Romāns Vainšteins

Latvian cyclist

Romāns Vainšteins

Personal information

Full name

Romāns Vainšteins

Born

(1973-03-03) 3 March 1973 (age 51)
Talsi, Latvian SSR

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Professional teams

1997

Team Polti

1998

Kross–Selle Italia

1999–2000

Vini Caldirola

2001–2002

Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco

2003

Vini Caldirola–So.di

2004

Lampre

Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

1 individual stage (1999)

Stage races

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (1999)

One-day races and Classics

World Road Race Championships (2000)

National Road Race Championships (1999)

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano (1998)

Paris–Brussels (1999)

Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (1999)

Coppa Bernocchi (2000)

Medal record

Representing Latvia

Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
	2000 Plouay	Road race

Romāns Vainšteins (born 3 March 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. At the end of the 268.8 km (167.0 mi) race, he won the sprint for the line ahead of Zbigniew Spruch and defending champion Óscar Freire.^[1]

Following his world title, Vainšteins moved to the Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco team under Patrick Lefevere. Even with some impressive results, such as third place in the 2001 Paris–Roubaix, he was unable to follow up on the success of his world championship. He left the team after the 2002 season and raced with Vini Caldirola and Lampre for two more years before retiring.^[2]

Major results

1995

1st Circuit Franco-Belge

1996

3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo

1998

1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

1st Grand Prix Aarhus

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

1999

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Paris–Brussels

1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia

Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stages 1 & 6

1st Gran Premio di Chiasso

2nd Giro del Lago Maggiore

3rd HEW Cyclassics

3rd Coppa Bernocchi

4th Trofeo Melinda

5th Gent–Wevelgem

2000

1st

Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1st Coppa Bernocchi

2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1st Stages 1 & 2

2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne

2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

3rd Tour of Flanders

3rd Clásica de San Sebastián

3rd Classic Haribo

4th Amstel Gold Race

4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

5th Omloop Het Volk

5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

6th Overall Ronde van Nederland

9th Milan–San Remo

10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 8

10th HEW Cyclassics

10th Züri–Metzgete

2001

1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya

1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico

2nd HEW Cyclassics

3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup

3rd Milan–San Remo

3rd Paris–Roubaix

2002

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Paris–Tours

2003

1st Stage 4 Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca

2004

5th Grand Prix de Fourmies

7th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour results

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Giro d'Italia	DNF	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	93	132	—	116
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—

Classics results timeline

Monument	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Milan–San Remo	41	9	3	—	73	7
Tour of Flanders	25	3	10	—	18	31
Paris–Roubaix	—	14	3	—	6	11
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	—	—	50	DNF
Giro di Lombardia	—	33	DNF	DNF	DNF	—
Classic	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Gent–Wevelgem	5	—	13	—	—	DNF
Brabantse Pijl	Did not contest during his career
Amstel Gold Race	16	4	DNF	—	28	54
La Flèche Wallonne	—	—	—	—	55	DNF
Clásica de San Sebastián	—	3	—	118	87	—
HEW Cyclassics	3	10	2	10	DNF	—
Paris–Tours	33	68	6	5	—	—
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
UCI Road World Championships	29	1	DNF	32	DNF	60

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ Serisier, Pierre (16 October 2000). "Latvian sprints to world title". The Independent. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
^ Benson, Daniel (7 November 2016). "Eight of cycling's most glorious transfer failures". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.