Andrey Zeits

Andrey Zeits
Zeits at the 2015 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full nameAndrey Sergeyevich Zeits
Андрей Сергеевич Зейц
Born (1986-12-14) 14 December 1986 (age 39)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2005Capec
2008–2019Astana
2020–2021Mitchelton–Scott
2022–2023Astana Qazaqstan Team

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, 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. He rejoined the renamed Astana Qazaqstan Team for the 2022 season.

Major results

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
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

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 31 — — 85 106 102 59 33 63 67 26 — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 44 — — — — — 44 — — — — 39 —
A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España — 102 — 52 81 50 68 31 — 52 — — 44 — 46
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. 1 2 "Zeits signs for Mitchelton-Scott after twelve years with Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ Patrick Fletcher (11 November 2021). "Zeits rejoins Nibali and López in return to Astana". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Fletcher, Patrick (11 November 2021). "Zeits rejoins Nibali and López in return to Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 24 December 2021.