Romāns Vainšteins
Romāns Vainšteins
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Romāns Vainšteins |
| Born |
March 3, 1973 (1973-03-03) (age 38)
Talsi, Latvian SSR |
| Team information |
| Discipline |
Road |
| Role |
Rider |
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Infobox last updated on
April 7, 2009 |
Romāns Vainšteins (born March 3, 1973, in Talsi) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia. He won the road race at the 2000 world cycling championship in Plouay, France. He covered the 269 km in 6h 15m 28s, the best of 158 starters.[1]
In 2001 he came in 3rd in the Paris–Roubaix race, behind the winner Servais Knaven.
Palmarès
1995
- 42nd - World Championships time trial, Tunja, Colombia
1996
- 106th - Olympic Gamesroad race, Atlanta, USA
1998 - Kross (Italy)
- winner Grand Prix Industria e Artigianato, Larciano, Italy
- winner GP Arhus, Denmark
- 3rd - National Championships road race
- 11th - World Championships road race, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
1999 - Vini Caldirola-Sidermec (Italy)
- winner National Championships road race
- winner Paris-Bruxelles, France/Belgium (classic)
- winner of the 6th stage of the Giro d'Italia in Foggia, Italy
- winner GP Kanton Aargau, Gippingen, Switzerland
- winner of the 1st stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Sorrento, Italy
- winner of the 6th stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico in Alba Adriatica, Italy
- winner GP Chiasso, Switzerland
- Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2nd - Giro del Lago Maggiore, Brissago, Switzerland
- 3rd - HEW Cyclassics, Hamburg, Germany (world cup)
- 3rd - Coppa Bernocchi, Italy
- 4th - Trofeo Melinda Val di Non, Italy
- 5th - Gent-Wevelgem, Belgium (classic)
- 16th - Amstel Gold Race, the Netherlands (world cup)
- 18th - Omloop Het Volk, Belgium (classic)
- 25th - Ronde van Vlaanderen, Belgium (world cup)
- 25th - Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy (he won the first stage and led the race till after stage four; he was also third in stage 2 to Santa Maria, and also winner of stage 6)
- 29th - World Championships road race, Verona, Italy
- 33rd - Paris-Tours, France (world cup)
- 35th - Tour de Romandie, Switzerland (he was 6th in 5th and final stage to Geneva)
- 41st - Milano-San Remo, Italy (world cup)
- dnf - Giro d'Italia (he did not start in stage 13: he was 5th in the first stage to Modica, 6th in the 4th stage to Terme Luigiane, winner of the 6th stage and second in the 7th stage to Lanciano)
- 2000 - Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
- 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
- 2001 - Domo-Farm Frites
- Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya
- Stage 6, Tirreno - Adriatico
- 2nd, HEW Cyclassics, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel
- 3rd, Milan – San Remo, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel
- 3rd, UCI Road World Cup
- 3rd, Paris - Roubaix, +0:41 from winner Servais Knaven
- 132nd, 2001 Tour de France (GT), +3:24:56 from winner Lance Armstrong
- 2002 - Domo-Farm Frites
- 5th, Paris–Tours, +0:20 from winner Jakob Piil
- 2003 - Vini Caldirola-So.di
- Stage 4, Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca
- 116th, 2003 Tour de France (GT), +3:23:43 from winner Lance Armstrong
- 2004 - Lampre-Caffita
- 7th, Milan-San Remo, s.t. as winner Erik Zabel
- 11th, Paris-Roubaix, +0:29 from winner Magnus Backstedt
- 5th, GP de Fourmies, +0:09 from winner Andrey Kashechkin
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Vainsteins, Romans |
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| Short description |
Latvian racing cyclist |
| Date of birth |
March 3, 1973 |
| Place of birth |
Talsi, Latvian SSR |
| Date of death |
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