Kazakhstan’s Yevgeniy Fedorov becomes four-time Asian Champion in Individual Time Trial

Fedorov completed the 42.8 km distance in 49 minutes and 12 seconds.

“Honestly, I am very happy to win a gold medal for Kazakhstan. The individual time trial was one of my main goals at the start of the season. I worked hard to reach peak form by early February to represent Kazakhstan at the Asian Championships in the best possible way. Together with my team, XDS Astana Team, we had two very productive training camps in December and January, putting in a huge amount of work to build a solid foundation for the entire season. After that, I competed in the AlUla Tour with my team, where the race profile and weather conditions were ideal for fine-tuning my form ahead of the Asian Championships. I managed to develop good speed, which helped me today – the course was challenging and long, and much depended on speed and proper energy distribution. The XDS Astana Team’s performance group developed an excellent race strategy for me, and I did my best to follow it completely. Everything came together well, and I was able to win. Previously, I had won the time trial at the Asian Championships three times, and I am happy that today I was able to defend my title and bring another gold medal to Kazakhstan”, said Yevgeniy Fedorov.

For Fedorov, this marks his fourth consecutive Asian Championship title in the individual time trial. He previously won in 2022, 2023, and 2024. It is important to note that he is the first rider in history to become a four-time consecutive Asian champion in the individual time trial.

Before him, four-time but non-consecutive Asian Championship titles in this discipline were won by Kazakhstan’s Andrey Mizurov (1995, 1999, 2006, 2010) and Kyrgyzstan’s Eugen Wacker (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012).

“Yevgeniy achieved a historic milestone today – his fourth consecutive Asian Championship title, and that is truly a reason to celebrate. Another gold medal for Kazakhstan, won by one of our team's homegrown riders. We put in a tremendous amount of work during the offseason – in terms of preparation, training processes, and technical improvements. This year, we are competing on new X-LAB bikes from XDS, and their technical specifications and initial feedback have been outstanding. The team's results at the start of the season, along with our third place in the World Team Ranking, speak for themselves. It's great to see X-LAB's time trial version securing its first major international victory. Up next is the road race, which will be a true test – competition in Asia grows stronger every year, so the race will be intense and highly competitive. I wish the best of luck to our riders representing Kazakhstan, as well as to the entire national team”, said Alexandr Vinokurov, General Manager of XDS Astana Team.