Linas Balčiūnas (born 14 February 1978 in Jonava) is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n former road and track cyclist, who represented Lithuania at

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. During the

2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. Hi ...

, he won a gold medal at the Moscow Cup with the national pursuit team. Balčiūnas participated at

2005 UCI Road World Championships The 2005 UCI Road World Championships took place in Madrid, Spain, between September 19 and September 25, 2005. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women and men under 23. The Men's road race saw Belgian cyclist Tom Bo ...

, 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 The International Tour of Rhodes is an annual professional cycling stage race held in Rhodes, Greece. It was first held in 1987, but the second edition only took place in 1995. Between 2001 and 2003 it became a professional race. Fabian Cancellara ...

: 3rd Tour Beneden-Maas ;1999 : 1st

Chrono Champenois The Chrono Champenois is a European individual time trial bicycle race held around Bétheny in France, in the Champagne region. The race has been organised as a 1.2 event since 1989 for women's and since 1998 there is also a men's race which is ...

: 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 Tro-Bro Léon ( en, Tour of Léon, french: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 4 Dookoła Mazowsza

References

1978 births Living people Lithuanian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Lithuania Sportspeople from Jonava {{Lithuania-cycling-bio-stub