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Lithuanian cyclist
Diana Žiliūtė
Full name Diana Žiliūtė Born (1976-05-28 ) 28 May 1976 (age 47)
Rietavas ,
Lithuanian SSR , Soviet UnionDiscipline Road and track Role Rider
Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuanian pronunciation:
[dʲɪjɛˈnɐ ʑɪˈlʲuːtʲeː] ; born 28 May 1976 in
Rietavas ) is a
Lithuanian
racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s.
She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two
World Road Cup races, the overall World Road Cup title, and capped the season by winning the
World Road Race Championships and leading the
UCI Women's Road World Rankings .
The following year (1999), she further demonstrated her all around prowess by winning the
Grande Boucle , one of the hardest stage races in women's cycle racing history. This was followed in 2000 by a bronze medal at the
Summer Olympics .
For her achievements, Žiliūtė was awarded the Order of
Gediminas , a Lithuanian state honor.
Palmarès
1994
UCI Road World Championships
1st
Junior Road Race
2nd Team Time Trial
2nd Overall
Essen Etappenfahrt
3rd Overall
Tour de Bretagne
3rd Overall
Tour du Finistère
1996
2nd U23 Road Race,
UEC European Road Championships
3rd
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
1997
1st
U23 Time Trial,
UEC European Road Championships
2nd
Vertemate con Minoprio
1998
1st
Overall
UCI Women's Road World Cup
1st
Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
UEC European Road Championships
1st
U23 Time Trial
2nd U23 Road Race
National Road Championships
1st
Road Race
2nd Time Trial
1st
Rotterdam Tour
1st
Ottawa
1st
Ladies Tour Beneden Maas
1st Stage 3
Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd
Liberty Classic
3rd Overall
Women's Challenge
1st Stage 3
3rd
Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond
1999
1st
Road Race, National Road Championships
1st
Overall
Tour de France Feminine
3rd Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
2000
1st
Overall
UCI Women's Road World Cup
1st
Overall
Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
1st
Primavera Rosa
1st
Le Critérium International Féminin De Lachine
1st
GP Ouest France,
1st Stage 3
Giro d'Italia Femminile
2nd Overall
Women's Challenge
1st Stages 3 & 6
2nd
Liberty Classic
Olympic Games
3rd Road Race
9th Time Trial
3rd
Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
4th
La Flèche Wallonne
2001
2nd Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
1st Stage 13
2nd Overall
Holland Ladies Tour
2nd
Berner Rundfahrt
2nd
Souvenir Magali Pache
3rd
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
8th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
2002
1st Stage 9
Women's Challenge
2nd
Primavera Rosa
3rd Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
2003
National Road Championships
1st
Road Race
2nd Time Trial
1st
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
1st
Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
1st Stages 1, 2 & 7
Holland Ladies Tour
1st Stage 3
Tour du Grand Montréal
2nd
GP Carnevale d'Europa
2nd
Rotterdam Tour
2004
National Road Championships
1st
Road Race
1st
Time Trial
1st Prologue & Stage 6
Giro d'Italia Femminile
2006
1st
Road Race, National Road Championships
1st
GP Liberazione
1st Prologue, Stage 1, 5, 6, & 7
Route de France Féminine
1st Prologue & Stage 1
Giro di San Marino
2nd
Giro del Lago Maggiore
2nd
Coppa dei Laghi
2nd
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd
GP Carnevale d'Europa
8th
Rotterdam Tour
2007
1st
Overall
Tour de Prince Edward Island
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 1
Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
1st Stage 4b
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
2nd Road Race, National Road Championships
2008
1st
Giornata Rosa di Nove
1st
GP Carnevale d'Europa
1st Stages 1, 2b & 3
Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
1st Stages 3 & 5
Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships
3rd
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
6th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
2009
National Road Championships
1st
Time Trial
2nd Road Race
1st
Overall
Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Stages 2, 3, & 6
1st
Overall
Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
1st Prologue
Route de France Féminine
5th Road Race,
UCI Road World Championships
9th
GP Ouest France
External links
Under-23 (1997–present) Elite (2016–present)
Olympic sports
Overall (1956-2013) Men (since 2014) Women (since 2014) Men's team (2014-2019) Women's team (2014-2019) Team (since 2021)
Paralympic sports
Men (since 2021) Women (since 2021) Team (since 2021)