Personal information | |
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Full name | Sergei Yakovlev Сергей Яковлев |
Born | Temirtau, Karaganda Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | April 21, 1976
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1999–2000 | Besson Chaussures |
2001 | Cantina Tollo–Acqua & Sapone |
2002–2005 | Team Telekom |
2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
2007–2008 | Astana |
Major wins | |
Tour de l'Ain (2000) |
Sergei Yakovlev, (Kazakh: Сергей Яковлев, born April 21, 1976, in Temirtau, Karaganda Region, Soviet Union, now Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani (ethnic Russian) professional road bicycle racer. He is currently without a team. He turned professional in 1999 and rode for Besson Chaussures for two seasons, then Acqua & Sapone and then he moved to Team Telekom which became T-Mobile. After fellow Kazakhstani Alexander Vinokourov left T-Mobile at the end of 2005, Yakovlev went with him to Liberty Seguros-Würth team and then the Astana cycling team. Yakovlev's victories include being the national champion of Kazakhstan in 2000, the 2000 edition of the Tour de l'Ain and a stage in the Tour de Suisse.[1]