Romāns Vainšteins

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Romāns Vainšteins
Personal information
Full nameRomāns Vainšteins
Born (1973-03-03) 3 March 1973 (age 48)
Talsi, Latvian SSR
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1997Team Polti
1998Kross–Selle Italia
1999–2000Vini Caldirola
2001–2002Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003Vini Caldirola–So.di
2004Lampre
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1999)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2000)
Paris–Brussels (1999)
National Road Race Championships (1999)
Medal record

Romāns Vainšteins (born 3 March 1973, in Talsi) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia. He won the road race at the 2000 World Cycling Championship in Plouay, France. At the end of the 268.8 km (167.0 mi) race, he won the sprint for the line ahead of Zbigniew Spruch and defending champion Oscar Freire.[1]

Following his world title, Vainšteins moved to the Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco team under Patrick Lefevere. Even with some impressive results, such as third place in the 2001 Paris–Roubaix, he was unable to follow up on the success of his world championship. He left the team after the 2002 season and raced with Vini Caldirola and Lampre for two more years before retiring.[2]

Major results[]

1996
3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo
1998
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
1st Grand Prix Aarhus
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
1999
1st MaillotLetonia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Paris–Brussels
1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stages 1 & 6
1st Gran Premio di Chiasso
2nd Giro del Lago Maggiore
3rd HEW Cyclassics
3rd Coppa Bernocchi
4th Trofeo Melinda
5th Gent–Wevelgem
2000
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Road race, UCI Road World Championships
1st Coppa Bernocchi
2nd Overall Rheinland–Pfalz Rundfahrt
1st Stages 1 & 2
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
3rd Tour of Flanders
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
3rd Classic Haribo
4th Amstel Gold Race
4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
5th Omloop Het Volk
5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
9th Milan–San Remo
10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 8
10th HEW Cyclassics
10th Züri–Metzgete
2001
1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd HEW Cyclassics
3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd Paris–Roubaix
2002
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Paris–Tours
2003
1st Stage 4 Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca
2004
5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
7th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour results[]

Grand Tour 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 93 132 116
A gold jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ Serisier, Pierre (16 October 2000). "Latvian sprints to world title". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^ Benson, Daniel (7 November 2016). "Eight of cycling's most glorious transfer failures". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.

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