Andrei Georgievich Vedernikov (; 1 October 1959 — 29 February 2020) was a Soviet cyclist. In 1981 he became the first Soviet cyclist to win the individual amateur road race at world championships, and was named the road racer of the year by the Union Cycliste Internationale.
In 1980, he won the Vuelta Mexico Telmex. Next year, he won the Tour de Slovaquie and finished second in the Milk Race.
Vedernikov was married and had a daughter, Lena, and a son, Andrei. His brother Mikhail is also a cyclist.
He died on February 29, 2020, on the territory of one of the health resorts in Izhevsk as a result of a falling tree.Погибшим на территории санатория в Ижевске оказался чемпион мира по велоспорту Андрей ВедерниковЧемпиона мира по велоспорту насмерть придавило деревом
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1979 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska 1980 2nd Overall Tour of Yugoslavia 1st Stage 7 1981 1st Men's amateur road race, UCI Road World Championships 1st Overall Okolo Slovenska 1st Stage 11 Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stages 2, 6, 8 & 9 Vuelta a Cuba 2nd Overall Milk Race 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 10 1982 1st Stage 7 Giro Next Gen 2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1st Stage 3 1983 1st Prologue Giro Next Gen 1984 3rd Overall USSR Tour 1985 1st Overall USSR Tour 1986 9th Overall Vuelta a Cuba 1989 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska 1990 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Isard
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