He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.

Rochev has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (Individual sprint: 2005), two silvers (Team sprint and 4x10 km: both 2007), and one bronze (4x10 km: 2005).

He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002.

He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova, who gave birth to their daughter Vaselina in April 2007.

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).