Biography
Sergey Lagutin was born on 14 January 1981 in Fergana. As an amateur he rode for Italian and European teams; in 2003 he won the under-23 world road race title and Paris–Roubaix Espoirs. He was Uzbek road race champion in 2005, 2006 and 2008–2012 and time trial champion in 2004 and 2005.
As a professional he rode for Landbouwkrediet–Colnago (2004–2005), Navigators Insurance (2006–2007), Cycle Collstrop (2008) and Vacansoleil (2009–2013); he won the Commerce Bank Triple Crown in the USA in 2006, the Tour de Korea-Japan in 2008 and the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton in 2012.
He rode for Uzbekistan at the Olympics: the road race in Athens in 2004 and fifth place in the road race in London in 2012; he also took part in the 2010 Asian Games. From 2014 he rode for RusVelo, in 2015–2016 for Katusha and in 2017–2018 for Gazprom–RusVelo, and was Russian road race bronze medallist in 2015 and 2016. In 2016 he won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España and wore the leader's jersey.
Since 2021 he has been a sports director (directeur sportif) at Team Novo Nordisk Development.
Career
- Crelan-EuphonyCyclist · 2004–2005
- Navigators Insurance cycling teamCyclist · 2006–2007
- Cycle CollstropCyclist · 2008–2008
- Vacansoleil-DCMCyclist · 2009–2013
- Gazprom–RusVeloCyclist · 2014–2018
- Katusha-AlpecinCyclist · 2015–2016
Life path
- 2003U23 world champion
Road race; Paris–Roubaix Espoirs winner.
- 2004Athens Olympics
Road race for Uzbekistan.
- 2006Commerce Bank Triple Crown
Overall winner (USA).
- 2008Tour de Korea-Japan
Overall winner.
- 2012London Olympics
Fifth in the road race; won the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton.
- 2014RusVelo
Joins Russian teams.
- 2016Vuelta stage 8
Stage win and race leader's jersey.
- 2021Sports director
Team Novo Nordisk Development.
Achievements
- 🥇Gold medalUCI Road World Championships (U23 road race) (2003)
- 55th placeOlympic Games, London (2012)