Edita Pučinskaitė

Edita Pučinskaitė

Edita Pučinskaitė awaiting the start of the Elkhorn Resort Circuit Race (stage 5 of the 1999 Women's Challenge stage race.
Personal information
Full name Edita Pučinskaitė
Born November 25, 1975 (1975-11-25) (age 36)
Naujoji Akmenė, Lithuanian SSR
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
  • 1999
  • 2000–2001
  • 2002
  • 2003–2004
  • 2005–2006
  • 2007–2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • Acca Due O
  • Alfa Lum
  • Figurella
  • SC Michela Fanini Record Box
  • Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas
  • Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
  • Cmax Dilà
  • Gauss Rdz Ormu
Medal record
Competitor for  Lithuania
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
Gold 1999 Road race
Silver 2001 Road race
Bronze 1995 Road race
Bronze 1999 Time trial

Edita Pučinskaitė (born November 27, 1975 in Naujoji Akmenė) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on the UCI points listings.

Palmarès

1994
Etoile Vosgienne - 1st overall; 1 stage win
1995
UCI Road World Championships Road Race - 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
GP Kanton Zurich - stage win
Women's Challenge - stage win
1996
GP Presov - 1st overall; 1 stage win
Giro di Sicilia - 2nd place
1997
Giro d'Italia Femminile- 3rd place
Liberty Classic - 1st place
1998
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 5th place
Grande Boucle - - 1st overall; 3 stage wins
Trophee International (World Cup) - 4th place
Thuringen Rundfahrt - - 1st overall; 1 stage win
Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.9.1) - 4th place
Montreal (Can) World Cup - 4th place
Sydney (Aus) World Cup - 5th place
1999
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 4th place
UCI Road World Championships Road Race - 1st place (Gold Medal)
UCI Road World Championships Time Trial - 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) - 2nd place
Giro della Toscana - 1st overall; 3 stage wins
Grande Boucle (cat 1) - 3rd overall; 1 stage win
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 4th place
Thüringen-Rundfahrt - 5th place
2000
Grande Boucle (cat. 1) - 2nd overall; 2 stage wins
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 4th overall; 2 stage wins
2001
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 6th place
UCI Road World Championships Road Race - 2nd place (Silver Medal)
GP Suisse Féminin (World Cup) - 3rd place
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) - 4th place
Giro della Toscana (2.9.1) - 4th place
Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.9.1) - 3rd place GC
Trophée d'or Féminin (2.9.2) - 1st overall; 2 stage wins
Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1) - 5th overall; 1 stage win
Vuelta Internacional a Majorca (2.9.1) - 2nd place
2002
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 12th place
Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1) - 4th place, 1 stage victory
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 4th place
Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) - 1st place, 1 stage victory
Tour de l'Aude (cat. 1) - 3rd place, 1 stage victory
Trophée Féminin Méditerranéen (cat 1) - 3rd place
2003
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 5th place
Amstel Gold (World Cup) - 3rd place
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) - 4th place
Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - stage win
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 2nd place
Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) - 4th place
Grande Boucle (cat. 1) - 5th place
Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) - 5th place
2004
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 5th place
GP de Plouay (World Cup) - 1st place
Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - 3rd overall; 1 stage win
Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) - 1st overall; 1 stage win
Olympic Games Road Race - 9th place
Olympic Games Time Trial - 10th place
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 1 stage win
Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) - 4th overall
Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 5th overall
Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) - 6th overall
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (cat. 1) - 6th overall
La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) - 3rd place
2005
UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings - 5th place
Vuelta el Salvador (cat. 1) - 1st overall; 3 stage wins
Tour Sud Rhone Alpes (cat. 1) - 1st overall; 1 stage win
Tour de Berne (cat. 1) - 1st place
GP de Plouay World Cup - 2nd place
Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) - 3rd overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 3rd ovreall
Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 4th overall; 1 stage win
Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) - 6th overall; 1 stage win
2006
 Lithuania National Time Trial Champion
2007
Tour de Berne (World Cup) - 1st place
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol (2.1W) - Stage 1 win
Giro d'Italia Femminile - 1st overall, prologue and stage 3 win

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