Erik Baška (born 12 January 1994) is a Slovak former
road racing cyclist
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He took up cycle racing at the age of 14, initially competing as a mountain biker before branching into road racing at the suggestion of his coach Tibor Velits, uncle of racing cyclists
Martin Velits
Martin Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the Wiesenhof, , and teams. His twin brother, Peter Velits, also competed as a professional cyclist.
...
and
Peter Velits
Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Champi ...
.
Major results
;2013
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 5th Overall
Carpathian Couriers Race
The Carpathian Couriers Race is a professional cycling race held annually in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which w ...
::1st
![Jersey red](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Jersey_red.svg)
Points classification
::1st
![Jersey blue](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Jersey_blue.svg)
Combativity classification
;2014
: 1st
Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Polski
: 1st
Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc
Central European Tour Miskolc GP was a cycling race in Hungary, run between 2010 and 2014. It was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.2 level race, the day before the Central European Tour Budapest GP
Central European Tour Budapest GP was a ...
: 1st
Central European Tour Budapest GP
Central European Tour Budapest GP was a cycling race in Hungary. It was first run in 2011 and was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.2 level race. It was held the day after Central European Tour Miskolc GP
Central is an adjective usually referrin ...
: 3rd
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 3rd
Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
The Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej is a bicycle race held in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1958 and since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...
: 6th
Central European Tour Szerencs–Ibrány
The Central European Tour Szerencs-Ibrány is a road cycling race held in Hungary. It is part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling ...
;2015
: 1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Road race,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st
Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
The Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej is a bicycle race held in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1958 and since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...
: 1st Stage 4
Carpathian Couriers Race
The Carpathian Couriers Race is a professional cycling race held annually in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which w ...
: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Berlin
The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
: 2nd
Poreč Trophy
Poreč Trophy (through history held under names Trofej Plava Laguna, G. P. Istria, Trophy Riviera and G.P. Umag) is a road bicycle race held annually near the town of Poreč, in the Istrian peninsula. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI E ...
: 2nd
Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia
;2016
: 1st
Handzame Classic
The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from ...
: 1st Stage 5 (
TTT)
Tour of Croatia
The CRO Race (formally: ''Tour of Croatia'') is a men's road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that takes place in Croatia since 2015. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour and is rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as a UCI race cl ...
;2017
: 3rd
Road race, National Road Championships
;2018
: 1st Stage 1 (
TTT)
Czech Cycling Tour
The Czech Cycling Tour is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in the Olomouc region in the Czech Republic. It was created in 2010 and was initially part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2, but in 2015 moved up to 2.1
The Union Cycli ...
: 2nd
Trofeo Palma
: 8th
Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
;2019
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
: 9th Overall
Okolo Slovenska
Okolo Slovenska ( en, Tour of Slovakia; french: Tour de Slovaquie) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes f ...
;2020
: 2nd
Road race, National Road Championships
References
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Slovak male cyclists
1994 births
Living people
European Games competitors for Slovakia
Cyclists at the 2015 European Games
People from Púchov District
Sportspeople from the Trenčín Region