Rasa Polikevičiūtė

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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 is a Lithuanian cycle racer (born September 25, 1970 in Panevėžys, Lithuania). She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond. One of her Lithuanian cycling contemporaries is her identical twin, Jolanta.

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.

Along the way, she mastered several languages - besides her native Lithuanian, she also speaks Russian, Italian, and French.

1 Palmarès
- 1.1 2003
- 1.2 2002
- 1.3 2001
- 1.4 2000
- 1.5 1999
- 1.6 1998
- 1.7 1997
- 1.8 1996
- 1.9 1995
- 1.10 1994
- 1.11 1993

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] 2003

Giro del Trentino - 5th place, 1 stage victory
Giro d'Italia - 5th place, 1 stage victory
Grande Boucle - stage victory

[edit] 2002

World Time Trial Championships - 8th place
Grande Boucle Féminine (2.9.1) - 1 stage victory
Giro d'Italia Femminile - 5th place

[edit] 2001

UCI Points List - 7th place
World Time Trial Championships - 4th place
World Road Race Championships - 1st place
Giro della Toscana (2.9.1) - 3rd place
Grande Boucle Féminine (2.9.1) - 5th place
Thüringen-Rundfahrt (2.9.1) - 5th place
Women's Challenge (2.9.1) - 3rd place

[edit] 2000

World Time Trial Championships - 3rd place
Tour de Suisse Feminin (2.9.1) - 2nd place, 1 stage victory, QOM jersey
Grande Boucle (2.9.1) - stage victory

[edit] 1999

Tour de Suisse Feminin - 5th place, stage victory
Thüringen-Rundfahrt - 3rd place, QOM jersey

[edit] 1998

World Road Race Championships - 4th place
Trophee International World Cup - 7th place
Women's Challenge - 5th place
Vuelta a Majorca - stage victory
Haute Garonne - 4th place

[edit] 1997

Krasna Lipa - 2nd place, stage victory
Haute Garonne - stage victory
Tour du Finistere - 2nd place, 1 stage victory
Trophee d'Or - 3rd place, 1 stage victory
Liberty Classic - 2nd place
Women's Challenge - 1st place, stage victory
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin- 4th place

[edit] 1996

World Road Race Championships - 2nd place
Masters Feminin - 1st place
Tour Cycliste Feminin - 2nd place
GP Presova - 2nd place

[edit] 1995

Lithuanian Road Race Championships - 1st place
Lithuanian Time Trial Championships - 1st place
Etoile Vosgienne - 3rd place, 1 stage victory
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin - 2nd place, 1 stage victory
Vuelta a Mallorca - stage victory

[edit] 1994

World Team Time Trial Championships - 2nd place
GP Kanton Zurich - 1st place, 1 stage victory
Masters Feminin - 2nd place, 1 stage victory
Tour Cycliste Feminin - 2nd place, 2 stage victories
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin - 2nd place

[edit] 1993

GP de la Mutualite Haute Garonne - 3rd place
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin - stage victory
Berlin Rundfahrt - 1st place, 2 stage victories
Druzhba - 1st place, stage victory
Velka Cena Presova - 2nd place, stage victory

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