Romāns Vainšteins

Romāns Vainšteins (born March 3, 1973, in Talsi) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia.

Vainšteins won the road race and therefore the title of World Cycling Champion at the 2000 World Cycling Championship in Plouay, France. He won the 268.9 km road race, covering the distance in 6 hours, 15 minutes, and 28 seconds. 158 sportsmen took part in the World Championship road race. [http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/news/Newsletters/CurrentLatvia/2000/okt/3932/]

In 2001 he came in 3rd in the Paris-Roubaix race, behind the winner Servais Knaven.

Palmarès

;1998 - Kross: Grand Prix Industria e Artigianato;1999 - Vini Caldirola: Grand Prix Gippingen: Paris-Brussels: Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali:Stage 6, Giro d'Italia (GT):Stage and , Tirreno-Adriatico:3rd, HEW Cyclassics, +0:03 from winner Mirko Celestino;2000 - Vini Caldirola:flagiconUCIWorld Road Racing Champion - Plouay, France:Coppa Bernocchi:Stage 8, Tirreno-Adriatico:Stage and , Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt:3rd, Clásica de San Sebastián, +0:04 from winner Erik Dekker:3rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen, +0:04 from winner Andrei Tchmil;2001 - Domo-Farm Frites:Stage 3, Volta a Catalunya:Stage 6, Tirreno - Adriatico:2nd, HEW Cyclassics, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel:3rd, Milan-Sanremo, +0:00 from winner Erik Zabel:3rd, UCI Road World Cup:3rd, Paris - Roubaix, +0:41 from winner Servais Knaven:132nd, 2001 Tour de France (GT), +3:24:56 from winner Lance Armstrong;2002 - Domo-Farm Frites: 5th, Paris-Tours, +0:20 from winner Jakob Piil;2003 - Vini Caldirola: Stage 4, Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca: 116th, 2003 Tour de France (GT), +3:23:43 from winner Lance Armstrong;2004 - Lampre-Caffita

External links

* [http://www.vainsteins.com/ Official Web site, in Italian]
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/ Jews in Sports]