Anatoly Cherepovich

Anatoly Cherepovich came to notice in Soviet cycling when he won the 1955 Soviet road championship. He would later place second in that championship in 1961. Cherepovich rode the Peace Race six times (1957, 1959, 1961-64), with finishes of fourth in 1961 and fifth in 1963, and also finished the 1963 Tour de l‘Avenir, placing 28th. He competed in the 1961 and 1962 World Championships, helping the Soviet team place fourth in the 1962 team time trial. At those World Championships he finished the individual road race in 27th place. Cherepovich later worked as a trainer for the Soviet team. Shortly before the 1970 World Championships in Leicester, England in mid-August, he was killed in an automobile accident.