Romans Vainsteins

Romans Vainsteins (born March 3, 1973 in Talsi) is a professional cyclist from Latvia. He won the road race and therefore the title of World Cycling Champion at the 2000 World Cycling Championship in Plouay, France. In 2001 he came in third in the Paris-Roubaix race, behind the winner Servais Knaven.

[edit] Palmarès

2004 - Lampre - Caffita
2003 - Vini Caldirola
- Stage 4, Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca
- 116th, 2003 Tour de France (GT), +3:23:43 from winner Lance Armstrong
2002 - Domo-Farm Frites
- 5th, Paris-Tours, +0:20 from winner Jakob Piil
2001 - Domo-Farm Frites
- Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
- Stage 6, Tirreno - Adriatico
- 2nd, HEW Cyclassics, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel
- 3rd, Milano-Sanremo, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel
- 3rd, UCI World Cup
- 3rd, Paris - Roubaix, +0:41 from winner Servais Knaven
- 132nd, 2001 Tour de France (GT), +3:24:56 from winner Lance Armstrong
2000 - Vini Caldirola
- World Road Racing Champion - Plouay, France
- Coppa Bernocchi
- Stage 8, Tirreno-Adriatico
- Stage and , Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián, +0:04 from winner Erik Dekker
- 3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen, +0:04 from winner Andrei Tchmil
1999 - Vini Caldirola
- Grand Prix Gippingen
- Paris-Brussels
- Stage 6, Giro d'Italia (GT)
- Stage and , Tirreno-Adriatico
- 3rd, HEW Cyclassics, +0:03 from winner Mirko Celestino
1998 - Kross
- Grand Prix Industria e Artigianato

Preceded by: Óscar Freire	World Road Racing Champion 2000	Succeeded by: Óscar Freire