Raimondas Rumšas (born 14 January 1972) is a Lithuanian former professional

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. He came third in the

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but was implicated in a

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Doping

On the day of Rumšas' third-place finish in the

, police discovered corticoids,

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, testosterone, growth hormones and

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s in the car of his wife, Edita Rumšienė. She was jailed for several months before being released, despite her claim that the drugs were for her mother-in-law. In May 2003 Rumšas tested positive for the banned endurance enhancer

(EPO). He had just finished the

2003 Giro d'Italia The 2003 Giro d'Italia was the 86th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Lecce with a mass-start stage. The race came to a close with a individual time trial that began and ended in the Italian city ...

, where he ranked sixth. Rumšas received a one-year ban. He briefly returned to cycling in 2004 with

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team for the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore. In June 2005, Rumšas was arrested before his trial by the Bonneville court. In January 2006, he and his wife received four-month suspended prison sentences for the import of prohibited doping substances. Polish doctor Krzysztof Ficek was handed a 12-month suspended sentence for prescribing the drugs.

Major results

;1992 : 2nd Overall Tour de Pologne ::1st Stage 3 ;1994 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques ;1996 : 3rd Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques ::1st Stage 3 : 9th Overall Tour de Pologne : 9th

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;1997 : 4th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques ::1st Stage 5 : 9th

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;1998 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::3rd Time trial : 2nd Overall Hessen Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 4 : 4th Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques : 5th Overall Tour de Pologne : 7th Overall Peace Race ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 7th Lancaster Classic : 9th Road race, UCI Road World Road Championships ;1999 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLituania

Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Stage 5 Circuit des Mines : 2nd Overall Peace Race ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca : 4th Overall Tour de Pologne ::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 5th Overall PruTour ::1st Stage 4 ;2000 : 1st Giro di Lombardia : 2nd Coppa Bernocchi : 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 5th Overall Vuelta a España : 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore : 9th Overall Tour de Romandie ;2001 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLituania

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of the Basque Country ::1st Stage 5b (

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) : 2nd Overall

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: 2nd Giro dell'Appennino : 3rd Overall

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 3rd Overall Route du Sud : 3rd Gran Premio di Chiasso : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : 9th Trofeo Laigueglia ;2002 : 2nd Overall Bicicleta Vasca : 3rd Overall Tour de France ;2003 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali : ~~6th Overall Giro d'Italia~~ ;2005 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLituania

Time trial ::2nd Road race ;2006 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial

Grand Tour General classification results timeline

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumsas, Raimondas 1972 births Living people Doping cases in cycling Lithuanian male cyclists Lithuanian sportspeople in doping cases Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Lithuania People from Šilutė Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners