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Kanstantsin Siutsou
One of eight new additions to the team for 2012, Kanstantsin Siutsou is regarded as one of the sport’s most talented all-rounders and is aiming to be a force to be reckoned with this season.
Siutsou burst onto the scene by winning the 2004 World Under-23 Road Race Championship, and claimed his maiden senior national title just two years later.
A fine climbing performance saw him secure his first overall triumph at the Tour of Georgia in 2008, but it was the 2009 Giro d’Italia where he first courted global attention after his brave attack on the eighth stage yielded a fine solo victory.
That year Siutsou had also tasted success on the Giro’s opening team time trial, and he would earn similar victories in both the Giro and Vuelta a Espana during a four–year spell with HTC-Highroad.
Siutsou’s progression continued in 2011 as he earned himself a top-10 finish in a brutal Giro d’Italia with six top-10 placings.
Another top-10 finish was to follow at the Critérium du Dauphiné in June, and his versatility shone through again that month as he won his first Belarus National Time Trial Championship in Mazyr.
He says of his move: “I am very happy to be joining Team Sky and look forward to riding with my new team-mates. The team is a strong one and I know a lot of the guys here already.
“I have ridden in the past with Thomas Löfkvist, Michael Barry, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Michael Rogers and Morris Possoni, and they have all told me how good it is here in terms of the organisation and the way they look after you.
“If I get the chance to show what I can do in the week-long stage races and one of the Grand Tours next year I will be very happy.
“It was great to finish in the top 10 of the Giro this year, and even though my legs weren’t all that good, I was also able to finish eighth at the Critérium du Dauphiné a few weeks later.
“Hopefully I will be able to ride even better next year if I have more team-mates there to support me in these types of races.”
