 Gonchar in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Serhiy Gonchar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1970 Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Ideal–Aster Lichy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Aki–Safi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Vini Caldirola | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Liquigas–Pata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | De Nardi–Colpack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Preti Mangimi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Team Utensilnord | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Serhiy Gonchar (Ukrainian: Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He won the World Time Trial Championship in 2000. Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrectly called Honchar.[1]
Gonchar failed a blood health check in the 1999 Tour de Suisse, and was removed from the race. Even though it was only a health check, and not a doping offence, the Tour de France organisation still decided to ban his Vini Caldirola team from the 1999 Tour de France.[2]
In the 2006 Tour de France, Gonchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7. In time trialing, Gonchar rocks the top of his body to get the most out of a big gear. He beat Landis, Zabriskie, Lang, Rogers, Klöden, Evans and various others in the individual time trials in the 2006 Tour de France.
On 11 May 2007, Gonchar was suspended for 30 days by his T-Mobile team, following blood tests taken at Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Tour de Romandie. On 19 June 2007, the T-Mobile team announced the termination of his contract.
When Gonchar was not able to find a new team in 2010, he retired.[3]
Overall Okolo Slovenska
Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
Time trial, National Road Championships
Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
after Stages 3 & 4 Overall Ronde van Nederland
Time trial, UCI Road World Championships Time trial, National Road Championships Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
Time trial, National Road Championships Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
Time trial, National Road Championships Road race after Stages 5 & 7| Grand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 6 | DNF |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | DNF | 51 |
/ Vuelta a España
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56 | DNF | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
