{{Short description|Ukrainian cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Volodymyr Poulnikov | image = Vladimir POULNIKOV.jpg | fullname = Volodymyr Poulnikov | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|6|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = - | amateurteam1 = USSR Amateur team | proyears1 = 1989–1990 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Alfa Lum|1989}} | proyears2 = 1991–1994 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CAR|1991}} | proyears3 = 1995 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|THR|1995}} | proyears4 = 1996 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TVM|1996}} | proyears5 = 1997–1998 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|AND|1997}} | majorwins = '''Grand Tours''' :'''Giro d'Italia''' ::Young rider classification (1989, 1990) ::3 individual stages (1990, 1991, 1994) }} '''Volodymyr Pulnikov''' ({{langx|uk|Володимир Пульніков}}; born 6 June 1965 in Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian former road racing cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volodymyr Pulnikov|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/vladimir-pulnikov/1997 |access-date= 10 July 2019}}</ref>
==Career== He debuted in the amateur categories for Soviet Union. As a professional, his best results include a 4th place overall in the 1990 Giro d'Italia, a 10th overall place at the Tour de France in 1993 and 1994, and a second place overall at the 1994 Tour de Suisse and the stage victory in the Giro. He also competed in the men's individual road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/volodymyr-pulnikov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000940/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/volodymyr-pulnikov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Vladimir Poulnikov Olympic Results |access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref>
Poulnikov retired from professional cycling in 1998.
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1985 : 1st Stage 6 GP Tell ;1986 : 2nd Overall Course de la Paix ;1987 : 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska ;1988 : 2nd Overall Course de la Paix : 2nd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ;1989 :Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stage 9 : 1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT) : 3rd Memorial Gastone Nencini ;1990 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 4th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ;1991 : 7th Tre Valli Varesine ;1992 : 1st Overall Cronostaffetta (TTT) : 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco : 1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN : 3rd Giro del Lazio ;1993 : 7th Overall Giro d'Italia : 9th Overall Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco : 10th Overall Giro del Trentino : 10th Overall Tour de France : 10th Subida a Urkiola ;1994 : 1st Giro del Friuli : 1st Stage 20 Giro d'Italia : 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Overall Tour de France ;1996 : 4th Overall Route du Sud ;1997 : 3rd Giro di Toscana {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 1989 ! scope="col" | 1990 ! scope="col" | 1991 ! scope="col" | 1992 ! scope="col" | 1993 ! scope="col" | 1994 ! scope="col" | 1995 ! scope="col" | 1996 ! scope="col" | 1997 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Vuelta a España | style="background:#eee;"|31 | style="background:#eee;"|DNF | style="background:#eee;"|66 | style="background:#eee;"|44 | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | style="background:#eee;"|11 | style="background:#ddf;"|4 | style="background:#eee;"|11 | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#ddf;"|7 | style="background:#eee;"|11 | style="background:#eee;"|14 | style="background:#eee;"|16 | style="background:#eee;"|DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#eee;"|88 | style="background:#eee;"|— | style="background:#ddf;"|10 | style="background:#ddf;"|10 | style="background:#eee;"|25 | style="background:#eee;"|DNF | style="background:#eee;"|— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Cycling Archives|4073}}
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