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Lithuanian cyclist

Diana Žiliūtė


Personal information
Full name	Diana Žiliūtė
Born	(1976-05-28) 28 May 1976 (age 48)Rietavas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Medal record Representing Lithuania Women's road cycling Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Road Race World Championships 1998 Road race 1994 Team time trial 1999 Road race

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.

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

Awards
Preceded by Raimondas Šiugždinis	Best Lithuanian sportsman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Edita Pučinskaitė
Sporting positions
Preceded by_None_	World Cup Overall Points Champion 1998	Succeeded byAnna Wilson
Preceded byAnna Wilson	World Cup Overall Points Champion 2000	Succeeded byAnna Millward (nee Wilson)

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