Aleksandr Vlasov
Александр Власов

Vlasov at the 2019 Giro dell'Emilia
Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov
Nickname	The Cyborg from Vyborg [1] Sasha[2]
Born	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 27) Vyborg, Russia
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Bora–Hansgrohe
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team
2015–2017	Viris Maserati–Sisal–Matchpoint
Professional teams
2018–2019	Gazprom–RusVelo[3]
2020–2021	Astana[4][5]
2022–	Bora–Hansgrohe[6]
Major wins
Stage races Tour de Romandie (2022) Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2022) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2019) National Time Trial Championships (2021) Giro dell'Emilia (2020)

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Власов; born 23 April 1996) is a Russian cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.^[7]

Career

Astana (2020–21)

In October 2020, he was named in the startlists for the Giro d'Italia^[8] and the Vuelta a España,^[9] where he finished 11th overall. In 2021, he finished second in Paris–Nice,^[10] and finished just off the podium in the Giro d'Italia.^[11]

Bora–Hansgrohe

In August 2021, Vlasov was announced to be moving to the Bora–Hansgrohe team, signing an initial three-year contract from 2022.^[12] Vlasov made his first start with the team at January's Challenge Mallorca, finishing third in the Trofeo Pollença – Port d'Andratx.^[13] 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].^[14] He assumed the overall race lead, which he held to the end of the race.^[15] He took four further top-five results over the next two months, placing fourth overall at the UAE Tour,^[16] second at the GP Miguel Induráin,^[17] third overall at the Tour of the Basque Country,^[18] and third at La Flèche Wallonne.^[19] Following this run of results, Vlasov next competed at the Tour de Romandie, where he was third overall going into the final stage,^[20] 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.^[21]

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. ^[22]

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.^[23] 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.^[24]

Major results

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

Classics results timeline