Linas Balčiūnas
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1978 Jonava, Lithuania |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline |
|
| 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 |
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]
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.
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