Erik Baška Explained
| Erik Baška |
| Fullname: | Erik Baška |
| Birth Date: | 1994 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dohňany, Slovakia |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Weight: | 74 kg |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 2013–2014 |
| Amateuryears2: | 2015 |
| Proyears1: | 2016 |
| Proyears2: | 2017–2021 |
| Proteam2: | [1] [2] |
| Proyears3: | 2022 |
Erik Baška (born 12 January 1994) is a Slovak former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022.[3] He took up cycle racing at the age of 14, initially competing as a mountain biker before branching into road racing at the suggestion of his coach Tibor Velits, uncle of racing cyclists Martin Velits and Peter Velits.[4]
Major results
- 2013
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
1st Points classification
1st Combativity classification
- 2014
1st Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Polski
1st Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc
1st Central European Tour Budapest GP
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
6th Central European Tour Szerencs–Ibrány
- 2015
1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
1st Stage 4 Carpathian Couriers Race
1st Stage 3 Tour de Berlin
2nd Poreč Trophy
2nd Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia
- 2016
1st Handzame Classic
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Croatia
- 2017
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
2nd Trofeo Palma
8th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
- 2019
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2020
2nd Road race, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- News: With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019. . Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. 2 January 2019. 23 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090206/https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710. dead.
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe. Barry. Ryan. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Erik Baska. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 January 2022.
- Web site: Baska enjoying learning from Sagan in first Classics campaign . O'Shea . Sadhbh . 29 March 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 29 March 2016.
