 Gonchar in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Serhiy Gonchar | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1970-07-03)3 July 1970 (age 55) Rivne,Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (nowUkraine) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Ideal–Aster Lichy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Aki–Safi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Vini Caldirola | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Liquigas–Pata | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | De Nardi–Colpack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Preti Mangimi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Team Utensilnord | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Serhiy Gonchar (Ukrainian:Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is aUkrainian former professionalroad racing cyclist. He won theWorld Time Trial Championship in2000.Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrectly called Honchar.[1]
Gonchar failed a blood health check in the 1999Tour de Suisse, and was removed from the race. Even though it was only a health check, and not a doping offence, the Tour de France organisation still decided to ban hisVini Caldirola team from the1999 Tour de France.[2]
In the2006 Tour de France, Gonchar lead thegeneral classification after a time-trial win in stage 7. In time trialing, Gonchar rocks the top of his body to get the most out of a big gear. He beatLandis,Zabriskie,Lang,Rogers,Klöden,Evans and various others in the individual time trials in the2006 Tour de France.
On 11 May 2007, Gonchar was suspended for 30 days by his T-Mobile team, following blood tests taken atLiège–Bastogne–Liège and theTour de Romandie. On 19 June 2007, the T-Mobile team announced the termination of his contract.
When Gonchar was not able to find a new team in 2010, he retired.[3]
OverallOkolo Slovenska
Time trial,UCI Road World Championships
Time trial, National Road Championships
Time trial,UCI Road World Championships
after Stages 3 & 4 OverallRonde van Nederland
Time trial,UCI Road World ChampionshipsTime trial, National Road Championships OverallSettimana Ciclistica LombardaTime trial, National Road Championships OverallSettimana Ciclistica LombardaTime trial, National Road ChampionshipsRoad race after Stages 5 & 7| Grand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | 5 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 6 | DNF |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | DNF | 51 |
/ Vuelta a España | 56 | DNF | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
