Dainis Ozols
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Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he earned a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.
His surname is often misspelled as Ozolos and he is often incorrectly identified as having Polish or Lithuanian Nationality. Early in his amateur career, he did race as a national of the USSR.
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[edit] Palmarès
[edit] 2000
- Coure de la Paix (2.4)
- First place - Stage 9
- Osterreich-Rundfahrt (2.3)
- Sixth place overall
[edit] 1999
[edit] 1998
- Grand Prix Cycliste de Beauce (2.4)
- Second place in Stage 4
[edit] 1997
- Malopolski Wyscig Gorski 1997
- Overall winner
- Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- Overall winner
- Tour de Pologne
- Sixth overall
[edit] 1996
- Coure de la Paix (2.5)
- First place - Stage 8
- Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt (2.5)
- Overall victory
- Malopolski Wyscig Gorski/TV Wisla Tour (2.5)
- Overall victory in Mountains Competition
- First place in Stage 2
- First place in Stage 4 (ITT)
- Latvian National Championship
- Fourth place
- Osterreich-Rundfahrt (2.3)
- Sixth overall
[edit] 1995
- First year as a pro
- Tour du Limousin (2.3)
- Third place in Stage 4
[edit] 1992
- Summer Olympics Road Race
- Bronze medal
