Pavel Sivakov

Pavel Sivakov
Sivakov at the 2018 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full namePavel Alekseyevich Sivakov
Born (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 27)
San Donà di Piave, Italy
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Team information
Current teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Amateur teams
2014–2015Intégrale Bicycle Club Isle Jourdain Junior
2016–2017BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2018–2023Team Sky[2][3]
2024–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Pologne (2019)
Tour of the Alps (2019)
Vuelta a Burgos (2022)

Pavel Alekseyevich Sivakov (Павел Алексеевич Сиваков; born 11 July 1997) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[4] He is also a citizen of Russia and rode as a Russian until 2 March 2022.[5]

Personal life

Sivakov is the son of Russian former cyclists Alexei Sivakov and Aleksandra Koliaseva.[6] 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.[7]

Career

Sivakov at the 2018 Tour of California

In August 2017 it was announced that Sivakov would turn professional with Team Sky, joining the team on a three-year contract from 2018.[1]

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.[8]

In the 2019 Giro d'Italia, Sivakov finished 9th overall.[9]

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 Team Sunweb on the sixth stage and overtook the Australian by two seconds, thanks to time bonuses.[10]

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
2024 (1)
2nd Overall Giro d'Abruzzo
1st Stage 4
5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
6th Giro di Lombardia
6th Coppa Bernocchi
9th Overall Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 9 — DNF 16 DNF —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 87 — — — 32
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF — — 35 DNF — 9
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Paris–Nice — — — — — 9 —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — 19 — — —
Volta a Catalunya — 30 NH — DNF — 85
Tour of the Basque Country DNF — — — — —
Tour de Romandie 53 — — — — 18
Critérium du Dauphiné — — 11 — — — DNF
Tour de Suisse 14 — NH 46 — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP Race in Progress

References

  1. ^ a b Carrey, Pierre (4 September 2017). "Introducing Pavel Sivakov: Team Sky's next talent in the making". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Pavel Sivakov's request to swap from Russian to French nationality has been approved". Twitter. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Sivakov granted switch from Russian to French nationality". Cyclingnews.com. 4 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Pavel Sivakov changes nationality from Russian to French". BBC Sport. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Team Sky's Sivakov claims first title". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "Giro d'Italia 2019 ratings: How did each team perform?". 3 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Sivakov wins 2019 Tour de Pologne". Cycling News. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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