2006 -2008

I am not any more in Discovery Channel Pro Cycling  Team but it was the BEST TIME EVER

www.wat.tv/playlist/770609

www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3we8_maple16_vladimir-gusev-the-goose/video/x30gze_vladimir-gusev-interview-prologue-t_sport

2008

Beginning in the 2008 season, Team Astana will be managed by Johan Bruyneel, the former directeur sportif of the defunct Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Joining him are former Discovery riders Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, The 2008 team will employ the anti-doping system developed by Dr. Rasmus Damsgaard, Head of Information for Anti Doping Danmark (ADD). The anti-doping system was initially used by Team CSC starting in 2007.^[6] On November 25, 2007, Team Astana announced they will be powered by SRAM Red road components. On December 13, 2007, Trek Bicycle Corporation announced that they will supply the team bikes, tires and Bontrager components for Team Astana.

Jan 24, 2008

I will be in USA from the  24th Jan to 24th Feb . Two weeks of  training and from the 17th Feb i will participate in Tour of Californie.   The weather is not quite warm. The training are 5-6 heures a day. I share the room with Tomas Vaitkus.

You can read the info about me and team Astana during our stay in USA( New Mexico;Albuquerque)  in the site:

www.johanbruyneel.com/

Fresh Brew: ABQ Camp - Day 1 :  www.johanbruyneel.com/astana-fb-camp1.aspx

Jan 25,2008

Fresh Brew: ABQ Camp - Day 2 : www.johanbruyneel.com/astana-fb-camp2.aspx
 

Jan 29, 2008

Today  we  had so called, day off , because we had some small  training for 2 hours anyway, instead of  5.   We also went  to coffe shop with a chaps.In the evening i was interviwed for american sport magazine.

I tried a timetrial bike.

Jan 30, 2008

Today the weather  was  really terrible-almost snow-storm.We had to finish our training in 2 hours instead of five.

I have broken a collar -bone on the 6th stage of Tour of California and couldn t train for one week, but now i am all right . And getting ready for a ride on the 23rd of March.

March 25 - 29,2008

8th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

The first day of the race, was successful.
Although I had a rather long break, but I feel well now.
Astana is on the fourth place as yet

April  1-3, 2008

Stage 3a: De Panne to De Panne, 119km/74mi and Stage 3b: De Panne ITT, 13.7km/8.5mi
from: http://www.astana-cyclingteam.com/RaceRecaps_details.aspx?Code=97

Vladimir Gusev took to the course wearing his white Russian championship kit and chased Devolder’s time. At the intermediate check point he was only a few seconds behind Devolder and rode steady on the bike. Crossing the finish line he missed the leading time by 10 seconds and slipped into 2nd place at 16.53.78, a good time for the Goose as he regains the form lost while recovering from the injury sustained in February at the Tour of California.

 April 8-11 , 2008

Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, France

from:  http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/apr08/apr09news2 

Astana's directeur sportif Alain Gallopin will fly to Istanbul for the Presidential Tour of Turkey right after the Circuit de la Sarthe because it would be a heartbreak for him to watch Paris-Roubaix on television with the likes of Vladimir Gusev, Tomas Vaitkus and Gregory Rast, missing out on their chance to contest the win on the famous velodrome in the north of France.

Gusev was his protégé at CSC during his first two professional seasons in 2004 and 2005. Aged 26, the Russian from Nijni-Novgorod is now one of the world's strongest riders for the Classics, but he'll get only one chance to shine this spring and that will be at the Amstel Gold Race since Astana hasn't been invited by RCS Sport and ASO at Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Flèche Wallonne.

He crashed on Sunday during the Ronde van Vlaanderen. His whole right side was heavily bruised, so he was uncertain to line up at the Circuit de la Sarthe until the last minute; however, he decided to give it a go and finished stage one in Ligné.

"He is an amazing fighter", Gallopin commented. "He broke his collarbone at the Tour of California on February 25 and he was back on his bike on March 23! We've thought the Circuit de la Sarthe was something good for him to do in preparation for the Amstel Gold Race rather than Gent-Wevelgem where his chances are limited because it often finishes in a sprint. And who knows? Even injured, he might win the time trial here..."

Winner of the Tour of Belgium last year, Gusev will always find some way to show his strong character on the roads of the bike races.

10 mai- 1 june 2008    Tour of Italy (GIRO)

Stage 1: Palmero, Team Time Trial, 23.6km / 14.6mi
 

- by Cathy Mehl

Let the racing in Italy begin! Twenty-two teams lined up in Palermo, Sicily on Saturday to ride the first stage of the 91st Giro d’Italia on a team time trial course of out and back in the capital city. Riding under cloudy skies with threats of rain, the teams took off at five minute intervals and rode through the city streets to the seaside before turning to come back to basically the same area as the start. With temperatures staying near 20C/ 68F the conditions were consistently good for all teams. Team Astana started 9th on the day and took to the roads in a fluid easy style with all riders contributing to the paceline. At the halfway point they posted up 11.41 and their form still looked good. Especially important was to see that all riders were able to maintain the pace which bodes well for keeping the entire team riding in the tough stages to come. Crossing the finish line with 27.01, the boys in blue settled into second place for awhile, finally landing in 7th overall.

Russian TT Championship (Rus)
(27/06)

27/6: Vladimir Gusev prolongs his national time trial title in Russia.

 2009   

 i  did t start my new year with new team. But i know that in some very short time i will be in the race much stronger than before. So hope that you are with me. Thank you for every one who belive in me

 17.06.2009/ !!!!!!!!!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gusev-back-in-action-after-cas-decision