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Diana Žiliūtė 
Personal information Full name Diana Žiliūtė Born May 28, 1976
Rietavas, Lithuanian SSRTeam information Discipline Road and track Role Rider Medal recordCompetitor for 
LithuaniaRoad bicycle racing Olympic Games Bronze 2000 Sydney Individual Road Race World Championships Gold 1998 Road race Bronze 1999 Road race Infobox last updated on
September 5, 2008Diana Žiliūtė (born May 28, 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day.
She made her debut in the women's pro cycling ranks in the mid 1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two World Cup races, the overall World Cup Points title, and capped the season by winning the World Road Race Championships and leading the UCI points list.
The following year (1999), she further demonstrated her all around prowess by winning the Grande Boucle, one of the hardest stage races ever in women's cycle racing history. This was followed in 2000 by a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics.
For her achievements, Žiliūtė was awarded the Order of Gediminas, a Lithuanian state honor.
Palmarès
- Prior to 1998
- 1994 World Junior Road Race Champion
- 1996 European U-23 Time Trials - 2nd place
- 1996 Giro d'Italia - stage victory
- 1997 European U-23 Time Trial Champion
- 1997 Tour de Vendeè - stage victory
- 1997 Giro d'Italia Femminile- stage victory
- 1998
- UCI Points list - 1st place
- World Road Race Championships - 1st place
- World Time Trial Championships - 4th place
- GP Tell (Swi) World Cup - 4th place
- Beneden-Maas (Ned) World Cup - 1st place
- Trophee International (Fra) World Cup - 3rd place
- Women's Challenge - 3rd place GC, Points jersey, 1 stage victory
- Montreal (Can) World Cup - 1st place
- Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup - 2nd place
- 1999
- UCI Points list - 3rd place
- World Road Race Championships - 3rd place
- World Time Trial Championships - 8th place
- Grande Boucle (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, 3 stage victories
- Thuringen Rundfahrt - 2nd place GC, 2 stage victories
- Giro del Trentino - 2 stage victories
- 2000
- World Cup (Overall Points) - 1st place
- Olympic Games Road Race - 3rd place (Bronze Medal)
- Embrach (Swi) World Cup - 4th place
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - stage victory
- Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, Points jersey, 2 stage victories
- Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup - 2nd place
- Montreal (Can) World Cup - 3rd place
- Vuelta Navarra Feminas (cat. 2) - 1st place GC, Points, QOM jerseys, 4 stage victories
- La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup - 4th place
- Primavera Rosa (Ita) World Cup - 1st place
- 2001
- UCI Points list - 16th place
- World Road Race Championships - 8th place
- Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - 1st place GC
- Holland Ladies Tour (cat. 2) - 2nd place GC
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, 1 stage victory
- 2002
- Giro d'Italia Femminile - 3rd place GC
- Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - Sprints jersey, 1 stage victory
- Publi-Tour Midi Pyrenees (cat. 2) - 1 stage victory
- Primavera Rosa (Ita) World Cup - 2nd place
- GP Citta di Castemaso (cat. 2) - 1st place
- 2003
- UCI Points list - 13th place
- Rotterdam Tour (Ned) World Cup- 2nd place
- Holland Ladies Tour (cat. 1) - Points, Sprints jersey, 3 stage victories
- Rund um die Nurnberger (Ger) World Cup - 1st place
- Le Tour du Montreal (cat. 1) - 4th place, Points jersey, 1 stage victory
- GP Liberazione (cat. 2) - 1st place
- 2004
- Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 7th place GC, 2 stage victories
- Lithuania National Road Race Champion
- Lithuania National Time Trial Champion
- 2005
(Note: Žiliu-te. did not participate in racing for much of the 2005 season)
- World Road Race Championships - 11th place
- 2006
- Lithuania National Road Race Champion
Photo gallery
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Time Trial
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Bike work
Sporting positions Preceded by
NoneWorld Cup Overall Points Champion
1998Succeeded by
Anna WilsonPreceded by
Anna WilsonWorld Cup Overall Points Champion
2000Succeeded by
Anna Millward (nee Wilson)External links
- Diana Ziliute's web site (in Italian)
- Diana Ziliute's team (in Italian)
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian cyclists
- Female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Lithuania
- Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania
- UCI World Champions
- People from Telšiai County
- Olympic medalists in cycling
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