Pavel Sivakov

Pavel Sivakov
Pavel Alekseyevich Sivakov (born 11 July 1997) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is also a citizen of Russia and rode as a Russian until 2 March 2022.
Personal life
Sivakov is the son of Russian former cyclists Alexei Sivakov and Aleksandra Koliaseva. He was born in Italy, but grew up in Soueich, Haute Garonne in France. Sivakov started competing for Russia. In March 2022, he changed his cycling nationality to France, due to his opposition to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Career
In August 2017 it was announced that Sivakov would turn professional with , joining the team on a three-year contract from 2018.
In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Vuelta a España.
In April 2019, Sivakov won Stage 2 of the Tour of the Alps, his first professional victory. He held the race lead for the rest of the race, taking overall victory by 27 seconds ahead of teammate Tao Geoghegan Hart.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Sivakov finished 9th overall in only his second Grand Tour.
Sivakov took overall victory at the 2019 Tour de Pologne after a second place on the first mountain stage and a finish among the peloton on the final stage. Sivakov took the leader's jersey after the last stage, after previous leader Jonas Vingegaard suffered larger losses. Sivakov finished ahead of Jai Hindley of on the sixth stage and overtook the Australian by two seconds, thanks to time bonuses.
In August 2020, he was named in the start list for the 2020 Tour de France.
Major results
2014
1st Overall Ronde des Vallées
1st Stage 1
2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
2015
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Oberösterreich Juniorenrundfahrt
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
1st Tour of Flanders Juniors
3rd Overall Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
2016
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Prologue (TTT) Tour de Berlin
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
1st Young rider classification
2017
1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Stage 3
1st Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
Tour de l'Avenir
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 9
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Normandie
2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
2018
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1b (TTT)
2019 (3 pro wins)
1st Overall Tour of the Alps
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
4th Overall Tour of Britain
8th Overall Herald Sun Tour
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Route d'Occitanie
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
Held after Stages 13–15
2020
1st Young rider classification, Tour Down Under
2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie
2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2021
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
6th Overall Tour of the Alps
9th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
Vuelta a España
Held after Stage 7–8
2022 (1)
1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
10th Overall Tour of the Alps
2023 (1)
1st Giro della Toscana
2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2nd Coppa Sabatini
3rd Memorial Marco Pantani
4th Overall Deutschland Tour
5th Overall Tour of Austria
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
7th Overall Tour of the Alps
9th Overall Paris–Nice
10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes
1.Sivakov tested positive from coronavirus and was forced to withdraw.
References
External links
1997 births
Living people
French male cyclists
People from San Donà di Piave
Olympic cyclists for Russia
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Russian male cyclists
Naturalized citizens of France
Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Venice
Sportspeople from Haute-Garonne
French people of Russian descent
Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region)
21st-century French people