 20.

## Major results
### 2014

    1st Overall GP Général Patton
       1st Stage 2
    6th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

### 2015

    3rd Coppa della Pace

### 2016

    6th GP Capodarco
    9th Giro del Medio Brenta

### 2017

    4th Gran Premio di Poggiana
    9th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
    9th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    9th Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano

### 2018

    1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
    2nd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
    4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    6th Giro del Belvedere

### 2019 (2 pro wins)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Tour of Almaty
    3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
       1st Mountains classification
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
    4th Overall Giro di Sicilia
    5th Overall Tour of Austria
       1st Stage 6
    8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    9th Coppa Agostoni
    10th Overall Tour of the Alps

### 2020 (3)

    1st Giro dell'Emilia
    1st Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
    2nd Overall Tour de la Provence
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 2
    3rd Overall Route d'Occitanie
    3rd Giro di Lombardia
    4th Gran Piemonte
    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Young rider classification

### 2021 (1)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Paris–Nice
       1st Young rider classification
    3rd Overall Tour of the Alps
    4th Overall Giro d'Italia
    6th Classic Sud-Ardèche
    10th Overall Tour de la Provence

### 2022 (5)

    1st Overall Tour de Romandie
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
    2nd GP Miguel Induráin
    3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    3rd La Flèche Wallonne
    3rd Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
    4th Overall UAE Tour
    5th Overall Tour de France
    5th Coppa Sabatini

### 2023

    2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Tre Valli Varesine
    4th Giro di Lombardia
    5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    6th Giro dell'Emilia
    7th Overall Vuelta a España
    9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

### 2024 (1)

    2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
    2nd Trofeo Calvià
    2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    3rd Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
    4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
    5th Overall Paris–Nice
       1st Stage 7
    6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | DNF | 4 | — | DNF | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 11 | DNF | — | 7 | 18 |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||
| Race | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | 2 | DNF | — | 5 |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | 67 | — | 5 | — | — | 9 | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 4 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | NH | — | 3 | — | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | NH | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | NH | — | DNF | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | 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 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 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 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | 14 | 46 | 20 |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 107 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 4 | |
| Classic | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | NH | — | — | 3 | |
| Tre Valli Varesine | — | — | NH | DNF | 19 | 3 | |
| Giro dell'Emilia | — | 35 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 6 | |
| Gran Piemonte | — | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |