Vladimir Malakhov ( Russian Владимир Малахов; born 1958) is a Soviet and Russian former road cyclist.

Malakhov was the first Soviet cyclist to win a stage in a Grand Tour. He won Stage 19 of the 1985 Vuelta a España as part of the USSR amateur team. He won the mass sprint ahead of Noël Dejonckheere and Sean Kelly. ^[2] Originally Dejonckheere was declared the winner of the stage but after looking at the finish photo Malakhov was announced to have won. ^[3] In Stage 16 he won the bunch sprint for second place, 43 seconds behind winner Isidro Juárez. ^[4] He finished the race 71st overall over two hours down from winner Pedro Delgado. Malakhov also finished second in two of the race's other classifications: the sprint classification behind Ronny Van Holen and in the special sprint classification behind Jesús Suárez Cueva. ^[5]

Major results

Sources: ^{[1] [6]}

1980

1st Overall Triptyque Ardennaise

1st Stage 3a

1981

1st Overall Gyros Thysias

1982

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Criterium

9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1st Prologue ( TTT)

1983

1st Stages 5 & 8 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1984

1st Trofeo Papà Cervi

1st Criterium, National Road Championships

1985

1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour result

Source: ^[5]

Grand Tour	1985
Vuelta a España	71
Giro d'Italia	–
Tour de France	–

References

External links

• Vladimir Malakhov at Cycling Archives