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Personal information | |
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Full name | Kirill Pozdnyakov |
Born | Unecha, Russia | 20 January 1989
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
2013 | Synergy Baku [1] |
2014–2015 | RusVelo [1] |
2016–2018 | Synergy Baku |
2019 | Tarteletto–Isorex |
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In November 2015 Synergy Baku announced that Pozdnyakov would rejoin them for the 2016 season, having been part of the team's squad in its debut season in 2013. [3] He switched from Russian to Azerbaijani nationality in 2017.
In July 2019, the Azerbaijan Cycling Federation announced that he committed an Anti-Doping Rule Violation: Presence of a Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers in an Athlete’s Sample. The substance was Methylphenidate metabolite. His period of sanction began 11 May 2019, and he received 24 months of Ineligibility. [4]
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