Andrei Tchmil

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Andrei Tchmil
Personal information
Full nameAndrei Tchmil
NicknameDre
Date of birthJanuary 22 1963 (1963--) (age 44)
Country Belgium
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional team(s)
1989-1990
1991
1992-1993
1994-2002		Alfa Lum
SEFB
GB-MG
Lotto
Major wins
UCI Road World Cup (1999)
GP Ouest France (1994)
Milan-Sanremo (1999)
Paris-Roubaix (1994)
Paris-Tours (1997)
Ronde van Vlaanderen (2000)
Infobox last updated on:
January 15, 2007
Andrei Tchmil (born 22 January 1963 in Khabarovsk, Russia) is a retired professional road bicycle racer. His family moved to Ukraine during the days of the Soviet Union. He started cycling and showed enough talent to be moved to a cycling school in Moldova. The collapse of the Soviet Union prompted him to try a professional career with the Italian Alfa Lum team in 1989.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union he became a Ukrainian citizen, although he eventually moved to his now-adopted country of Belgium early in his professional career. "People are cynical when I talk about Belgium. They think I'm only Belgian on paper. That is not true. Yes, I was a Russian, even a proud one.... Now I am proud to be Belgian. The first thing I did was learn French. Now there are some books in my suitcase to learn Flemish. It's not easy," Tchmil said in an interview with Cycle Sport.

Tchmil was most famous as a classic cobbled race specialist, thriving in races such as Ronde van Vlaanderen, Gent-Wevelgem, Omloop "Het Volk", and Paris-Roubaix. His first UCI Road World Cup win was in Paris-Roubaix in 1994. He also won the Paris-Tours in 1997 and Milan-Sanremo in 1999. His last celebrated victory was in the Ronde van Vlaanderen in 2000 when he overpowered rival Johan Museeuw in the finale. He was easily recognizable in the races, with his signature grimace, old-style helmet, and his powerful riding style. He won the UCI Road World Cup in 1999.

Tchmil retired in 2002, after having been forced to end his spring classics campaign due to a bad fall during the Three Days of De Panne in which his thigh was crushed. He has since been involved with several Belgian cycling teams, most notably with the Chocolade Jacques as a team manager.

Post-cycling career

In August 2006, Tchmil was appointed Minister of Sport in Moldova. This is especially remarkable since Tchmil never participated in any Moldovan elections.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Michele Bartoli		UCI Road World Cup Champion
1999		Succeeded by
Erik Zabel
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Hymn of the Russian Federation


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The Italian company of Alfa Lum, an aluminium door and windows manufacturer sponsored a professional cycling team for two periods of time. Firstly for the three seasons between 1982 and 1984 and then for three more seasons between 1988 and 1990.
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Ronde van Vlaanderen (English: Tour of Flanders) is a road cycling race held in Flanders, Belgium. It is held every spring, exactly one week before Paris-Roubaix, and it used to be part of the UCI Road World Cup.
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Gent-Wevelgem is a professional cycle road race held in Belgium in early April each year, falling on the Wednesday between the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix. The event was first run in 1934, and it is often called the sprinters' classic due to its flat finishing terrain.
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Omloop “Het Volk” (often just called Het Volk) is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The race is the opening event on the Belgian cycling calendar and is usually held on the last Saturday in February or the first
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Paris-Roubaix is a famous single-day professional bicycle road race held in northern France starting in Compiègne and finishing in Roubaix, near the Belgian frontier. Formerly third of the ten UCI Road World Cup races and currently part of the UCI ProTour, it is regarded as one of
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Sport Road bicycle racing
Founded 1989
No. of teams
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Most recent champion(s) Paolo Bettini
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Johan Museeuw in 2006.
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Full name Johan Museeuw
Nickname Lion of Flanders
Date of birth September 13 1965 (1965--)
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The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar.
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Three Days of De Panne (Dutch: KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde) is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.
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Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen

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UCI code JAC
Based  Belgium
Founded 2004
Discipline(s) Road
Status Professional Continental
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