Vladimir Efimkin

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Alexandrovich Efimkin
Date of birth	December 2, 1981 (1981-12-02) (age 28)
Country	Russia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Ag2r-La Mondiale
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)1
2005 2006–2007 2008–	Barloworld Caisse d'Epargne Ag2r-La Mondiale
Major wins
Vuelta a España, 1 stage (2007) Volta a Portugal (2005)
Infobox last updated on:
December 24, 2007 1 Team names given are those prevailing at time of rider beginning association with that team.

Vladimir Alexandrovich Efimkin (Russian: Владимир Александрович Ефимкин) (born December 2, 1981 in Kuybyshev) is a Russian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Ag2r-La Mondiale. His twin brother is Alexander Efimkin.

He is establishing himself as a solid all-around cyclist. In his first year has a pro, he started with solid results in April and May, with a huge performance in the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, where he won a stage and almost won the overall classification, finishing second. However, his major title of the season only came in August, where he won the Volta a Portugal. After a fabulous breakaway in one of the queen stages, and benefiting from the passivity of the peloton (that underrate the unknown Russian), he grab the yellow jersey and kept it until the end.

In 2006, he joined Caisse d'Epargne cycling team, but was used more as a domestique. His main result was a second place in the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia and a 3rd place in the overall classification of the Vuelta a La Rioja.

Efimkin finally exploded in a major competition in 2007. After a 6th place in the Tour de Suisse, he made a great Vuelta a España, winning in the summit finish of the Lagos de Covadonga. He wore the golden jersey for some days and was able to finish in the 6th position of the overall.

In 2008, Efimkin joined the french AG2R Prevoyance team, where he was one of the leaders for the Tour de France. It is possible he will be awarded a stage win from the 2008 Tour, having finished second to Riccardo Riccò during stage 9, with Riccò's subsequent positive doping test potentially disqualifying him of the victory. He finished in 11th place overall.

[edit] Palmares

[edit] External links

• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk

v • d • e Riders on Ag2r-La Mondiale José Luis Arrieta | Guillaume Bonnafond | Aurélien Clerc | Cyril Dessel | Renaud Dion | Hubert Dupont | Alexander Efimkin | Vladimir Efimkin | Martin Elmiger | John Gadret | Stéphane Goubert | Sébastien Hinault | Biel Kadri | Tanel Kangert | Yuriy Krivtsov | Julien Loubet | Rene Mandri | Lloyd Mondory | Rinaldo Nocentini | Cédric Pineau | Alexandre Pliuschin | Stéphane Poulhies | Nicolas Roche | Christophe Riblon | Nicolas Rousseau | Jean-Charles Sénac | Gatis Smukulis | Blaise Sonnery | Ludovic Turpin | Tadej Valjavec | Manager: Vincent Lavenu

Persondata
NAME	Efimkin, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Efimkin, Vladimir Alexandrovich; Ефимкин, Владимир Александрович; Ефимкин, Владимир; Jefimkin, Wladimir Alexandrowitsch; Jefimkin, Wladimir; Jefimkin, Vladimir Alexandrovich; Jefimkin, Vladimir
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1981-12-02
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kuibyshev, Russia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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