Yanina Kuskova

Yanina Kuskova
Kuskova prior to the women's road race at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full nameYanina Kuskova
Born (2001-12-11) 11 December 2001
Uzbekistan
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Team information
Current teamUzbekistan
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2022–2024Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team[2]
2025–2026Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (2020, 2021, 2025)
National Road Race Championships (2020, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Uzbekistan
Women's road cycling
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 DushanbeTeam time trial
Gold medal – first place2022 DushanbeUnder-23 time trial
Gold medal – first place2025 PhitsanulokTime trial
Silver medal – second place2024 AlmatyTime trial
Silver medal – second place2024 AlmatyMixed team relay
Women's track cycling
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 New DelhiIndividual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2022 New DelhiPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2022 New DelhiMadison

Yanina Kuskova (born 11 December 2001) is an Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for the Uzbekistan national team.[1] She has won the Uzbekistan National Time Trial Championships twice (2020 and 2021) and the Uzbekistan National Road Race Championships four times (2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024).[3]

Career

Kuskova won her first national titles in 2020, winning both the Uzbekistan National Time Trial Championship and the Uzbekistan National Road Race Championship.[3]

Kuskova was on a team camp training when they rode the Germenica Grand Prix Road Race WE as part of the national team in 2021. Kuskova finished in tenth place as the best young rider.[4] In March 2022 Kuskova took her first international win at the Grand Prix Mediterranean WE.[5] During the 2022 Asian Road Cycling Championships Kuskova rode the Under-23 time trial with a time of 34:08 beating the second place by 2:32 and securing a gold medal.[6] Uzbekistan earned three medals at the 2022 Asian Track Cycling Championships all of them earned by Kuskova.[7] After the Asian Cycling Championships Kuskova did not start a UCI road event until the Ladies Tour of Estonia in late May.[8] The race ended with a solo winner and a bunch sprint for second to eleventh, with Kuskova finishing in eleventh 1:04 down on the winner.[9]

In 2024, Kuskova took part in the 2024 Tour de France Femmes with the Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team, finishing 47th overall.[10] She took won the road race at the Uzbek national championships for the fourth time.[3]

In November 2024, Kuskova signed with Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi for the 2025 season.[11] In March 2026, Kuskova announced that she had chosen to leave Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi to allow her to compete more regularly for the Uzbekistan national team.[12]

Major results

Sources:[1][13][14]

Road

2019
1st National Junior Time trial
2020
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
2021
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
2nd Grand Prix Velo Alanya WE
8th Grand Prix Gündoğmuş WE
10th Germenica Grand Prix Road Race WE
2022
Asian Road Cycling Championships
1st Team time trial
1st Under-23 Individual time trial
6th Elite Road race
National Road Championships
4th Road race
5th Time trial
1st Grand Prix Mediterrennean WE
2nd Time trial Islamic Solidarity Games
3rd Grand Prix Gazipaşa WE
4th Overall Princess Anna Vasa Tour
2023
Asian Road Cycling Championships
1st Under-23 Individual Time Trial
2nd Team time trial
10th Road Race
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
1st Expo Kriteryum
1st Poreč Trophy LADIES
1st Tour of Bostonliq I Ladies
1st Tour of Bostonliq II Ladies
2nd Overall Trofeo Ponente in Rosa
1st Young riders classification
2nd The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain Ladies I (ITT)
4th Aphrodite Cycling Race ITT
4th Respect Ladies Race Slovakia
5th Aphrodite Cycling Race - Women for future
7th The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain Ladies II
8th Belgrade GP Woman Tour
9th Aphrodite Cycling Race - RR
2024
9th Overall Tour of Thailand
2025
1st Time trial, Asian Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
3rd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador
7th Grand Prix El Salvador
2026
4th Grand Prix San Salvador
6th Grand Prix de Oriente
10th Overall Vuelta a El Salvador

Track

2021
1st National Omnium Championship
2022
Islamic Solidarity Games
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
Asian Track Cycling Championships
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Points race
3rd Madison (with Nafosat Kozieva)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Yanina Kuskova". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "TASHKENT CITY WOMEN PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Yanina Kuskova". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Olga Zabelinskaya-winner of the international competition, Kuskova — "The best young cyclist"". olympic.uz. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Yanina Kuskova claims her first international victory at the GP Mediterrennean". procyclinginfo.info. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Yanina Kuskova ikkinchi marta Osiyo chempionligini qo'lga kiritdi". yuz.uz (in Uzbek). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yanina Kuskova won her third medal at the Asian Championships". sports.uz. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "List of starters" (PDF). ladies.tourofestonia.ee (in Estonian). 28 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tulemused". ladies.tourofestonia.ee (in Estonian). 28 May 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Moultrie, James (19 August 2024). "'It's a dream for us' – Pauliena Rooijakkers makes Tour de France Femmes podium after matching Vollering in mountains". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  11. ↑ Mitchell, Mathew (4 November 2024). "Biriukova and Kuskova join Laboral Kutxa as team completes its 2025 roster". ProCyclingUK.com. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Kuskova, Yanina [@_y_a_n_a_0512_]; (3 March 2026). "I sincerely want to thank the whole team for this time and for the experience that I received here. For me, this was an important stage. Separately, I want to express huge gratitude to the sports director Ion for his support and professionalism — a very kind, responsive person. If you ever happen to meet him — be sure to get acquainted with him. He is truly a good person. This is not PR and not something else — this is only my sincere vision. My leaving the team is my decision. It is not easy for me to be alone in Europe, especially since for the team it was necessary to do this constantly or very often this year, and I understand that my work now does not correspond to my expectations, to the results, because of this I often faced sadness. Therefore I wanted to travel more often to the Uzbekistan national team, but we could not come to an agreement about this with the Laboral team. I want to grow in my work. I dedicate all my time to this sport and my mental state is very important for me. I believe that I will be able to achieve more than there is now — even if I will not be in a team. And of course, I am endlessly grateful to everyone in Uzbekistan — the women's and men's national teams — for our unity and friendship even at a distance. You are the best thing that I have. Maybe in something I am inconvenient to someone or someone does not like me. You can boldly say or write to me about this. I never hide from anyone. I respect honesty and straightforwardness more than understatement and rumors. If there are questions or claims — I am always ready to discuss this openly and calmly. Once again thank you to the whole collective of the Laboral team. 🤍" – via Instagram.
  13. ↑ "Yanina Kuskova". www.cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Yanina Kuskova". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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