Aleksejs Saramotins
 Saramotins at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksejs Saramotins |
| Born |
8 April 1982 Riga, Latvian SSR (now Latvia) |
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist[1] |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2008 | Rietumu Banka–Riga |
| 2009 | Team Designa Køkken |
| 2010 | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 2011–2012 | Cofidis |
| 2013–2016 | IAM Cycling |
| 2017–2018 | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Major wins | |
| |
Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a Latvian professional road cyclist who rides for Bora–Hansgrohe. He has won the Latvian National Road Race Championships on six occasions and has represented his country at the Olympic Games and the World championships. In 2009 he won the Münsterland Giro whilst riding for Team Designa Køkken which led to him joining Team HTC–Columbia in 2010.[2][3] Saramotins left his team of two years Cofidis[4] at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.[5]
In October 2016 he and IAM Cycling teammate Matteo Pelucchi were announced as members of the Bora–Hansgrohe squad for 2017.[1]
Before signing a professional contract he also raced in cross-country mountain biking races.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2005
- 1st
- 2006
- 1st
- 2nd Riga Grand Prix
- 2nd Mayor Cup
- 2007
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Croatia
- 2nd Tallinn–Tartu GP
- 2nd Riga Grand Prix
- 3rd Mayor Cup
- 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
- 9th Paris–Troyes
- 10th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 2009
- 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Tartu GP
- 2nd Duo Normand (with Sergey Firsanov)
- 7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1st Pirita GP Tallinn VII Lauri Aus Memoriaal
- 5th Tartu GP
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 8th Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 10th Le Samyn
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 7th Tro-Bro Léon
- 9th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 10th Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Tour du Doubs
- 2nd Tour du Jura
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 9th Polynormande
- 2014
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Chrono des Nations
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 7th Road race, European Games
- 2016
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Clásica de Almería
- 8th Paris–Roubaix
- 2017
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
— | — | — | — | 161 | — |
 |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
 |
166 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- 1 2 "Bora-Hansgrohe finalise 2017 roster with McCarthy, Pelucchi and Saramotins signings". cyclingnews.com. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ↑ Columbia-HTC recruits Saramotins
- ↑ "Team Columbia-HTC". Archived from the original on 9 March 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ↑ Philippon, Alexandre (5 January 2012). "Équipes 2012: Cofidis" [Teams 2012: Cofidis]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
External links
- Aleksejs Saramotins at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
- Aleksejs Saramotins at the International Olympic Committee
- Aleksejs Saramotins at Cycling Archives
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aleksejs Saramotins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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