Serguei Outschakov (born 11 May 1968 in

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) is a Ukrainian former

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. He won stages in all three

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. In

1997 Tour de France The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32. Since 1997 no r ...

he finished first in the 11th stage but was relegated to third place for not holding his line in the final sprint.Tour de France 1997, Stage 11 cyclingnews.com
/ref> His Tour de France stage victory came in

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when he and

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broke away and Outschakov won in the sprint. According to the ESPN “30 for 30” documentary, “Lance”, the loss to Outschakov was the impetus for Armstrong’s decision to start taking

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Major results

;1988 : 1st Stage 9

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;1990 : 1st Stage 5b (

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;1992 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto ;1993 : 1st Stage 18

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;1994 : 1st

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;1995 : 1st Stage 13

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: 1st Stage 20

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: 1st Overall

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::1st Stages 2 & 4 (

) : 1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen : 8th Overall

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: 10th Overall

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;1996 : 1st Stage 22

: 6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal ;1997 : 1st

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: 1st Stages 3 & 8

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: 1st Stage 6 Vuelta y Ruta de Mexico : 2nd

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: 4th

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: 7th

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;1999 : 1st Stage 10

: 1st Stage 4

Sachsen Tour The Sachsen Tour was a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and wasorganised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 until its final edition in 2009. Between 1985 and 1995 it was an ...

;2002 : 1st Stage 2

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* * 1968 births Ukrainian male cyclists Living people Ukrainian Tour de France stage winners Ukrainian Giro d'Italia stage winners Ukrainian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Ukraine Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-cycling-bio-stub