Edita Pučinskaitė

Edita Pučinskaitė (born November 27, 1975, in Naujoji Akmenė) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she was one of the top competitors in women's road racing with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several high finishes in major tours, world championships and the UCI points listings.

Major results

1994 1st Overall Étoile Vosgienne 1st Stage 1 2nd Anneville-sur-Scie Road Race 1995 3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships 1996 2nd Vertemate con Minoprio 8th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda 1997 1st Liberty Classic 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 4th Vertemate con Minoprio 1998 National Road Championships 1st Road Race 1st Time Trial 1st Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4 1st Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 1999 UCI Road World Championships 1st Road Race 3rd Time Trial 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 2nd La Flèche Wallonne 3rd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 8th Trofeo Alfredo Binda 2000 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Femminile 2nd Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 1st Stages 8 & 10 10th Time Trial, Olympic Games 2001 1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 2nd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd GP Suisse Féminin 4th La Flèche Wallonne 2002 1st Time Trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira 3rd Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin 1st Stage 8 6th La Flèche Wallonne 2003 National Road Championships 1st Time Trial 2nd Road Race 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd Amstel Gold Race 3rd Emakumeen Saria 3rd Trofeo Riviera Della Versilia 4th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships 4th La Flèche Wallonne 2004 1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 1st Stage 4 1st GP Ouest France 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 1st Stage 2 3rd Road Race, National Road Championships 3rd Emakumeen Saria 3rd La Flèche Wallonne 3rd Trofeo Citta' di Rosignano 6th Trofeo Alfredo Binda Olympic Games 9th Road Race 10th Time Trial 10th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships 2005 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes 1st Stage 1a 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista Femenina a el Salvador 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 2 1st Berner Rundfahrt 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 1st Stage 6 Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 2nd GP Ouest France 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 3rd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda 10th La Flèche Wallonne 2006 National Road Championships 1st Time Trial 2nd Road Race 1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st Stage 10 1st Overall Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes 3rd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 3rd Overall Giro di San Marino 6th La Flèche Wallonne 2007 National Road Championships 1st Time Trial 3rd Road Race 1st Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st Prologue & Stage 3 1st Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Emakumeen Saria 1st Berner Rundfahrt 2nd Overall Giro di San Marino 2008 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda 9th Road Race, Olympic Games 2009 2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 3rd Giornata Rosa di Nove 10th Giro d'Italia Femminile 1st Stage 1 10th Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile 2010 2nd Overall Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen 1st Stage 2 2nd Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin 8th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile