Diana Žiliūtė

Diana Žiliūtė ( born May 28, 1976 in Rietavas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian cyclist and World Champion.

International made ​​Diana Žiliūtė 1994 attracted attention when she became junior world road champion. Then they dominated until the late 1990s, the road cycling women. In 1998 she won the World Cup women's road and also became world champion.

1999 winner of the Grande Boucle Diana Žiliūtė Féminine. Because of increased caffeine - value they received a warning. In 2000 she was once again decide the World Cup itself; In addition, she won a bronze medal in the road race at the Olympic Games in Sydney. In the subsequent years Žiliūtė win numerous road races and stages of round trips for themselves. Most recently, she finished fifth in the World Cup 2009 race in Mendrisio and the Giro della Toscana won.

2004 Diana Žiliūtė was awarded the National Order of Lithuania Gediminas.

From 1999-2009 Diana Žiliūtė drove continuously in the Italian cycling team Acca Due O, which drove the meantime with Lithuanian license and the name changed several times.

UCI Women's Road World Cup Pasta Zara-Cogeas Elsy Jacobs Yvonne Reynders Beryl Burton Audrey McElmury Tineke Fopma Josiane Bost Petra de Bruin Beth Heiden Mandy Jones Monique Knol Catherine Marsal Monica Valvik Barbara Heeb Alessandra Cappellotto Zinaida Stahurskaya Judith Arndt Regina Schleicher Marianne Vos Nicole Cooke Marianne Martin Fabiana Luperini Joane Somarriba Christiane Soeder Emma Pooley Anna Millward Annemiek van Vleuten
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