Linas Balčiūnas

Linas Balčiūnas

Personal information
Born	(1978-02-14) 14 February 1978 Jonava, Lithuania
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
1996	Sidabrine Strele
2004	Sidabrine Strele
Professional teams
1999–2000	Saint-Quentin–Oktos–MBK
2001–2002	AG2R Prévoyance
2003	MBK–Oktos–Saint-Quentin
2005–2007	Agritubel–Loudun
2008	Ulan

Linas Balčiūnas (born 14 February 1978 in Jonava) is a Lithuanian former road and track cyclist, who represented Lithuania at 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics.

During the 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, he won a gold medal at the Moscow Cup with the national pursuit team. Balčiūnas participated at 2005 UCI Road World Championships, where he achieved 43rd place in the time trial.

Major results

1997

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

1998

1st Stage 3 Tour of Rhodes

3rd Tour Beneden-Maas

1999

1st Chrono Champenois

3rd Tour de la Somme

2000

1st Stage 1b Tour de l'Ain

2nd Henk Vos Memorial

2nd Omloop van het Houtland

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

6th Overall Tour de Normandie

7th Overall Tour du Limousin

2001

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Picardie

1st Stage 3a

2005

3rd Overall Tour of Belgium

3rd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes

1st Stage 4a

7th GP de Fourmies

7th Châteauroux Classic

8th Tro-Bro Léon

2008

1st Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza