Artūras Kasputis

Artūras Kasputis (born 26 February 1967) is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4.000 team pursuit, alongside Viacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin and Gintautas Umaras. During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipėda. He was a professional road cyclist from 1992 to 2002, and afterwards became a cycling manager in the professional circuit.

Major results

1987 1st Overall Tour du Maroc 1990 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia 1991 1st Overall Circuito Montañés 1st Circuit du Port de Dunkerque Vuelta a Colombia 1st Prologue & Stage 7 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne 1992 1st Route d'Occitanie 1st Overall Route du Sud 1st Stage 2a (ITT) 1st Chrono des Herbiers 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 6th Grand Prix des Nations 1993 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard 1994 1st Stage 1a Route du Sud (ITT) 3rd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 4th Chrono des Herbiers 1995 5th Overall Tour du Limousin 6th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1996 1st Stage 1 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 5th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1997 8th Overall Route du Sud 9th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1998 2nd Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 2nd Overall Tour du Vaucluse 5th Overall Circuit des Mines 1999 1st Overall Circuit des Mines 1st Stage 7 (ITT) 1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain National Road Championships 2nd Time trial 6th Road race 8th Grand Prix des Nations 2000 1st Stage 4b Danmark Rundt (ITT) 2nd Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Stage 2 9th Overall Tour de Picardie 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges 2001 7th Overall Circuit des Mines 2002 3rd Overall Circuit Cycliste de la Sarthe 7th Overall Tour of Belgium 9th Overall Grote Prijs Erik Breukink