Andrey Zeits
 Zeits at the 2015 Vuelta a España | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrey Sergeyevich Zeits Андрей Сергеевич Зейц |
| Born | 14 December 1986
|
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005 | Capec |
| 2008–2019 | Astana[1] |
| 2020–2021 | Mitchelton–Scott[2][3] |
| 2022–2023 | Astana Qazaqstan Team[4][5] |
Andrey Sergeyevich Zeits (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Зейц; born 14 December 1986) is a Kazakh former professional road bicycle racer. In 2009, Zeits rode the Giro d'Italia, the first grand tour of his career,[6] which he finished in 31st place.
After twelve years with the Astana team, Zeits joined Mitchelton–Scott on a two-year contract from the 2020 season.[2] He rejoined the renamed Astana Qazaqstan Team for the 2022 season.[7]
Major results
[edit]- 2006
- 1st Stage 4 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
- 2007
- 4th Giro del Belvedere
- 6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 7th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 2008
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2009
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011
- 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2012
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2013
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 2014
- 1st
Sprints classification, Vuelta a Andalucía - 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st
Asian rider classification
- 1st
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st Stage 8
- 10th Tour of Almaty
- 2016
- 8th Road race, Olympic Games
- 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 2017
- 1st Team time trial, Asian Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Time trial
- 5th Road race
- 2019
- 4th Overall CRO Race
- 2021
- 10th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
- 2022
- 6th Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 8th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 9th Overall Giro di Sicilia
- 9th Overall Route d'Occitanie
- 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 2023
- 1st Overall Tour de Kyushu
- 1st Stage 2
- 9th Mercan'Tour Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
31 | — | — | 85 | 106 | 102 | 59 | 33 | 63 | 67 | 26 | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — |
 / Vuelta a España
|
— | 102 | — | 52 | 81 | 50 | 68 | 31 | — | 52 | — | — | 44 | — | 46 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Zeits signs for Mitchelton-Scott after twelve years with Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Patrick Fletcher (11 November 2021). "Zeits rejoins Nibali and López in return to Astana". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "ANDREY ZEITS: 'IF THEY ASK ME AGAIN, I WILL BE READY FOR IT'". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (11 November 2021). "Zeits rejoins Nibali and López in return to Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
External links
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- Andrey Zeits at Cycling Quotient
- Andrey Zeits at CycleBase
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