This stems from a scouted rider i found back on PCM10. He was described as a future great, and he was. Within a year he was a serious TT'er and growing cobbles talent. It's about time that Ladin got some true recognition.

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3rd December 2011

Hello,
My name is Ladin Livshits. As above i am a 20 year old Russian cyclist. I recently signed to join the new U23 Russian Cycling Project, Gosloto-AvtoVAZ. I don't know all the riders in the team, some of them are yet to be confirmed, but my best friend Christian Malev has been signed.
Again a brief history of me is written above and i hope that gives you an idea of what i'm like. I will say this, i've had a tough life so far and i channel this into my cycling. I never say enough and will ride at my limit and beyond all day to win.
I admit freely that tactically i am lacking, but hopefully over the next years i can improve that.
I have been scheduled for an interview at the start of the new year. This is your chance to ask any questions to me. I hope you can come up with some.
The interview will go take place in January 2012 so there is some time first.
I will also blog in January about the upcoming season.

Ladin

Born in Vladivostok on Christmas Eve, 1992. His parents, Vitaly and Svetlana lived and worked in Vladivostok for the government.
They moved to Moscow when he was 7 in February 1999.
While not the smartest Ladin was good at sports, and began cycling aged 10 (2002).
Vitaly Livshits (father) died in a car accident in June 2003.
Ladin and his mother moved to St. Petersburg in late 2005.
Ladin won his first race, a local inter-school competition, aged 14, in December 2005.
One week later, December 23rd, Svetlana was killed in Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 crash. Ladin was now an orphan.
In 2006 he joined a local St. Petersburg youth cycling team.
In the winter of 2007 Ladin won the U16 Schools title.
Following this win he joined the National Youth Cycling Programe, aged 16.
Ladin took his first major win in the summer of 2009, winning the National Junior TT Championships, aged 17.
Ladin took another step when he won the Moscow Invitational 10,20 and 30 mile TT events in the same year, against adult amateur and semi-professional level cyclists.
He successfully defended his Junior TT title in 2010.
Also in 2010 he won the Junior Track titles for the Individual and Team Pursuits .
In 2011 he won both the National Road Race and Time Trial Championships.
Ladin also defended his Track titles in the Individual Pursuit and Team Pursuit, as well as adding the Omnium, Flying 200, Individual Sprint and Madison titles.
Finally in October 2011 Ladin signed with new team Gosloto-AvtoVAZ

TheManxMissile wrote:
its in the surprises post.
its a link to booroo, just under vote 1
and here it is again
https://booroo.com/app/showpoll.asp?si...;qid=30562