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| Full name | Tamara Dronova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Tamara Balabolina 13 August 1993 Moscow, Russia  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020– | Marathon–Tula (track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Cogeas–Mettler–Look (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamara Dronova (Russian: Тамара Дронова, née Balabolina; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Roland Cycling in road racing,[1] and UCI Track Team Marathon–Tula in track cycling.[2] After winning several medals as a junior and under-23 at the European Track Championships she won as an elite rider the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships.[3] Besides track cycling she also rides on the road and competed in 2013 at the Russian National Road Race Championships and Russian National Time Trial Championships.[4]
As of 31 October 2014 she is still the current Russian national track cycling record holder in the 4000 m team pursuit in a time of 4:29.842 ridden at the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes on 5 December 2013 together with Anastasia Chulkova, Alexandra Chekina and Galina Strelsova.[5]
Major results
Track
- 2011
 - UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st 
 Team sprint (with Anastasia Voynova) - 3rd 
 Sprint 
 - 1st 
 - 2012
 - 1st 
 Omnium, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships - 3rd 
 Omnium, UEC European Track Championships - 3rd 
 Omnium, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow - 2013
 - National Track Championships
- 1st 
 Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Aleksandra Goncharova and Maria Mishina) - 2nd Omnium
 
 - 1st 
 - 2014
 - European Under-23 Track Championships
- 1st 
 Omnium - 1st 
 Scratch - 1st 
 Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Aleksandra Goncharova and Gulnaz Badykova) 
 - 1st 
 - 2nd 
 Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships (with Alexandra Chekina, Irina Molicheva, Aleksandra Goncharova and Evgenia Romanyuta) - 2015
 - Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
- 1st Omnium
 - 1st Scratch
 
 - 6 giorni delle rose – Fiorenzuola
- 1st Omnium
 - 2nd Scratch
 
 - 2nd 
 Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships (with Gulnaz Badykova, Alexandra Chekina and Maria Savitskaya) - UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 2nd 
 Omnium - 3rd 
 Team pursuit (with Gulnaz Badykova, Alexandra Chekina and Natalia Mozharova) 
 - 2nd 
 - 2016
 - 2nd Points race, Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
 - 2017
 - 3rd Madison, Grand Prix Minsk (with Gulnaz Badykova)
 - 3rd Madison, Grand Prix of Moscow (with Gulnaz Badykova)
 - 2019
 - 3rd 
 Individual pursuit, European Games - 2021
 - National Track Championships
- 1st 
 Individual pursuit - 2nd Madison (with Diana Klimova)
 - 2nd Team pursuit
 
 - 1st 
 
Road
Source:[6]
- 2015
 - 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 - 2020
 - 1st Grand Prix Central Anatolia
 - 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 - 5th Grand Prix Mount Erciyes
 - 6th Grand Prix Gazipaşa
 - 7th Grand Prix Cappadocia
 - 2021
 - National Road Championships
- 1st 
 Time trial - 3rd Road race
 
 - 1st 
 - 4th Grand Prix Velo Manavgat
 - 5th Grand Prix Velo Erciyes
 - 8th Grand Prix Develi
 - 2022
 - National Road Championships
- 1st 
 Time trial - 1st 
 Road race - 1st Mixed team relay
 
 - 1st 
 - 4th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
 - 6th Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden RR
 - 7th GP de Plouay
 - 8th Gent–Wevelgem
 
References
- ↑ "Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
 - ↑ "Marathon – Tula Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
 - ↑ "Tamara Balabolina". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
 - ↑ "Tamara Balabolina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
 - ↑ "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Result". tissottiming.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
 - ↑ "Tamara Dronova". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
 
External links
- Tamara Dronova at ProCyclingStats
 
