Dimitri Konyshev

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Dimitri Konyshev

Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Borisovitsj Konysjev
Born	(1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 (age 58) Gorky, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Russian National Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (Retired) Sports director
Professional teams
1989–1990	Alfa Lum–STM
1991–1992	TVM–Sanyo
1993–1996	Jolly Componibili–Club 88
1997	Roslotto–ZG Mobili
1998–1999	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000–2002	Fassa Bortolo
2003	Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
2004–2006	LPR–Piacenza
Managerial teams
2007–2008	Tinkoff Credit Systems[1]
2009–2019	Team Katusha
2009–	Russian National Team
2020–2022	Gazprom–RusVelo
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 4 individual stages (1990, 1991, 1999) Giro d'Italia Points classification (2000) Intergiro classification (1997) 4 individual stages (1993, 1997, 2000) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1996) One-day races and Classics Soviet National Road Race Champion (1990) Russian National Road Race Champion (1993, 2001) Giro dell'Emilia (1989) GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano (1990) Grand Prix de Wallonie (1997) Grand Prix de Fourmies (1999) Coppa Sabatini (1999, 2001)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Soviet Union UCI Road World Championships 1989 Chambéry Elite Road Race Representing  Russia UCI Road World Championships 1992 Benidorm Elite Road Race

Dimitri Konyshev (Russian: Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966)^[2] is a Russian former road bicycle racer.^[3] Over his 17 year professional cycling career, Konyshev won nine Grand Tour stages with at least one stage win in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a Espana. Konyshev was the first Soviet and first Russian to win a medal in the Men's Road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He won a Silver medal in 1989 behind Greg LeMond and a Bronze medal in 1992 behind Gianni Bugno and Laurent Jalabert.

On his day, Konyshev could win from an attack or a sprint finish. He was the first rider from the Soviet Union and also the first Russian to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia. He never won a Cycling monument but was placed in the top 10 on four occasions, three of which were in Giro di Lombardia. In the 2000 Giro d'Italia he won both the Points classification and Combativity classification. In the 1997 edition of the race, he won one stage and the Intergiro classification.

Following his retirement from racing, he became a sports director with Tinkoff Credit Systems. He moved to UCI World Team Team Katusha in 2009 where he was an assistant sports director for 11 seasons before the team folded in 2019. Gazprom–RusVelo employed Konyshev from 2020 till mid 2022, when they lost their UCI license due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]

Konyshev's son Alexander Konychev is also a professional cyclist, although he represents Italy.^[5]