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Tomas Vaitkus

Key Stats

Team: Astana
Nationality: Lithuanian
Born: February 4, 1982
Hometown: Klaipėda, Lithuania
Strengths: time trialing
Turned Pro: 2003

Palmares

Career Highlights:

world under-23 time trial champion 2002
two-time Lithuanian time trial champion (2003 and 2004)
Lithuanian Road Champion 2004

2007
2nd, stage 4, Tour of Poland
3rd overall, Volta a Algarve
3rd, Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
3rd, stage 2, Three Days of de Panne
3rd, stages 1 and 3, Volta a Algarve
5th, stage 5, Eneco Tour
6th, Tour of Flanders

2006
1st, stage 9, Giro d’Italia
3rd, stage 6, Giro d'Italia

Biography

Vaitkus rode with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (2003-2004), Ag2r Prévoyance (2005–2006) and Discovery Channel (2007) before joining Astana in 2007. He rode his first Tour de France in 2007.