Piotr Ugrumov

Piotr Ugrumov, born 21 January 1961 in Riga, is a former Russian-Latvian professional road racing cyclist who rode for Latvia after the Soviet Union dissolved, though he was part of the Russian delegation at the 1996 Summer Olympics. As an amateur he rode for the Soviet national team, won three USSR national championships and took stages at the Tour de l'Avenir and the Peace Race. His professional career ran from 1989 to 1999 and brought ten victories. He won the Young Rider classification at the 1989 Giro d'Italia, finished second to Miguel Indurain at the 1993 Giro by just 58 seconds, and was third at the 1995 Giro. At the 1994 Tour de France he finished second overall behind Indurain after winning back-to-back Alpine stages, including the final individual mountain time trial. Between 1990 and 1996 he reached the top ten of seven Grand Tours. He retired in 1999, lives in Italy and has coached the Mexican national team since 2021.