Alexandre Pliușchin (, ; born 13 January 1987) is a Moldovan former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2015. He still competes as an amateur, having last rode for Abu Dhabi CC in 2023. He is a four-time National Road Race Champion; winning in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Pliuschin also represented Moldova in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, having participated in the Men's Road Race and the Men's Individual Pursuit.
On 25 February 2015, Pliușchin's team announced it had suspended him for a non-negative test for salbutamol at the 2014 Sharjah International Cycling Tour, a race he won whilst riding for .
Major results
2004 3rd Scratch, UCI Junior Track World Championships 6th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2005 1st Classique des Alpes 2nd Time trial, UCI Juniors World Championships 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana 2006 9th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 2007 1st Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1st Mountains classification Grand Prix du Portugal 3rd Road race, UCI B World Championships 8th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2008 1st National Road Championships 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer 2010 1st National Road Championships 1st Duo Normand (with Artem Ovechkin) 2011 1st National Road Championships 2012 1st National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour Alsace 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie 3rd Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 7th Overall Flèche du Sud 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 9th Duo Normand (with Fábio Silvestre) 2014 1st Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 3 1st Melaka Governor's Cup
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