Vita Heine (née Pētersone; born 21 November 1984) is a racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Massi–Tactic.[3]

Vita Heine
Heine in 2016
Personal information
Full nameVita Heine
BornVita Pētersone
(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 (age 39)
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Team information
Current teamMassi–Tactic
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014Endura Lady Force
Professional teams
2014–2020Team Hitec Products[1][2]
2021–Massi–Tactic

Career

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Born in Riga in Latvia, Heine competed for Latvia in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[4] She obtained Norwegian citizenship from 1 July 2014, and joined Norwegian-based Team Hitec Products on 1 September 2014.[5] She remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, joining Massi–Tactic from 2021.[6]

Major results

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2011
3rd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
2013
2nd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
2014
2nd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
2016
Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st   Overall NEA
1st Stage 1a (ITT) & 2
KZN Summer Series
1st Races 1 & 2
4th Chrono des Nations
2017
Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
1st   Mountains classification Belgium Tour
2018
1st   Road race, Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
2019
1st   Time trial, Norwegian National Road Championships[a]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Heine competed under Latvian nationality up until 2014 before switching to Norway.

References

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  1. ^ "Hitec Products-Birk Sport". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Hitec Products - Birk Sport". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Massi Tactic Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  5. ^ Mathisen, Egil (14 August 2014). "Vita Heine til Hitec Products". Sykkelekspressen (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "El Massi-Tactic ficha a cuatro europeas y una canadiense" [Massi-Tatic sign four Europeans and a Canadian]. EsCiclismo (in Spanish). Comercial Studio SL. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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