Kazakhstani cyclist (born 1992)
Lutsenko at the 2018 Tour of Austria , celebrating victory on the sixth stage
Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko (Kazakh : Алексей Александрович Луценко ; born 7 September 1992) is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech .[ 5]
Career
In 2012 he won the under-23 road race at the UCI Road World Championships in the Netherlands.[ 6] At the 2015 Tour de Suisse , Lutsenko put in an attack after the penultimate climb of the day and it led him to victory on stage 8.[ 7]
In 2019, Lutsenko had his most prolific season to that point, with ten individual victories. His first start of the season, the Tour of Oman , saw him win three stages, the points classification and the overall general classification.[ 8] After top-ten finishes at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (fourth) and Strade Bianche (seventh),[ 9] [ 10] Lutsenko won a stage and the mountains classification at Tirreno–Adriatico .[ 11] [ 12] He finished seventh overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné ,[ 12] before winning both the time trial and the road race by more than a minute at the Kazakh National Road Championships.[ 12] After finishing inside the top twenty placings at the Tour de France , Lutsenko won the Arctic Race of Norway on the final stage, overturning a three-second pre-stage deficit to Warren Barguil .[ 13] He finished fourth at the Deutschland Tour and second at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni before two wins in three days, at the Coppa Sabatini and the Memorial Marco Pantani [ 12] – becoming the latter race's first non-Italian winner.
At the start of the 2020 season, and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic -enforced suspension of racing, Lutsenko took third-place overall finishes at the Tour de la Provence (winning the points classification), and the UAE Tour .[ 14] He then won the sixth stage of the Tour de France following a 17-kilometre (11-mile) solo attack.[ 15] Lutsenko's next victory did not come until the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné , when he won the fourth stage individual time trial .[ 16] He moved into the race lead after the sixth stage,[ 17] but ultimately finished second overall behind Richie Porte .[ 18] He recorded his best overall finish at the Tour de France with a seventh-place finish in the 2021 edition ,[ 19] but took only one further victory during the rest of the year, at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni .[ 20]
Lutsenko opened his 2022 season with victory in the inaugural edition of the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior , soloing the last 25 kilometres (16 miles) to the win.[ 21] He finished inside the top ten placings at the Vuelta a Andalucía (ninth),[ 22] missing out on a stage victory to Wout Poels in a two-up sprint in Baza .[ 23] At the Tour de France , he worked his way up the general classification, moving into the top ten overall after two high stage finishes on consecutive summit finishes at Peyragudes and Hautacam .[ 24] [ 25] He ultimately finished 9th, almost 23 minutes down on race winner Jonas Vingegaard .[ 26]
Personal life
Lutsenko and his family live in Monaco .[ 27]
Major results
Source:[ 28]
General classification results timeline
References
^ a b "Astana - Pro Team" . Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019 .
^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019" . Astana . Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019 .
^ "Astana Pro Team" . UCI.org . Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020 .
^ "Astana - Premier Tech" . UCI.org . Union Cycliste Internationale . Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021 .
^ "Israel–Premier Tech" . UCI . Retrieved 7 January 2025 .
^ "Lutsenko wins 2012 men's U23 world title" . Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2013 .
^ "Lutsenko takes breakaway victory in Tour de Suisse stage 8" . VeloNews . Competitor Group, Inc. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015 .
^ "Tour of Oman – Lutsenko crowned 2019 winner" . Times of Oman . Muscat Media Group. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ "Stybar takes solo victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . 2 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ "Alaphilippe wins Strade Bianche" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . 9 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Windsor, Richard (16 March 2019). "Alexey Lutsenko takes dramatic victory on Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 stage four" . Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ a b c d Bacon, Ellis; Ostanek, Daniel; Fletcher, Patrick (21 September 2019). "World Championships: 10 riders to watch at the elite men's road race" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Long, Jonny (18 August 2019). "Alexey Lutsenko snatches overall victory from Warren Barguil by one second at the Arctic Race of Norway" . Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Ballinger, Alex (27 February 2020). "Tadej Pogačar narrowly takes victory from Lutsenko on stage five of the UAE Tour 2020" . Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Skelton, Jack (3 September 2020). "Tour de France 2020: Alexey Lutsenko wins stage six as Adam Yates retains yellow jersey" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 13 September 2020 .
^ "Critérium du Dauphiné: Alexey Lutsenko stuns with stage 4 time trial victory" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . 2 June 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Farrand, Stephen (4 June 2021). "Critérium du Dauphiné: Alejandro Valverde wins stage 6" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Ostanek, Daniel; Cossins, Peter (6 June 2021). "Richie Porte wins the Critérium du Dauphiné" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Benson, Daniel (16 December 2021). "Lutsenko sets sights on Tour de France podium" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Scognamiglio, Ciro (11 October 2021). "Coppa Agostoni, a Lissone Lutsenko batte Trentin allo sprint" [Coppa Agostoni, in Lissone Lutsenko beats Trentin in the sprint]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Latham Coyle, Harry (14 February 2022). "Clasica Jaen 2022 - Alexey Lutsenko produces dominant long-range attack to win inaugural edition" . Eurosport . Discovery, Inc. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Goddard, Ben (20 February 2022). "Kämna wins final stage of Ruta del Sol" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Goddard, Ben (19 February 2022). "Wout Poels wins stage 4 of Ruta del Sol" . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Nicholson, Kit (20 July 2022). "Tadej Pogačar boxes his way to a third stage win but only gains four seconds" . CyclingTips . CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Whittle, Jeremy (21 July 2022). "Vingegaard breaks Pogacar to win stage and all but seal Tour de France glory" . The Guardian . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Elton-Walters, Jack (24 July 2022). "Tour de France 2022: Jasper Philipsen wins Stage 21 sprint" . Cycling Weekly . Future plc . Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ Long, Jonny (31 August 2022). "Rest day babies, PlayStation addicts and ice buckets: The weird and wonderful Vuelta" . CyclingTips . CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
^ "Alexey Lutsenko" . FirstCycling.com . FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 21 September 2022 .
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