Andrei Tchmil

Andrei Tchmil, born on 22 January 1963 in Khabarovsk, is a retired professional road racing cyclist who represented the Soviet Union until 1991, Moldova from 1992 to 1994, Ukraine from 1994 to 1998 and Belgium from 1998. He turned professional in 1989 with the Italian team Alfa Lum and became a specialist in the cobbled classics. He won Paris-Roubaix in 1994, Paris-Tours in 1997, Milan-San Remo in 1999 and the Tour of Flanders in 2000, and he took the UCI Road World Cup in 1999. He competed in the road race at the 1996 Olympics and retired in 2002. He later served as Moldova's Minister of Sport and as team manager of Team Katusha.