Nikolaev made his Dakar debut in 2006 as mechanic for Kamaz's Sergey Reshetnikov, finishing in 18th overall, before moving across to the crew led by Ilgizar Mardeev in 2007.
Among his greatest achievements is achieving first overall in the Enduro World Championship in 1991, in the category of + 350 cc 4T and 9th overall place at 2007 Dakar Rally in the motorcycles classification.
2007 | Dakar | 2007 in music | World Rally Championship | Rally | 2007 Cricket World Cup | Australian federal election, 2007 | 2007 Pan American Games | Dakar Rally | rally | 2007 World Championships in Athletics | 2007 ATP Tour | 2007 Rugby World Cup | 2007 in film | Quebec general election, 2007 | 2007 World Series of Poker | 2007 Southeast Asian Games | 2007 All-Africa Games | Ontario general election, 2007 | Eurovision Song Contest 2007 | 2007 in baseball | European Rally Championship | 2007 in television | New South Wales state election, 2007 | 2007 in literature | 2007 Canada Games | Iraq War troop surge of 2007 | APEC Australia 2007 | 2007 NFL Draft | 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup |