Viatcheslav Ekimov
Viatcheslav Ekimov (born February 4, 1966 in Vyborg near St Petersburg, Russia) became a professional bicycle racer in 1990. He won two Olympic gold medals: in the track team pursuit in Seoul (1988) and in the road time trial in Sydney (2000). At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Ekimov won the silver medal in the men's road time trial.
Ekimov started training as a cyclist at age 12 with a bicycle school affiliated with the famous centre of Alexander Kuznetsov.
He has competed and finished in 13 of the last 14 Tour de France, missing only the 1999 event when his team, Amica Chips, did not compete. His teams included: Novemail (1993), WordPerfect (1994), Novell (1995), Rabobank (1996), US Postal (1997-1998, 2000-2004), and has collected two Tour stage wins. In recent tours Viatcheslav Ekimov has become a valued lieutenant to Lance Armstrong in the US Postal Service cycling team.
In the 2003 Tour de France Ekimov placed 10th in the prologue. He was a key force in the winning team time trial effort in stage four and was important to Lance Armstrong's fifth Tour victory both on the flats and in the mountains.
Awarded the title of Russian Cyclist of the Century in 2001.
Other career highlights include:
- 2003: Tour de Languedoc-Roussillon (Pos:2 - Time:19")
- 2000: GP Eddy Merckx (teamed with Lance Armstrong), Trois Jours de la Panne
- 1997: Russian Championship
- 1996: Trois Jours de la Panne
- 1994: Veenendaal-Veenendaal
- 1992: GP de Suisse
- 1988: Regio Tour, Vuelta a Tachira
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