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Alexander Pliuschin

    Key Stats

    Nationality: Moldovan
    Born: January 13, 1987
    Hometown: Chisinau, Moldova
    Height: 5-foot-9
    Weight: 136 pounds
    Strengths: classics, track
    Turned Pro: 2007

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    2007
    1st, Dijon-Auxonne-Dijon
    1st, Tour of Flanders under-23
    1st, stage 2, GP Tell
    1st, world B champion individual pursuit

    Biography

    A child prodigy in Moldova, Pliushin settled in France as an amateur and enjoyed a fine spring in 2007, enough to convince Ag2r to sign him to a neo-pro contract for the second half of the year. A training crash in January left him with a broken collarbone and sidelined him for scheduled debut at the Tour de Langkawi.