Aleksej Petrov

Career

He competed in the road race and 100 km team time trial at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. He competed in the team time trial at the world championships in 1962, 1964 and 1965, winishing in fourth, ninth and seventh place, respectively.

Achievements

• In the time trial he won a bronze medal in 1960 and finished in fifth place in 1964. In the road race he finished 62nd in 1964. In 1958 and 1959 he was second in the Tour d"Egypte and in 1962 won the Tour du Saint-Laurent in Canada. He won the Peace Race in 1961, 1962, 1965 and 1966 in the team competition. Individually, his best results were fifth place in 1962 and sixth in 1966. Nationally, he won the individual road race in 1962 and in the team time trial in 1960, 1962-1964 and 1966.