Krists Neilands (born 18 August 1994) is a Latvian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Israel Cycling Academy (2017–present)

In 2017, Kuldīga-born Neilands won the

Latvian National Road Race Championships The Latvian National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle The term road bicycle is used to describe bicycles built for traveling at speed on paved roads. Some sources use the term to mean racing bicycle. Other sources specifically exclu ...

, and stage 5 at the

Tour d'Azerbaïdjan Tour d'Azerbaïdjan was a 2.1 multi-stage bicycle race of the UCI Europe Tour, which took place in Azerbaijan around May between 2012 and 2017. Each day, participants started on a new phase of the race. The race was held in 7 regions of Azerbaij ...

. At the

2018 Milan–San Remo The 2018 Milan–San Remo (known as Milano-Sanremo presented by NAMEDSPORT> for sponsorship reasons) was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 17 March 2018 in Italy. It was the 109th edition of the Milan–San Remo and the eighth event ...

, Neilands attacked on the famous

Poggio di San Remo The Poggio di San Remo is a hill in the Italian region Liguria, near San Remo. Milan-Sanremo It is mainly known from road cycling, as it is the final climb in the classic Milan–San Remo. The climb is 4 kilometers long with an average gradien ...

climb. He got a small gap to the peloton with Vincenzo Nibali; however, Neilands could not keep up with Nibali, who later won the race, while Neilands finished 23rd. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

2018 Giro d'Italia The 2018 Giro d'Italia was the 101st edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour races. The race started in Jerusalem on 4 May, with a individual time trial followed by two additional stages within Israel. Af ...

. He finished the race 73rd overall. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the

2020 Tour de France The 2020 Tour de France was the 107th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. Originally scheduled to start on 27 June 2020, it was postponed until 29 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in F ...

Major results

;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de la Région de Lódz ::1st Stage 2 : National Junior Road Championships ::2nd Time trial ::3rd Road race ;2013 : National Road Championships ::3rd Under-23 road race ::5th Road race ;2014 : 1st MaillotLetonia

Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th

Memoriał Henryka Łasaka Memoriał Henryka Łasaka is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Lesser Poland Voivodeship and Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was first held in 1999 and from 2005 to 2007, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI ...

;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Under-23 road race ::1st MaillotLetonia

Under-23 time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Stage 3

Tour of Borneo The Tour de Borneo is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan in East Malaysia since 2012, named after Borneo where they are located. The race is part of the UCI Asia Tour ...

: 5th Overall

Podlasie Tour The Podlasie Tour is a stage cycling race held in the Podlachia Region, Poland. It was first held in 2015 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 20 ...

::1st

Young rider classification : 5th Overall

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and is part of the UCI Asia Tour. The event was first held in 2006. It was made a UCI 2.1 race from 2007 a ...

: 5th Overall

GP Liberty Seguros GP Liberty Seguros (officially GP Liberty Seguros - Troféu Alpendre) is a road bicycle race held annually in Portugal since 2009. It is organized as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle r ...

: 8th

Velothon Wales Velothon Wales was a single-day road bicycle race held between 2015 and 2017 in Wales, United Kingdom. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 race. It was part of the UCI Velothon Majors series of races organised by Lagardère Unlimited, ...

;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Under-23 time trial ::5th Road race : 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 ...

: 5th

Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften ( en, Tour of Flanders U23) is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race. It is the version of the Tour of Flanders for under-23 riders and is usually contested a week after the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Ludovic Capelle is t ...

: 8th Overall

Baltic Chain Tour Baltic Chain Tour is a stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. Baltic Chain Tour was established to commemorate Baltic Way. Tour is conducted mainly in the Baltic states of Estonia ...

: 10th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...

;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Stage 5

: 6th 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 ...

: 8th Overall

: 10th Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Road race ::4th Time trial : 1st

Dwars door het Hageland Dwars door het Hageland is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. Up until 2019, it was a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.1 event, though between 2010 and 2012, it was a category 1.2 event. In 2020, the race was promoted to the newly ...

: 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 9th Overall

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...

;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotLetonia

Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, ...

: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 3rd Overall

Arctic Race of Norway The Arctic Race of Norway is an annual multiple stage bicycle race held in northern Norway. The first edition was in 2013, from 8 August to 11 August, and lasted for four days. The organising partners are Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and Arcti ...

::1st

Young rider classification ;2020 : Jersey red number

Combativity award The combativity award is a prize given in road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of ...

Stage 4

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

;2021 : 6th

GP Miguel Induráin The Grand Prix Miguel Induráin ( es, Gran Premio Miguel Induráin), formerly the "Grand Prix Navarre" is a Spanish one-day road bicycle race. History The race was inaugurated in 1951, but was limited to local competition. It was rebranded after ...

;2022 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

;2023 : 5th

Grand Prix La Marseillaise Grand Prix Cycliste La Marseillaise, formerly known as the Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February around the city of Marseille, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event ...

General classification results timeline

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neilands, Krists 1994 births Living people Latvian male cyclists People from Ventspils Olympic cyclists of Latvia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics