Edita Pučinskaitė
Edita Pučinskaitė (born November 27, 1975 in Naujoji Akmenė) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she was one of the top competitors in women's road racing with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several high finishes in major tours, world championships and the UCI points listings.
 Pučinskaitė awaiting the start of the Elkhorn Resort Circuit Race (stage 5 of the 1999 Women's Challenge stage race. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Edita Pučinskaitė | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 25, 1975 Naujoji Akmenė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1999 | Acca Due O | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Alfa Lum | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Figurella | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | SC Michela Fanini Record Box | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini Cogeas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cmax Dilà | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Gauss Rdz Ormu | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Palmarès
- 1994
- Etoile Vosgienne – 1st overall; 1 stage win
- 1995
- UCI Road World Championships Road Race – 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
- GP Kanton Zurich – stage win
- Women's Challenge – stage win
- 1996
- GP Presov – 1st overall; 1 stage win
- Giro di Sicilia – 2nd place
- 1997
- Giro d'Italia Femminile- 3rd place
- Liberty Classic – 1st place
- 1998
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 5th place
Grande Boucle - - 1st overall; 3 stage wins- Trophee International (World Cup) – 4th place
- Thuringen Rundfahrt - - 1st overall; 1 stage win
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.9.1) – 4th place
- Montreal (Can) World Cup – 4th place
- Sydney (Aus) World Cup – 5th place
- 1999
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 4th place
- UCI Road World Championships Road Race – 1st place (Gold Medal)
- UCI Road World Championships Time Trial – 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
- La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) – 2nd place
- Giro della Toscana – 1st overall; 3 stage wins
- Grande Boucle (cat 1) – 3rd overall; 1 stage win
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 4th place
- Thüringen-Rundfahrt – 5th place
- 2000
- Grande Boucle (cat. 1) – 2nd overall; 2 stage wins
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 4th overall; 2 stage wins
- 2001
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 6th place
- UCI Road World Championships Road Race – 2nd place (Silver Medal)
- GP Suisse Féminin (World Cup) – 3rd place
- La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) – 4th place
- Giro della Toscana (2.9.1) – 4th place
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (2.9.1) – 3rd place GC
- Trophée d'or Féminin (2.9.2) – 1st overall; 2 stage wins
- Tour de l'Aude (2.9.1) – 5th overall; 1 stage win
- Vuelta Internacional a Majorca (2.9.1) – 2nd place
- 2002
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 12th place
- Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1) – 4th place, 1 stage victory
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 4th place
- Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) – 1st place, 1 stage victory
- Tour de l'Aude (cat. 1) – 3rd place, 1 stage victory
- Trophée Féminin Méditerranéen (cat 1) – 3rd place
- 2003
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 5th place
- Amstel Gold (World Cup) – 3rd place
- La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) – 4th place
- Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) – stage win
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 2nd place
- Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) – 4th place
- Grande Boucle (cat. 1) – 5th place
- Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) – 5th place
- 2004
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 5th place
- GP de Plouay (World Cup) – 1st place
- Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) – 3rd overall; 1 stage win
- Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) – 1st overall; 1 stage win
- Olympic Games Road Race – 9th place
- Olympic Games Time Trial – 10th place
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 1 stage win
- Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) – 4th overall
- Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) – 5th overall
- Emakumeen Bira (cat. 1) – 6th overall
- Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (cat. 1) – 6th overall
- La Flèche Wallonne Féminine (World Cup) – 3rd place
- 2005
- UCI Women's Road World Cup points standings – 5th place
- Vuelta el Salvador (cat. 1) – 1st overall; 3 stage wins
- Tour Sud Rhone Alpes (cat. 1) – 1st overall; 1 stage win
- Tour de Berne (cat. 1) – 1st place
- GP de Plouay World Cup – 2nd place
- Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) – 3rd overall
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) – 3rd overall
- Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) – 4th overall; 1 stage win
- Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) – 6th overall; 1 stage win
- 2006
Lithuania National Time Trial Champion
Giro d'Italia Femminile – 1st overall, stage 10 win- 2007
- Tour de Berne (World Cup) – 1st place
- Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol (2.1W) – Stage 1 win
- Giro d'Italia Femminile – 1st overall, prologue and stage 3 win
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edita Pučinskaitė. |
- Official website (in Italian)
- Edita Pučinskaitė at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Edita Pučinskaitė at Cycling Archives
- Edita Pučinskaitė at CQ Ranking
- Edita Pučinskaitė at ProCyclingStats
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| Preceded by Diana Žiliūtė |
Best Lithuanian sportsman of the Year 1999 |
Succeeded by Virgilijus Alekna |
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