Pavel Sergueïevitch Tonkov was born the 09-02-1969
to Ijevsk (Russia)
Married with Daria Garcia Romero
Two sons: Nikolas (borned the 17/09/1997)
and Aleksandr (borned the 21/05/2002)
Lives in Majadahonda de Madrid
Professionnal cyclist to 1992 at 2005
His
beginnings:
He begun with the swimming in 1977,
in the Ishevsk's team, freestyle and back.
He begun the cycling in may of 1980,
in the team Impulse. His trainer is Oleg Blinov.
He winned his first race in june of
1980, on the Tchaïkosky's stadium
He decided to prove in the cycling after
to have seen Sergueï Soukhoroutchenkov to become olympic's
champion on Moscow
In 1984, he joined the Olympic
Center of Samara
In 1987, he joined the national
team of The Soviet Union and becomes world champion junior
on Bergamo.
In 1989, he takes a season in France
under the colors of the Team Bonnat
In 1992, he became professionnal
with the team RUSS-Baïkal, directed by Viktor Kapitonov,
next he joined the italian team Lampre-Colnago after to win the
Bergamo Week's.
The more important
victories:
Hessen Rundfart 1988/
Slovenska Tour 1989/
Tour du Poitou-Charente 1989/
Vuelta de Chile 1991/
Settimana Bergamasca 1992-1996-1998/
Tour de Suisse 1995/ Giro d'Italia 1996/ Tour
de Romandie 1997/ Giro dell'Appenino 1997-1998/ Trofeo
scalatore 1997/ Luk Cup 1999/ Clasica Alcobendas
2005
To know:
Pavel always carries on him the icon
of russian's saints whom his mother gave him. Pavel studied
during three years at the University of Samara to become a sport
instructor. He's lieutenant in the Red Army. Pavel
likes yoga, sofrologia and hipnosis. He winned 110 victories
on amateur's category. His favourite book is "The
three musketeers" of Alexandre Dumas. His nicknames are
"Pasha", "the Cossack", "the Tsar".
His favourite sports are skiing, ice hockey, table tennis and
mountain-bike. He likes the spaghetti with the caviar and
his favourite film is "The Crow". Pavel listens to pop-rock
music, as Pink-Floyd and Dire Strait, and classic music, as Bach
and Tchaïkowsky. He likes also the poetries of Pouchkine.
The
champion's caracteristics on 1996:
1,77 m - 66 kg
Heart at rest: 32 beats/minute
Heart limit: 172-175
beats/minute
Heart thershold: 190
beats
Pulmonary capacity:
5,2 liters
Maximal developed power:
450 watts