Valery Kaykov
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1988 |
| Team information | |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team | |
| 2012-2013 | RusVelo |
Valery Kaykov (born 7 May 1988) is a Russian former professional racing cyclist.[1]
Track
[edit | edit source]In 2010 Kaykov won the individual pursuit at the U-23 European Track Championships. He was also part of the Russian team that won the team pursuit. At the 2011 European Track Championships Kaykov took bronze with the Russian team in the team pursuit. Kaykov was on the Russian team that won the team pursuit at the 2012 European Track Championships. He also took silver with Artur Ershov in the madison event.
Road
[edit | edit source]Kaykov joined pro continental team RusVelo in 2012. His best result of the season was in the time trail at Russian Championships where he came 3rd, only beaten by Denis Menchov and Dimitry Sokolov.
Doping
[edit | edit source]Kaykov tested positive for the black market drug GW501516 in an out-of-competition control on 17 March 2013,[2] and was subsequently handed a two-year ban from sports. He was also sacked by RusVelo.[3]
References
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- ^ The Kaykov Case: Black Market Drug Detected, inrng.com, 11 April 2013
- ^ European champion Valery Kaykov sacked for failing drug test, BBC, 11 April 2013
External links
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- Doping cases in cycling
- Russian sportspeople in doping cases
- Russian male cyclists
- Summer World University Games medalists in cycling
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian cycling biography stubs