Andrei Vedernikov

Andrei Georgijewitsch Vedernikov (Russian: Андрей Георгиевич Ведерников; born September 1, 1959 in Izhevsk ) is a former Soviet cyclist.

In 1981, the road Vedernikov World Amateur Championship. He was the first Russian to win a directly be transmitted for the World Cup cycling race. Because he was still unknown, was his club - mate, Sergei Nikolaevich Suchorutschenkow, in 1980 at the Olympics won the gold medal, as a favorite to this item.

1981 won Vedernikov even at the Tour of Slovakia, without winning a stage. Vedernikov was trained by Viktor Kapitonov in the army club SKA Kuibyshev.