Belarusian cyclist

Zinaida Vladimirovna Stahurskaya (original name: Зинаида Владимировна Стагурская; also written as Zinaida Stagurskaya, Zinaida Stahurskaia or Zinaida Stagourskaya; 9 February 1971 – 25 June 2009) was a Belarusian racing cyclist who was the world champion in 2000. Stahurskaya was born in Vitebsk. She rode at the 1992 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team and at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics for Belarus.

Contents

• 1 Doping
• 2 Death
• 3 Major results
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Doping

In 2006 Stahurskaya was banned for two years for a drugs test that she failed in 2005 at a number of European races. One positive test for the anabolic * stanozolol at the GP Carnevale Europa and twice for the hormone testosterone at the Giro di San Marino and Spark*en Giro Bochum.

Stahurskaya had earlier been suspended for a positive test for a banned diuretic at the 2001 Giro d'Italia Femminile and a positive test for ephedrine at the 2003 Circuito di M*arosa. She was subsequently banned for four months and for two months respectively.

Death

Stahurskaya died in 2009 after being struck by a car while training.

Major results

19941st Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska1st Overall GP Presov & Pravda1st Stage 4 Essen Etappenfahrt1st Stage 7 Tour du Finistère19991st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile2nd Tjejtrampet6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio20001st UCI Road World Championships Road Race1st Overall Giro della Toscana1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia Femminile20011st Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol1st Stages 2a, 4 & 9 Giro d'Italia Femminile2nd Overall Giro della Toscana2nd Overall Tour de Snowy2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa20022nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile1st Stages 2 & 82nd Overall Giro della Toscana1st Stage 22rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio3rd Overall Ema*een Bira3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol20031st Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia Femminile20042nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol1st Stages 2 & 420051st Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin1st Stages 1, 3 & 41st Overall Giro di San Marino1st Stage 21st Cento1st GP Città di Castenaso3rd Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia20082nd National Road Race Championships

References

External links

• Zinaida Stahurskaya at Cycling Archives