Serhiy Honchar

Serhiy Gonchar
Gonchar in 2011
Personal information
Full nameSerhiy Gonchar
Born (1970-07-03) 3 July 1970 (age 54)
Rivne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Professional teams
1996Ideal–Aster Lichy
1997Aki–Safi
1998Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
1999Vini Caldirola
2000–2001Liquigas–Pata
2002Fassa Bortolo
2003–2005De Nardi–Colpack
2006–2007T-Mobile Team
2008Preti Mangimi
2009Team Utensilnord
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (2006)
Giro d'Italia
5 individual stages (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004)

One-day races and Classics

World Time Trial Championships (2000)
National Road Race Championships (2003)
National Time Trial Championships (1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Plouay Elite Men's Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 1997 San Sebastián Elite Men's Time Trial
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Valkenburg Elite Men's Time Trial

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]

  1. ^ "www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling".