Piotr Ugrumov ( Latvian: ''Pēteris Ugrjumovs'' or ''Pjotrs Ugrjumovs'',

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: Пётр Угрюмов) (born 21 January 1961) is a former Russian-Latvian professional

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who participated for

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after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, though he was a part of the

delegation at the

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. His career as a professional lasted from 1989 to 1999, he had ten victories. Ugrumov finished second at the 1994 Tour de France. Between 1990 and 1996 he came in the Top 10 of seven Grand Tours, four in the Giro, two in the Tour and one in the Vuelta.

Career

He was born in

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in 1961, and displayed his potential for stage race racing with a stage win at the 1984 Baby Giro. As an amateur he was part of the Soviet national team for the Olympic Games, and won three USSR national championships, as well as stages in the

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and the

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, in which he finished on the podium. He rode for

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in 1989 and 1990, as part of a team of Soviet riders transitioning to professionalism, which included names such as Dmitri Konyshev, Vladimir Poulnikov and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, by which stage he was already 28 years-old. Competing at the 1989 Giro d'Italia he won the Young Rider classification. He had a top-ten finish the following year, finishing eighth on the general classification at the 1990 Giro d'Italia. He won the Vuelta a Asturias and the Luis Ocaña Trophy in 1991, riding for the Seur cycling team. He went on to finish second overall behind

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at the 1993 Giro. His finish of just 58 seconds behind Indurain, the shortest distance to the runner-up in his seven Grand Tour victories, was considered a surprise result. Many had expected home favourite

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to be the contender closest to Indurain. However for some, such as Manolo Saiz on the race commentary, his past success as an amateur showed the need of some of the Soviet riders to have time to adapt to professionalism. He skipped the Giro in 1994 and instead had a second place finish at the 1994 Tour de France in July, finishing behind Indurain in Paris, but winning back-to-back stages in the Alps, including the final individual mountain time trial, finishing over 90 seconds clear of

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and over three minutes ahead of Indurain. He almost had three wins in a row, as he also finished second on another mountain stage at Val Torrens, where he towed Colombian Nelson Rodriguez to the finish only to have him come round him for the victory at the line. Those Alpine efforts saw him jumping from ninth to second place overall in the final week of the race having previously been 14 minutes behind the overall lead after the

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stage. Of his battles with Indurain in those years, he was quoted as saying "If he remembers me as a rival, that's already a privilege" in the documentary ''Las Víctimas de Indurain'' (''Indurain's Victims''), broadcast by

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. He was a member of the Gewiss-Ballan team under team doctor Michele Ferrari that had a collective increase in their red blood cell count, or hematocrit level from December 1994, to May 1995, with his percentage being the highest and with the greatest increase, rose from 32.8% to 60% according to records published in

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from the office of Dr. Ferrari. This was two years prior to the UCI setting the permitted hematocrit level at 50%. Speaking of it he was quoted as saying "I passed all the controls without a problem. My conscience is clear". He had another podium finish in the overall classification at the 1995 Giro, placing third behind

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and

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. He later finished fourth at the 1996 Giro and finished in seventh place at the

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. He retired in 1999 after a decade in professional cycling. Ugrumov coached Mexican National team from 2021, including

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Personal life

Ugrjumovs was born in Riga to a Russian father and Belarusian mother, and attended

Secondary School No. 28. He has lived in

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since 1989. In 1997, Ugrjumovs' old Soviet passport expired and he took up Russian citizenship, but in 2005 he was awarded

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under the name of Pēteris Ugrjumovs and pledged to renounce the Russian one.

Major results

Sources: ;1982 : 8th Overall

;1983 : 1st Stage 4a Ruban Granitier Breton ;1984 : 1st Jersey pink

Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia : 1st Prologue Course de la Paix : 1st Prologue

;1986 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

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::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) : 10th Overall Coors Classic ;1987 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe ::1st Stage 3 : 2nd Overall

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: 3rd Overall

;1988 : 3rd Overall Course de la Paix : 3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ;1989 : 4th

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: 7th

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, it was added to the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is t ...

: 8th

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;1990 : 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino : 4th Firenze–Pistoia : 5th

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: 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 5th

: 6th

Giro del Friuli Giro del Friuli is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The first edition took place in 1974. From 2005 to 2008 the race was suspended, but it returned in 2009 as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 8th Overall

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: 9th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a ...

;1991 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 2nd Overall

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

: 2nd Overall

Tour of Galicia The Tour of Galicia (; ) is an annual cycling race held in Galicia, Spain. It was first held in 1933 and was held a further five times between 1934 and 1984. The tour did not take place from the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, until ...

: 2nd Clásica a los Puertos : 3rd Overall

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...

: 4th

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: 5th Overall

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: 8th Overall

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: 8th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 8th Escalada a Montjuïc ;1992 : 2nd Overall

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: 2nd Overall

: 4th

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: 5th Vuelta a La Rioja : 7th Road race,

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;1993 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall

: 1st

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd GP Industria & Artigianato : 3rd

Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi-classic European bicycle race held between Imola, Italy and San Marino. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after Antonio Placci, a cyclist born in Imola ...

: 3rd

: 4th Giro dell'Emilia : 5th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

: 7th

Giro di Lombardia The Giro di Lombardia (), officially ''Il Lombardia'', is a cycling race in Lombardy, Italy. It is traditionally the last of the five 'Cycling monument, Monuments' of the season, considered to be one of the most prestigious one-day events in cycli ...

;1994 : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stages 18 & 19 ( ITT) : 2nd

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: 4th Telekom Grand Prix (with

) : 10th Road race,

;1995 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Overall

: 5th Firenze–Pistoia ;1996 : 3rd Overall Rothaus Regio-Tour International : 3rd

: 3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni : 4th Overall

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships (Russia) : 7th Overall

: 8th Overall

;1997 : 5th Giro del Piemonte : 7th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

;1998 : 1st Luk-Cup Bühl : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships (Russia)

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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