Linas Balčiūnas (born 14 February 1978 in Jonava) is a Lithuanian former road and track cyclist, who represented Lithuania at 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Personal information | |
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Born | Jonava, Lithuania | 14 February 1978
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
1996 | Sidabrine Strele |
2004 | Sidabrine Strele |
Professional teams | |
1999–2000 | Saint-Quentin–Oktos–MBK |
2001–2002 | AG2R Prévoyance |
2003 | MBK–Oktos–Saint-Quentin |
2005–2007 | Agritubel–Loudun |
2008 | Ulan |
During the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, he won a gold medal at the Moscow Cup with the national pursuit team. Balčiūnas participated at 2005 UCI Road World Championships, where he achieved 43rd place in the time trial.
Major results edit
- 1997
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 1998
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Rhodes
- 3rd Tour Beneden-Maas
- 1999
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 3rd Tour de la Somme
- 2000
- 1st Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain
- 2nd Henk Vos Memorial
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 7th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2001
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 1st Stage 3a
- 2005
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 1st Stage 4a
- 7th GP de Fourmies
- 7th Châteauroux Classic
- 8th Tro-Bro Léon
- 2008
- 1st Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza
References edit
- ^ www.sports-reference.com
- ^ "Linas Balčiūnas". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 December 2020.