Artūras Kasputis

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Artūras Kasputis Road cycling
Artūras Kasputis (2012)
Artūras Kasputis (2012)
To person
Date of birth February 26, 1967
nation Russia Soviet Federal Socialist RepublicRussian SFSR Russian SFSR Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuania 
discipline Road , rail
To the team
Current team Ag2r La Mondiale
function Sports director
Societies)
approx. 1985 to 1992 Dynamo Klaipeda
Team (s)
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996–1997
1998
1999
2000–2001 		Manzana Postobón Team (COL)
Chazal-Vetta-MBK (FRA)
Chazal-MBK (FRA)
Chazal-König (FRA)
Casino-C'est votre equipe (FRA)
Casino-Ag2r (FRA)
Casino-C'est votre equipe ( FRA)
AG2r Prévoyance (FRA)
Most important successes
Olympic games
goldTeam Pursuit 1988
World championships
bronze Individual pursuit (amateurs) 1987
bronze Chase 1992
Team (s) as sporting director
2003– ag2r La Mondiale
Last updated: April 1st, 2019

Artūras Kasputis (born February 22, 1967 in Klaipėda ) is a sports director and former Lithuanian and former Soviet cyclist .

Athletic career

1985 Artūras Kasputis was Junior World Champion in the single pursuit in Stuttgart ; in the team pursuit , the Soviet team with Kasputis finished third. In 1986 he won the Tour of Egypt and in 1987 the Tour of Morocco . In the single pursuit of the amateurs at the UCI track world championships in 1987 in Vienna , he was third. At the Olympic Games in Seoul, Kasputis won the gold medal in the team pursuit together with Gintautas Umaras , Vyacheslav Jekimow , Mindaugas Umaras and Dmitri Neljubin . He won a Soviet championship title in 1988 with the team from Klaipeda in the team pursuit (inter alia with Gintautas Umaras and Remigijus Lupeikis ). In 1990 he finished second in Rund um Berlin . In 1991 he won the Circuit du Port de Dunkerque and the Circuito Montañés .

Kasputis turned pro in 1992. During his ten-year career, he drove mainly in French teams. In his first year as a professional, he won the Chrono des Herbiers and the Route du Sud and was third in the single pursuit at the World Railroad Championships in Valencia . He also won the Vuelta a España junior ranks . In 1999 he won the Circuit de Lorraine . Artūras Kasputis started five times in the Tour de France , but was never able to place in front. Two more times - in 1996 and 2000 , he took part in the Olympic Games in rail and road disciplines, but without winning another medal.

Professional

After the end of his active cycling career in 2002, Kasputis became Sports Director of the ag2r La Mondiale team . At the same time he works as a Lithuanian national coach on a freelance basis.

successes

Street

1987

1990

1991

1992

1994

1996

1999

2000

train

1985

  • World Champion Junior World Champion - Single Pursuit
  • bronze Junior World Championship - team pursuit (with Aleksander Klaus, Aleksander Tolkachev and Anatoli Weselow)

1987

1988

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - DNF - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 71 - 44 75 - 93 - - DNF
Golden jersey Vuelta a España 32 - - - - - DNF - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 37/1988 . Berlin 1988, p. 3 .
  2. ↑ Legendinis dviratininkas Artūras Kasputis: "Tai - vyrų sportas, ne vaikų" - Žmonės.lt. In: zmones.lt. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Direction sportive - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale. In: cyclisme.ag2rlamondiale.fr. Retrieved April 1, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Jean-François QUENET: Kasputis: Navardauskas has a great future. In: Cycling News. May 10, 2012, accessed April 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Treneriai. In: ldsf.lt. June 1, 2012, accessed April 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kasputis, Artūras
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet and Lithuanian racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Klaipeda