Diana Žiliūtė
# Diana Žiliūtė

Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuanian pronunciation: ​; 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. This was followed in 2000 by a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics.

For her achievements, Žiliūtė was awarded the Order of Gediminas, a Lithuanian state honor.

## Palmarès

### 1994

    UCI Road World Championships
       1st Junior Road Race
       2nd Team Time Trial
    2nd Overall Essen Etappenfahrt
    3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
    3rd Overall Tour du Finistère

### 1996

    2nd U23 Road Race, UEC European Road Championships
    3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda

### 1997

    1st U23 Time Trial, UEC European Road Championships
    2nd Vertemate con Minoprio

### 1998

    1st Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
    1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
    UEC European Road Championships
       1st U23 Time Trial
       2nd U23 Road Race
    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       2nd Time Trial
    1st Rotterdam Tour
    1st Ottawa
    1st Ladies Tour Beneden Maas
    1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile
    2nd Liberty Classic
    3rd Overall Women's Challenge
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond

### 1999

    1st Road Race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour de France Feminine
    3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

### 2000

    1st Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
    1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
       1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
    1st Primavera Rosa
    1st Le Critérium International Féminin De Lachine
    1st GP Ouest France,
    1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile
    2nd Overall Women's Challenge
       1st Stages 3 & 6
    2nd Liberty Classic
    Olympic Games
       3rd Road Race
       9th Time Trial
    3rd Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
    4th La Flèche Wallonne

### 2001

    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
       1st Stage 13
    2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    2nd Berner Rundfahrt
    2nd Souvenir Magali Pache
    3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    8th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

### 2002

    1st Stage 9 Women's Challenge
    2nd Primavera Rosa
    3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

### 2003

    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       2nd Time Trial
    1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
    1st Stages 1, 2 & 7 Holland Ladies Tour
    1st Stage 3 Tour du Grand Montréal
    2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa
    2nd Rotterdam Tour

### 2004

    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       1st Time Trial
    1st Prologue & Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile

### 2006

    1st Road Race, National Road Championships
    1st GP Liberazione
    1st Prologue, Stage 1, 5, 6, & 7 Route de France Féminine
    1st Prologue & Stage 1 Giro di San Marino
    2nd Giro del Lago Maggiore
    2nd Coppa dei Laghi
    2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa
    8th Rotterdam Tour

### 2007

    1st Overall Tour de Prince Edward Island
       1st Stage 2
    1st Stage 1 Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
    1st Stage 4b Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
    2nd Road Race, National Road Championships

### 2008

    1st Giornata Rosa di Nove
    1st GP Carnevale d'Europa
    1st Stages 1, 2b & 3 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
    1st Stages 3 & 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
    2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
    6th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships

### 2009

    National Road Championships
       1st Time Trial
       2nd Road Race
    1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
       1st Stages 2, 3, & 6
    1st Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
    1st Prologue Route de France Féminine
    5th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th GP Ouest France
