Raimondas Rumšas | |
Fullname: | Raimondas Rumšas |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1972 |
Birth Place: | Šilutė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 140lb |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Proyears1: | 1996 - 1999 |
Proteam1: | Mróz |
Proyears2: | 2000 - 2001 |
Proteam2: | Fassa Bortolo |
Proyears3: | 2002 - 2003 |
Proteam3: | Lampre-Farnese Vini |
Proyears4: | 2004 |
Proteam4: | Acqua & Sapone |
Majorwins: | Stage races Tour of the Basque Country (2001)One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships National Time Trial Championships |
Raimondas Rumšas (born 14 January 1972) is a Lithuanian former professional road bicycle racer. He came third in the 2002 Tour de France but was implicated in a doping scandal.
On the day of Rumšas' third-place finish in the 2002 Tour de France, police discovered corticoids, erythropoietin, testosterone, growth hormones and anabolic steroids in the car of his wife, Edita Rumšienė. She was jailed for several months before being released, despite her claim that the drugs were for her mother-in-law.
In May 2003 Rumšas tested positive for the banned endurance enhancer erythropoietin (EPO). He had just finished the 2003 Giro d'Italia, where he ranked sixth. Rumšas received a one-year ban. He briefly returned to cycling in 2004 with Acqua & Sapone team for the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore.
In June 2005, Rumšas was arrested before his trial by the Bonneville court. In January 2006, he and his wife received four-month suspended prison sentences for the import of prohibited doping substances. Polish doctor Krzysztof Ficek was handed a 12-month suspended sentence for prescribing the drugs.
Grand Tour | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | ||
Tour de France | — | — | 3 | — | |
Vuelta a España | 5 | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete | |
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Voided result |
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