Yanina Kuskova


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Yanina Kuskova (born 11 December 2001) is an Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who rides for the UCI Women's Team Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team.[2][3] She has won the Uzbekistan National Time Trial Championships twice (2020 and 2021) and the Uzbekistan National Road Race Championships four times (2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024).[4]

Yanina Kuskova

Kuskova at the 2021 UCI Road World Championship Road race

Personal information
Full nameYanina Kuskova
Born11 December 2001 (age 22)
Uzbekistan
Team information
Current teamTashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team[1]
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional team
2022–Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)
National Road Race Championships (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)

Medal record

Representing  Uzbekistan
Women's road cycling
Asian Cycling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dushanbe Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dushanbe Under-23 time trial
Women's track cycling
Asian Cycling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 New Delhi Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2022 New Delhi Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2022 New Delhi Madison

Kuskova won her first national titles in 2020, winning both the Uzbekistan National Time Trial Championship and the Uzbekistan National Road Race Championship.[4]

Kuskova was on a team camp training when they rode the Germenica Grand Prix Road Race WE as part of the national team in 2021. Kuskova finished in tenth place as the best young rider.[5] In March of 2022 Kuskova took her first international win at the Grand Prix Mediterranean WE.[6] During the 2022 Asian Road Cycling Championships Kuskova rode the Under-23 time trial with a time of 34:08 beating the second place by 2:32 and securing a gold medal.[7] Uzbekistan earned three medals at the 2022 Asian Track Cycling Championships all of them earned by Kuskova.[8] After the Asian Cycling Championships Kuskova did not start a UCI road event until the Ladies Tour of Estonia in late May.[9] The race ended with a solo winner and a bunch sprint for second to eleventh, with Kuskova finishing in eleventh 1:04 down on the winner.[10]

In 2024, Kuskova took part in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes with the Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team, finishing 47th overall.[11]

Sources:[3][12][13]

2021
1st   National Omnium Championship
2022
Islamic Solidarity Games
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
Asian Track Cycling Championships
3rd   Individual pursuit
3rd   Points race
3rd   Madison (with Nafosat Kozieva)
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  2. ^ "TASHKENT CITY WOMEN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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  4. ^ a b "Yanina Kuskova". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Olga Zabelinskaya-winner of the international competition, Kuskova — "The best young cyclist"". olympic.uz. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Yanina Kuskova claims her first international victory at the GP Mediterrennean". procyclinginfo.info. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Yanina Kuskova ikkinchi marta Osiyo chempionligini qo'lga kiritdi". yuz.uz (in Uzbek). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Yanina Kuskova won her third medal at the Asian Championships". sports.uz. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  9. ^ "List of starters" (PDF). ladies.tourofestonia.ee (in Estonian). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Tulemused". ladies.tourofestonia.ee (in Estonian). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  11. ^ Moultrie, James (19 August 2024). "'It's a dream for us' – Pauliena Rooijakkers makes Tour de France Femmes podium after matching Vollering in mountains". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Yanina Kuskova". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Yanina Kuskova". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.