Rasa Polikevičiūtė

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Rasa Polikevičiūtė during the introductions prior to one of the stages of the 2002 Women's Challenge stage race. She is wearing the Rainbow Jersey which signifies that she was the (then) current World Road Race Champion.
Rasa Polikevičiūtė during the introductions prior to one of the stages of the 2002 Women's Challenge stage race. She is wearing the Rainbow Jersey which signifies that she was the (then) current World Road Race Champion.

Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer (born September 25, 1970 in Panevėžys, Lithuania). She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond. One of her Lithuanian cycling contemporaries is her identical twin, Jolanta.

She began cycling at age 13 under the influence of her childhood athletic coach and made her professional debut in 1990. Her top results in the years to come would include an overall victory at the 1997 Women's Challenge and a victory in the 2001 World Road Race Championships.

Along the way, she mastered several languages - besides her native Lithuanian, she also speaks Russian, Italian, and French.

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[edit] Palmarès

[edit] 2003

  • Giro del Trentino - 5th place, 1 stage victory
  • Giro d'Italia - 5th place, 1 stage victory
  • Grande Boucle - stage victory

[edit] 2002

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2000

[edit] 1999

  • Tour de Suisse Feminin - 5th place, stage victory
  • Thüringen-Rundfahrt - 3rd place, QOM jersey

[edit] 1998

[edit] 1997

  • Krasna Lipa - 2nd place, stage victory
  • Haute Garonne - stage victory
  • Tour du Finistere - 2nd place, 1 stage victory
  • Trophee d'Or - 3rd place, 1 stage victory
  • Liberty Classic - 2nd place
  • Women's Challenge - 1st place, stage victory
  • Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin- 4th place

[edit] 1996

[edit] 1995

  • Lithuanian Road Race Championships - 1st place
  • Lithuanian Time Trial Championships - 1st place
  • Etoile Vosgienne - 3rd place, 1 stage victory
  • Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin - 2nd place, 1 stage victory
  • Vuelta a Mallorca - stage victory

[edit] 1994

[edit] 1993

  • GP de la Mutualite Haute Garonne - 3rd place
  • Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin - stage victory
  • Berlin Rundfahrt - 1st place, 2 stage victories
  • Druzhba - 1st place, stage victory
  • Velka Cena Presova - 2nd place, stage victory
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