Dimitri Konyshev

Dimitri Konyshev (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Конышев; born 18 February 1966 in Gorky) is a Russian former road bicycle racer. During the 1989 World Championship he can be seen in a rather famous photo of cycling history showing the agony of defeat in 2nd place behind Greg LeMond's display of the intensity of victory. In 1990 Konyshev would become the first ever rider from the Soviet Union to win a stage in the Tour de France. While the Soviet's would not allow their riders to join the professional teams until a short while before the end of the Cold War in the 1991 Tour de France, Soviet riders had remarkable success winning 5 stages. One by Viatcheslav Ekimov, two by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov who also won the Green Jersey and two stage wins by Konyshev. His victory in stage 17 also made him the last rider for the Soviet Union to win a Tour de France stage.

Dimitri Konyshev

Konyshev in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Borisovitsj Konysjev
Born	(1966-02-18) 18 February 1966 Gorky, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1989–1990	Alfa Lum–STM
1991–1992	TVM–Sanyo
1993–1996	Jolly Componibili–Club 88
1997	Roslotto–ZG Mobili
1998–1999	Mercatone Uno–Bianchi
2000–2002	Fassa Bortolo
2003	Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
2004–2006	LPR–Piacenza
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 4 individual stages (1990, 1991, 1999) Giro d'Italia Points classification (2000) Intergiro classification (1997) 4 individual stages (1993, 1997, 2000) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1996) One-day races and Classics Soviet National Road Race Champion (1990) Russian National Road Race Champion (1993, 2001)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Soviet Union UCI Road World Championships 1989 Chambéry Elite Road Race Representing  Russia UCI Road World Championships 1992 Benidorm Elite Road Race

All total in his professional career Konyshev would win nine Grand Tour stages becoming one of the few riders to win a stage in all three Grand Tours. He won 4 apiece in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, and he also won a single stage in the Vuelta a España. He followed his silver medal at the 1989 World Championship with a bronze medal in 1992 at Benidorm and later in his career during the 2000 Giro d'Italia he won the Points Classification, as well as the overall Combativity Award.