Aleksejs Saramotins Explained
Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a Latvian professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He has won the Latvian National Road Race Championships on seven occasions and has represented his country at the Summer Olympic Games and the UCI Road World Championships.
Career
Amateur career
Before signing a professional contract Saramotins raced in cross-country mountain biking races.
Professional career
In 2009 he won the Münsterland Giro whilst riding for which led to him joining in 2010.[1] [2] Saramotins left his team of two years [3] at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new team for the 2013 season.[4]
In October 2016 he and teammate Matteo Pelucchi were announced as members of the squad for 2017.[5] After two years, he joined for the 2019 season.
Major results
- 2004
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2005
1st Road race, National Road Championships
5th Tallinn–Tartu GP
8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
8th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2006
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Mayor Cup
2nd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
2nd Riga Grand Prix
4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
5th Tallinn–Tartu GP
6th Scandinavian Open Road Race
9th Tartu GP
- 2007
National Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Stage 4 Tour of Croatia
2nd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
2nd Tallinn–Tartu GP
2nd Riga Grand Prix
3rd Mayor Cup
3rd Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
4th Tartu GP
6th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
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
9th Mayor Cup
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)
4th Grand Prix Cristal Energie
7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse
- 2010
National Road Championships
1st Road race
2nd Time trial
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 Road race
2nd Time trial
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 Road race
2nd Time trial
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 Road race
2nd Time trial
7th Road race, European Games
- 2016
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Clásica de Almería
8th Paris–Roubaix
- 2017
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2018
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2019
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
5th Overall Tour de TochigiGrand Tour general classification results timeline
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Notes and References
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/columbia-htc-recruits-saramotins Columbia-HTC recruits Saramotins
- Web site: Team Columbia-HTC . 2 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100309210751/http://www.highroadsports.com/team/58-Aleksejs-Saramotins . 9 March 2010 . dead .
- News: Équipes 2012: Cofidis. fr. Teams 2012: Cofidis. 10 January 2012. 5 January 2012. Alexandre. Philippon. Velochrono.fr. Velochrono. https://web.archive.org/web/20120818041741/http://www.velochrono.fr/actu/2012/equipes-2012-cofidis/. 18 August 2012. dead.
- News: IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster. 24 September 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012.
- Web site: Bora-Hansgrohe finalise 2017 roster with McCarthy, Pelucchi and Saramotins signings. 14 October 2016 . . 14 October 2016.
