Raivis Belohvoščiks (born 21 January 1976) is a Latvian former professional road cyclist who specialized in individual time trial events. He is ten-time Latvian national time trial champion. In 2006 he signed a 2-year contract with UCI ProTour team Saunier Duval–Prodir, but this was not renewed for the 2009 season. In 2010, he rode for Ceramica Flaminia. He didn't achieve any major results in his first Tour de France. He was 40th in the first time trial around Metz. He was one of the major victims of the Passage du Gois in stage 2, and arrived last in stage 6 to Maubeuge. He left the race during the stage (10) to L'Alpe d'Huez.

Raivis Belohvoščiks
Belohvosciks at the Eneco Tour 2008
Personal information
Full nameRaivis Belohvoščiks
Born (1976-01-21) 21 January 1976 (age 48)
Riga, Latvia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist
Amateur team
1997Cédico–Ville de Charleroi
Professional teams
1998Mapei–Bricobi
1999–2002Lampre–Daikin
2003–2004Marlux–Wincor Nixdorf
2005–2006Universal Caffè
2007–2008Saunier Duval–Prodir
2009Betonexpressz 2000–Limonta
2010Ceramica Flaminia
2011Team Vorarlberg
Major wins
Stage races
Three Days of De Panne (2003)

One-day races and Classics

Chrono des Nations (2006)
National Road Race Championships (2002)
10×National Time Trial Championships (2000–2003, 2005–2010)

Major results

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1995
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
1996
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
1997
1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 5
5th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Road Championships
1998
5th Overall Okolo Slovenska
1999
1st GP d'Europe (with Marco Pinotti)
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Deutschland Tour
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
5th Firenze–Pistoia
2000
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
2nd Chrono des Herbiers
2nd GP d'Europe
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
2001
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
3rd Road race
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 4
7th Chrono des Herbiers
2002
National Road Championships
1st   Road race
1st   Time trial
4th LuK Challenge Chrono
5th Firenze–Pistoia
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2003
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 3b
4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
6th Gent–Wevelgem
7th Chrono des Herbiers
2004
5th Chrono des Herbiers
2005
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Chrono des Herbiers
2006
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Chrono des Herbiers
1st Stage 6 Tour of Japan
9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2007
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Chrono des Nations
2008
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Eneco Tour
3rd Chrono des Nations
2009
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
2010
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Giro d'Italia 117 DNF
  Tour de France DNF 110 118
  Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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