Raimondas Vilčinskas (born 5 July 1977 in

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) is a retired Lithuanian professional road and track cyclist. He represented his nation

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as part of the men's cycling squad in two editions of the Olympic Games (1996 and 2004), and later competed as a member of and a pro cycling rider for Palmans-Ideal, , and , before his official retirement in late 2005. Vilcinskas made his official debut as an amateur rider at the

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, where he competed along with his fellow cyclists Linas Balčiūnas, Raimondas Rumšas,

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, and Ivanas Romanovas in the men's road race, but did not finish the course. During his amateur career, Vilcinskas had awarded a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 Lithuanian championships, but turned himself into pro in 1999 with Belgium's Palmans-Legal cycling team, and thereby picked up his first career title at the Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo. When Palmans-Legal folded after the 2000 season, Vilcinskas signed a two-year contract with Poland's . In 2002, he became a Lithuanian champion in the time trial at the elite tournament in

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, before leaving his pro cycling team to turn his sights on the men's track team pursuit by the following year. In early 2004, Vilcinskas posted a fastest time of 4.05.305 to share his gold medals with Linas Balčiūnas, Aivaras Baranauskas, and

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during the final match against Ukraine in the men's team pursuit at the opening leg of the UCI World Cup Series in

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. Eight years after competing in his last Olympics, Vilcinskas qualified for his second Lithuanian squad, as a 27-year-old, in the men's team pursuit at the

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based on the nation's selection process from the UCI Track World Rankings. He delivered the Lithuanian foursome of Balčiūnas, Baranauskas, and Ignatas Konovalovas an eighth-place time of 4:08.812 in the prelims before his team was later relegated and overlapped to an aggressive Aussie squad of

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, Brad McGee, and Luke Roberts in the fourth match round.

Career highlights

;1997 : 2nd Lithuanian Championships (Road), Lithuania ;1999 : 1st Antwerpse Havenpijl, Belgium : 1st Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo, Belgium ;2001 : 3rd Stage 1, Tour of Poland,

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(POL) ;2002 : 1st MaillotLituania

Lithuanian Championships (ITT), Lithuania : 2nd Prologue, Tour de Normandie, Mondeville (FRA) : 3rd Stage 4, Tour of Poland,

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(POL) ;2003 : 2nd Lithuanian Championships (ITT), Lithuania ;2004 : UCI World Cup (Team pursuit),

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(RUS) : 2nd Lithuanian Championships (Road), Lithuania : 8th

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(GRE) ;2005 : 2nd Stage 3, Tour de l'Eurometropole, Quiévrain (FRA)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilcinskas, Raimondas 1977 births Living people Lithuanian male cyclists Lithuanian track cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Lithuania Cyclists from Panevėžys