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Born | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 4 September 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Burgos BH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | RTS Racing Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Ferei Pro Cycling [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Terengganu Cycling Team [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024– | Burgos BH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Sainbayaryn Jambaljamts ( Mongolian: Сайнбаярын Жамбалжамц; born 4 September 1996) is a Mongolian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. [3] He is the current road race champion of Mongolia and a medalist at the Asian Games. He is the first rider from Mongolia to become a professional cyclist. [4]
Sainbayaryn achieved his first professional win at the Tour of Fuzhou, where he won the Queen stage. [5]
At the Asian Road Championships Sainbayaryn won a Silver medal in the Team time trial and a Bronze medal in the individual road race. Mongolia had not won medals in cycling at the Asian Games since 1990. [6] He wore the white jersey as the best placed Asian rider for the first two stages of the Tour de Langkawi. [7] He would finish the race ninth overall and win the white jersey after briefly losing it. [8] [9]
On the Queen stage of the 2023 Tour of Thailand Sainbayaryn finished in the yellow jersey group moving him up to third overall. [10] In late 2023 Sainbayaryn signed a one-year contract with UCI ProTeam Burgos BH for the 2024 season. [11] [12]
Because he signed with Burgos BH for 2024 he became the first professional cyclist from Mongolia. [4]