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 (born September 25, 1970 in
Panevėžys) is a
Lithuanian cycle racer. One of her Lithuanian cycling contemporaries is her identical twin,
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė.
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.
Besides her native Lithuanian, Rasa also speaks Russian, Italian, and French.