Andrei Georgievich Vedernikov (; 1 October 1959 — 29 February 2020) was a Soviet cyclist. In 1981 he became the first Soviet cyclist to win the individual amateur road race at world championships, and was named the road racer of the year by the
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In 1980, he won the Vuelta Mexico Telmex. Next year, he won the Tour de Slovaquie and finished second in the Milk Race.][
Vedernikov was married and had a daughter, Lena, and a son, Andrei. His brother Mikhail is also a cyclist.][
He died on February 29, 2020, on the territory of one of the health resorts in Izhevsk as a result of a falling tree.
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Major results
References:UCI Road World Championships
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: 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska
: 1st Stage 11 Tour de l'Avenir
: 1st Stages 2, 6, 8 & 9 Vuelta a Cuba
: 2nd Overall Milk Race
::1st Mountains classification
::1st Stage 10
;1982
: 1st Stage 7 Giro Next Gen
: 2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
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::1st Stage 3
;1983
: 1st Prologue Giro Next Gen
;1984
: 3rd Overall USSR Tour
;1985
: 1st Overall USSR Tour
;1986
: 9th Overall Vuelta a Cuba
;1989
: 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
;1990
: 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
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1959 births
2020 deaths
Russian male cyclists
Soviet male cyclists
Cyclists from Izhevsk
Accidental deaths in Russia
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
20th-century Russian sportsmen
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