Vladislav Bobrik (born 6 January 1971) is a Russian former road bicycle racer. He only had six victories in his career with the most prestigious being the 1994 Giro di Lombardia.
Career Going into the 1994 Giro di Lombardia, Bobrik was not seen as a contender but as a domestique for Bjarne Riis. So when Bobrik made it into the final breakaway, no one thought twice. As the group thinned out he kept with the leaders before out sprinting Claudio Chiappucci and Pascal Richard. The bike he raced on was one of the first Titanium bikes made by De Rosa.
Bobrik started the 1996 Vuelta a España as the leader of . He was unable to follow the leaders up the mountains and lost time in the first week. With two 11th placings in the final few stages he finished in 16th overall his best performance in a Grand Tour.
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1988 3rd Overall Vuelta a Navarra 1989 1st Overall Dusika Jugend Tour 1990 1st Stage 3, Tour de Trump 1991 3rd Overall Redlands Classic 1st Stage 3 4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta 10th Overall Tour de Trump 1992 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia 3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne 4th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour 1993 5th Firenze–Pistoia 7th Coppa Sabatini 10th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 1st Stage 2 1994 1st Giro di Lombardia 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 4th Coppa Sabatini 7th Giro dell'Appennino 9th Subida a Urkiola 9th Milano-Torino 9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stage 1 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1995 1st Josef Voegeli Memorial 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 1st Stage 8b 2nd Overall Critérium International 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 6th Giro di Toscana 10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx 10th Milano-Torino 1996 9th Subida a Urkiola 1997 1st Memorial Gastone Nencini 2nd Overall Trofeo dello Scalatore 5th Overall Volta a Portugal 1998 10th Overall Tour de Pologne
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Source: Grand Tour 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Giro d'Italia 61 — 28 — DNF 23 Tour de France — 62 — — — DNF Vuelta a España — — DNF 16 — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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