Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Kononenko (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Кононенко; born 30 October 1987) is a Ukrainian former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to April 2023.

Mykhaylo Kononenko
Personal information
Full nameMykhaylo Mykhaylovich Kononenko
Born (1987-10-30) 30 October 1987 (age 37)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2007–2008Ukraine Neri Sottoli
Professional teams
2010–2017Kolss Cycling Team
2018Team Novak
2018–2020Beijing XDS–Innova Cycling Team[1]
2021–2023Salcano–Sakarya BB Team[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2015, 2020)
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021)

Kononenko turned professional in 2010, and is a two-time national champion in both the road race and time trial. Between 2011 and 2022, he took at least one victory each year in a UCI race. His most notable win was the overall title of the 2014 Tour of Qinghai Lake, which he was awarded later on after initial winner Ilya Davidenok's results were stripped for a doping violation.[3] In August 2017, he won the Odessa Grand Prix, while four other members of his team rounded ut the rest of the top five.[4]

He competed in the time trial at the 2022 UCI Road World Championships, where he placed 34th. However, he was later disqualified after testing positive for tramadol, which is a substance banned in competeitions by the UCI. However, he did not receive any suspension, as it was a first offense and the drug does not fall under the anti-doping guidelines as it is only banned under the UCI's medical rules.[5]

Major results

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Source: [6]

2008
1st   Overall Mainfranken-Tour
2010
1st Stage 5 Grand Prix of Adygeya
8th Grand Prix of Donetsk
2011
1st Stage 5 Okolo Slovenska
2nd Grand Prix of Donetsk
6th Grand Prix of Moscow
2012
1st Stage 4 Grand Prix of Sochi
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
6th Road race
5th Overall Baltic Chain Tour
5th Mayor Cup
7th Grand Prix of Donetsk
8th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
2013
1st Race Horizon Park 2
2nd Overall Tour of Romania
1st Prologue (TTT)
2nd Grand Prix of Donetsk
National Road Championships
3rd Time trial
5th Road race
3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
3rd Race Horizon Park 1
5th Coupe des Carpathes
5th Grand Prix of Moscow
5th Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
6th Overall Tour of Hainan
6th Tour of Almaty
7th Mayor Cup
2014
1st   Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake[a]
1st   Points classification
1st Stage 3
1st Race Horizon Park 2
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
3rd Overall Baltic Chain Tour
1st Stages 1 & 3
3rd Memoriał Henryka Łasaka
10th Overall Grand Prix of Sochi
2015
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
1st Race Horizon Park Classic
1st Stage 2 Five Rings of Moscow
3rd Overall Tour of Mersin
1st Stage 3
3rd Race Horizon Park Maidan
4th Race Horizon Park Race for Peace
7th Moscow Cup
8th Overall Tour of Kuban
2016
1st Memoriał Romana Siemińskiego
1st Race Horizon Park Classic
2nd Tour de Ribas
4th Odessa Grand Prix
4th Tour of Almaty
5th Overall Tour of Ukraine
1st Stage 2a (TTT)
6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
6th Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – Kerékpárverseny
6th Horizon Park Race for Peace
9th Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego
2017
1st Race Horizon Park for Peace
1st Odessa Grand Prix
1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake[8]
3rd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
5th Overall Tour of Hainan
5th Tour de Ribas
6th Overall Tour of Fuzhou
1st Stage 1
7th Time trial, National Road Championships
8th Overall Tour of Ukraine
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
2018
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
3rd Overall Tour of Xingtai
7th Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay
7th Overall Tour of Fuzhou
1st Stage 4
10th Overall Tour of China I
2019
2nd Overall Tour of Quanzhou Bay
1st Stage 1
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
4th Time trial
3rd Overall Tour of Xingtai
3rd Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels
6th Overall Tour of Taiyuan
8th Grand Prix Minsk
10th Overall Tour of China I
1st Stage 6
2020
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st Grand Prix Cappadocia
1st Grand Prix Central Anatolia
3rd Grand Prix Mount Erciyes
4th Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
5th Grand Prix World's Best High Altitude
2021
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
5th Road race
1st Grand Prix Develi
3rd Kahramanmaraş Grand Prix
4th Germenica Grand Prix
2022
1st Overall Tour of Sakarya
1st Stage 4
1st Grand Prix Kapuzbaşı
2nd Grand Prix Manavgat Side
2nd Grand Prix Tomarza
2nd Grand Prix Yahyalı
2nd Grand Prix Erciyes
4th Grand Prix Develi
5th Grand Prix Kayseri

Notes

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  1. ^ Kononenko was promoted one position retroactively, after Ilya Davidenok's results were disqualified following his backdated two-year ban.[7][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Shenzhen Xidesheng Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Salcano Sakarya BB". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Tour of Qinghai Lake (CHN/2.HC): 06 Jul-19 Jul 2014 - General classification: Xining - Lanzhou". UCI.ch. Infostrada Sports, Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. ^ Nicolas Pineau (6 August 2017). "Odessa Grand Prix - Quintuplé de la Kolss Cycling Team". cyclismactu.net (in French).
  5. ^ "UCI statement concerning Mykhaylo Kononenko". UCI.org. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Mykhaylo Kononenko". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)" (PDF). UCI.ch. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Tour of Qinghai Lake: Mykhaylo Kononenko wins stage 7". cyclingnews.com. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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