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| | PezCycling News - What's Cool In Pro Cycling |
 | | Born in Talducorgan, Kazakhstan, on 21st September, 1973, the quiet Kivilev was just one of the brilliant wave of riders who graduated from the terrific Kazakhstan amateur squad of the mid- to late 1990s, including his close friend Alexander Vinokourov (with whom he rode in the Saint Etienne amateur squad), Andrei Teteriouk and Alexandr Shefer. |
 | | Kivilev began his professional career in 1998 at Festina, before joining Ag2r, then Cofidis in 2001, where he achieved his best results. |
 | | Kivilev was not wearing a crash helmet when he fell - although advised, they are not mandatory for elite professionals under UCI rules, and are worn according to the rider's own choice or preference. |
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