Valentina Polkhanova

Valentina Nikolaevna Polchanowa (Russian Валентина Николаевна Полханова; born August 15, 1971) is a former Russian cyclist.

From the 1990s until the 2000s into Valentina Polchanowa was one of the strongest street women cyclists in the world. Twice she was with the Russian team Road World Champion in the team time trial

In 1994 they decided the Grande Boucle Féminine Rating for themselves. In 1998 she won the race Ster Zeeuwsche Zeelanden and 2003, the Thuringia - tour. In 1999 she was third in the Individual Time Trial Chrono des Nations as well as 2000 at the stage race Giro d' Italia Femminile.