Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a
Latvia
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n professional road cyclist, who last rode for
UCI Continental team +Men
Teams
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. He has won the
Latvian National Road Race Championships on seven occasions and has represented his country at the
Summer Olympic Games
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and the
UCI Road World Championships
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.
Career
Amateur career
Before signing a professional contract Saramotins raced in cross-country
mountain biking
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races.
Professional career
In 2009 he won the
Münsterland Giro whilst riding for which led to him joining in 2010. Saramotins left his team of two years
at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season.
In October 2016 he and teammate
Matteo Pelucchi were announced as members of the squad for 2017.
After two years, he joined for the 2019 season.
Major results
;2004
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
;2005
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th
Tallinn–Tartu GP
: 8th Overall
Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
The Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, officially known as the CCC Tour – Grody Piastowskie, is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1966 and since 2005, it has been organised as ...
: 8th Overall
Okolo Slovenska
;2006
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd
Mayor Cup
: 2nd
Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
: 2nd
Riga Grand Prix
: 4th Overall
Circuit des Ardennes
: 5th
Tallinn–Tartu GP
: 6th Scandinavian Open Road Race
: 9th
Tartu GP
;2007
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::3rd
Time trial
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: 1st Stage 4
Tour of Croatia
: 2nd
Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
: 2nd
Tallinn–Tartu GP
: 2nd
Riga Grand Prix
: 3rd
Mayor Cup
: 3rd
Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
: 4th
Tartu GP
: 6th Overall
Five Rings of Moscow
: 6th
Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
;2008
: 1st Lombardia Tour
: 1st
Tartu GP
: 1st Scandinavian Open Road Race
: 1st Stage 1
Circuit des Ardennes
: 1st Stage 3
Okolo Slovenska
: 2nd
Tour du Finistère
: 3rd
Riga Grand Prix
: 3rd
Le Samyn
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: 9th
Paris–Troyes
: 9th
Mayor Cup
: 10th Overall
Tour de Normandie
;2009
: 1st
Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
: 1st
Druivenkoers Overijse
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...
: 1st
Münsterland Giro
: 1st Stage 3
Ronde de l'Oise
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Winners
Sources:
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: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 2nd
Tartu GP
: 2nd
Duo Normand (with
Sergey Firsanov
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Career
Born in Velikiye Luki, Firsanov has competed as a professional since 2005, competing for ...
)
: 4th
Grand Prix Cristal Energie
: 7th Overall
Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
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The UCI Continenta ...
;2010
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 1st
Grand Prix d'Isbergues
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: 1st Pirita GP Tallinn VII Lauri Aus Memoriaal
: 5th
Tartu GP
;2011
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 8th
Binche–Tournai–Binche
: 10th
Le Samyn
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;2012
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 7th Overall
Boucles de la Mayenne
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: 7th
Tro-Bro Léon
: 9th Overall
Tour du Limousin
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...
: 10th
Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
;2013
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 1st
Tour du Doubs
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: 2nd
Tour du Jura
: 5th
Strade Bianche
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: 9th
Polynormande
;2014
: 1st Stage 5 (
ITT)
Vuelta a Burgos
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: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 5th
Chrono des Nations
;2015
: National Road Championships
::1st
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 7th
Road race,
European Games
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;2016
: 2nd
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 3rd
Clásica de Almería
: 8th
Paris–Roubaix
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;2017
: 1st
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
;2018
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::3rd
Time trial
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: 3rd Overall
Czech Cycling Tour
::1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
: 4th
Grand Prix Pino Cerami
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;2019
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Road race
::2nd
Time trial
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: 5th Overall
Tour de Tochigi
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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1982 births
Living people
Latvian male cyclists
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Latvia
Cyclists from Riga
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
European Games competitors for Latvia
Cyclists at the 2019 European Games