Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko (; born 7 September 1992) is a Kazakh professional cyclist, who rides for

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Career

In 2012 he won the under-23 road race at the

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in the Netherlands. At the

2015 Tour de Suisse The 2015 Tour de Suisse was the 79th edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 13 to 21 June and was the seventeenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. It started in Risch-Rotkreuz and finished in Bern. The race was composed of ...

, Lutsenko put in an attack after the penultimate climb of the day and it led him to victory on stage 8. 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. After top-ten finishes at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (fourth) and

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(seventh), Lutsenko won a stage and the mountains classification at

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

. He finished seventh overall at the

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

, before winning both the

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and the road race by more than a minute at the Kazakh National Road Championships. After finishing inside the top twenty placings at the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

, Lutsenko won the Arctic Race of Norway on the final stage, overturning a three-second pre-stage deficit to Warren Barguil. He finished fourth at the

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour (English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important Race stage, multi-stage road bicycle racing, road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but fro ...

and second at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni before two wins in three days, at the Coppa Sabatini and the Memorial Marco Pantani – becoming the latter race's first non-Italian winner. At the start of the 2020 season, and prior to the

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-enforced suspension of racing, Lutsenko took third-place overall finishes at the Tour de la Provence (winning the points classification), and the UAE Tour. He then won the sixth stage of the

following a solo attack. Lutsenko's next victory did not come until the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné, when he won the fourth stage

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. He moved into the race lead after the sixth stage, but ultimately finished second overall behind

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. He recorded his best overall finish at the

with a seventh-place finish in the 2021 edition, but took only one further victory during the rest of the year, at the Coppa Ugo Agostoni. Lutsenko opened his 2022 season with victory in the inaugural edition of the Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior, soloing the last to the win. He finished inside the top ten placings at the

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

(ninth), missing out on a stage victory to

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in a two-up sprint in Baza. At the

, 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. He ultimately finished 9th, almost 23 minutes down on race winner Jonas Vingegaard.

Personal life

Lutsenko and his family live in

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Major results

Source: ;2010 : Asian Junior Road Championships ::1st Gold medal asia

Road race ::2nd Silver medal asia

Time trial : 3rd Overall 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt : 9th Overall

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;2011 : 9th ZLM Tour ;2012 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 1st Stage 5

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 1st Stage 1b Tour of Bulgaria : 1st Stage 5

Giro della Valle d'Aosta Tour of Valle d'Aosta / Mont-Blanc (; ) is a stage race road bicycle race held annually in August in Aosta Valley, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Since 2012, the race takes place in July. The conc ...

: National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

: 2nd Grand Prix des Marbriers : 3rd Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay : 5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie : 8th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 ;2014 (2 pro wins) : 1st Gold medal blank

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: 1st Tour of Almaty : 4th Overall

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::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 ( ITT) ;2015 (3) : 1st MaillotKaz

, National Road Championships : 1st Tour of Almaty : 1st Stage 8

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

;2016 (4) : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Hainan ::1st Stage 8 : 1st Tour of Almaty : 1st Stage 5

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: 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2017 (3) : 1st Gold medal asia

Team time trial, Asian Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Almaty ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 :

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stage 5 :: Jersey green number

Combativity award Stage 5 : 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen : 9th Road race,

;2018 (5) :

::1st

Road race ::1st Gold medal blank

: National Road Championships ::1st MaillotKaz

Road race ::5th

: 1st

Overall Tour of Oman : 1st Stage 6

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: 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey ::1st Stage 4 ;2019 (10) : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotKaz

Road race ::1st MaillotKaz

: 1st

Overall Tour of Oman ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 : 1st Overall Arctic Race of Norway ::1st Jersey green

Points classification : 1st Coppa Sabatini : 1st Memorial Marco Pantani :

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 4th Overall

: 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 7th Overall

: 7th

;2020 (1) : 1st Stage 6

: 3rd Overall Tour de la Provence ::1st Jersey red

Points classification : 3rd Overall UAE Tour ;2021 (2) : 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 ( ITT) : 2nd

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin (), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after Spanish cyclist Miguel Indurái ...

: 4th Veneto Classic : 7th Overall

: 8th Overall Okolo Slovenska ;2022 (1) : 1st Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior : 8th Overall

: 9th Overall

;2023 (9) :

::1st

::2nd

Road race : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotKaz

Road race ::1st MaillotKaz

: 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Overall Tour of Turkey ::1st Stage 3 : 1st

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...

: 1st Memorial Marco Pantani : 5th

Amstel Gold Race Amstel Gold Race may refer to: * Amstel Gold Race (men's race) The Amstel Gold Race is a one-day classic cycle races, classic road bicycle race, road cycling race held annually since 1966 Amstel Gold Race, 1966 in the province of Limburg (Netherl ...

: 5th Coppa Sabatini ;2024 (2) : 1st Overall Giro d'Abruzzo ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd

Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...

: 8th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

;2025 : 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

General classification results timeline

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lutsenko, Alexey 1992 births Living people Kazakhstani male cyclists Kazakhstani Tour de France stage winners Kazakhstani Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Tour de Suisse stage winners Asian Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games cyclists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Cyclists from Petropavl Olympic cyclists for Kazakhstan Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Kazakhstani people of Ukrainian descent Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics