bici.FOCUS, Alberto Dolfin, 31 Januari 2021
Ilnur Zakarin è tornato a casa. Lo scioglimento della CCC ha fatto sì che il trentunenne originario del Tatarstan, nel bel mezzo della Russia, tornasse a vestire la casacca della Gazprom RusVelo, già indossata per due annate nel 2013 e nel 2014, quando ancora non era conosciuto dal grande pubblico.
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Pez Cyclingnews, Alastair Hamilton, 6 Maart 2020
Young Russian, Ilnur Zakarin, has been a bit quiet on the results recently, but with a new team, bike, coach and training plan, that is all going to change. Alastair Hamilton managed to catch up with Ilnur in Spain before he flew off to start the UAE Tour, to hear all his plans for 2020 and the future, including the Olympics.
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CyclingTips, Shane Stokes, 18 Januari 2018
Fifth in last year’s Giro and then a career-best third overall in the Vuelta a España, Ilnur Zakarin will target the Tour de France in 2018 secure in the belief that he can take on the top Grand Tour riders in the world.
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Velo-Club, Charles Marsault, 31 Oktober 2016
Malgré la barrière de la langue, Ilnur Zakarin a eu la gentillesse de répondre une nouvelle fois aux questions de notre rédaction. Avec nous, il a effectué le bilan d'une saison 2016 qu'il ne juge pas satisfaisante, et ce pour plusieurs raisons. Par ailleurs, nous souhaitons également remercier Viacheslav Kuznetsov, qui a fait office de traducteur Russe/Anglais pour nous.
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Cyclingtips, Fran Reyes, 13 Mei 2016
Until last year’s Tour de Romandie, few cycling fans outside of Russia had heard of Ilnur Zakarin. But when he won that race overall — beating Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali, among many other big names — and followed up with a stage win at the Giro d’Italia, it became impossible to ignore the lanky, enigmatic Russian.
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Velo-Club, Charles Marsault, 11 Februari 2016
J'ai deux grands objectifs en 2016. Tout d'abord, je voudrais me battre pour un bon classement général au Giro, et deuxièmement, je voudrais représenter la Russie à Rio.
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