Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a Latvian professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Interpro Cycling Academy. 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.
 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 | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist[1] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2008 | Rietumu Banka–Riga |
| 2009 | Team Designa Køkken |
| 2010 | Team HTC–Columbia |
| 2011–2012 | Cofidis |
| 2013–2016 | IAM Cycling |
| 2017–2018 | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| 2019 | Interpro Cycling Academy |
| Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
| |
Career
editAmateur career
editBefore signing a professional contract Saramotins raced in cross-country mountain biking races.
Professional career
editIn 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] After two years, he joined Interpro Cycling Academy for the 2019 season.
Major results
edit- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Road race
- 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 Road race
- 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 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 Tochigi
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | 161 |
 Tour de France
|
Has not contested during his career | ||||
 Vuelta a España
|
166 | — | — | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
External links
edit- Aleksejs Saramotins at UCI
- Aleksejs Saramotins at Cycling Archives
- Aleksejs Saramotins at ProCyclingStats
- Aleksejs Saramotins at Cycling Quotient
- Aleksejs Saramotins at CycleBase
- Aleksejs Saramotins at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
