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Diana Žiliūtė

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Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuanian pronunciation: [dʲɪjɛˈnɐ ʑɪˈlʲuːtʲeː]; born 28 May 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s. She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two World Road Cup races, the overall World Road Cup title, and capped the season by winning the World Road Race Championships and leading the UCI Women's Road World Rankings. The following year (1999), she further demonstrated her all around prowess by winning the Grande Boucle, one of the hardest stage races in women's cycle racing history. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diana Žiliūtė is the 488th most popular cyclist (up from 580th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 244th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Lithuanian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Diana Žiliūtė ranks 488 out of 1,613. Before her are Falk Boden, Thibaut Pinot, Czesław Lang, Luke Roberts, Igor Astarloa, and Filippo Ganna. After her are George Hincapie, Mario Kummer, Steffen Wesemann, Isaac Gálvez, Javier Otxoa, and Magnus Bäckstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Diana Žiliūtė ranks 446. Before her are Serhiy Arbuzov, Pável Pardo, Igor Astarloa, Jonathan Levine, Michael McIntyre, and Jacoby Shaddix. After her are Kelly Carlson, Amado Guevara, Chen Kun, Stanislav Vlček, Stephen Gately, and Marsha Thomason.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Diana Žiliūtė ranks 224 out of 328. Before her are Kšyštof Lavrinovič (1979), Lina Kačiušytė (1963), Ausra Fridrikas (1967), Vyacheslav Sukristov (1961), Laura Asadauskaitė (1984), and Asmik Grigorian (1981). After her are Arvydas Juozaitis (1956), Marius Stankevičius (1981), Galina Murašova (1955), Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (1965), Gintaras Krapikas (1961), and Gintaras Staučė (1969).

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Among CYCLISTS In Lithuania

Among cyclists born in Lithuania, Diana Žiliūtė ranks 4. Before her are Artūras Kasputis (1967), Raimondas Rumšas (1972), and Gintautas Umaras (1963). After her are Edita Pučinskaitė (1975), Tomas Vaitkus (1982), Ignatas Konovalovas (1985), Ramūnas Navardauskas (1988), Simona Krupeckaitė (1982), Gediminas Bagdonas (1985), Eugenia Bujak (1989), and Aidis Kruopis (1986).

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