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Tomas Vaitkus

Tomas Vaitkus Personal information Full name Tomas Vaitkus Nickname Tomas the Tank Engine Date of birth February 4, 1982(1982-02-04) (age 26) Country  LithuaniaTeam information Current team Astana Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Time Trialist Professional team(s) 2003–2004
2005–2006
2007
2008– Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
AG2R Prévoyance
Discovery Channel
Astana Major wins 2002 Under-23 Time Trial World Champion
2003, 2004 Lithuanian Time Trial National Champion
2004 Lithuanian Road Race National Champion
1 stage, Giro d'Italia Infobox last updated on: December 29, 2007

Tomas Vaitkus (born February 4, 1982 in Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam Astana.

Vaitkus, nicknamed Tomas the Tank Engine[1], made his Tour de France debut in the 2007 edition but had to abandon after a serious crash at the end of stage two.

Major results

2002
Under-23 Time Trial World Champion [2]
2003 – Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
1st — Lithuanian Championship – Individual Time Trial
1st, Stage 5 — Danmark Rundt
2004 – Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
1st, Stage 5 — Danmark Rundt
1st — Lithuanian Championship – Road Race
1st — Lithuanian Championship – Individual Time Trial
2005 – AG2R Prévoyance
1st — Grand Prix Ühispanga Tartu
4th, Overall — Danmark Rundt
2006 – AG2R Prévoyance
1st, Stage 9 — Giro d'Italia
2007 – Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
2008 – Astana
1st, Stage 2 — Volta ao Algarve
1st — Ronde van het Groene Hart

References

  1. ^ Trent Lowe, Admiration for the crew, Ride Cycling Review Autumn 2007, page 156.
  2. ^ Discovery confirms Leipheimer, adds two more, CyclingNews.com, July 26 2006
v • d • eRiders on Astana

Assan Bazayev | Janez Brajkovič | Antonio Colom | Alberto Contador | Koen de Kort | Thomas Frei | Vladimir Gusev | René Haselbacher | Chris Horner | Maxim Iglinsky | Sergei Ivanov | Benoît Joachim | Aaron Kemps | Roman Kireyev | Andreas Klöden | Berik Kupeshov | Levi Leipheimer | Julien Mazet | Andrey Mizurov | Steve Morabito | Dimitry Murajev | Daniel Navarro | Benjamín Noval | Sérgio Paulinho | Grégory Rast | José Luis Rubiera | Michael Schär | Tomas Vaitkus | Serguei Yakovlev | Andrey Zeits | Manager: Johan Bruyneel


PersondataNAME Vaitkus, Tomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racerDATE OF BIRTH 1982-02-04PLACE OF BIRTH Klaipėda, LithuaniaDATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH
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