Diana Žiliūtė (; 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
External links
Diana Ziliute's web site Diana Ziliute's team