Gatis Smukulis

Gatis Smukulis (born 15 April 1987) is a Latvian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, HTC–Highroad, Team Katusha, Astana and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM teams. Smukulis won the Latvian National Road Race Championships in 2016, and won six consecutive Latvian National Time Trial Championships between 2011 and 2016.

Key Information

Smukulis at the 2013 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full name	Gatis Smukulis
Born	(1987-04-15) 15 April 1987 (age 38) Valka, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb; 12.8 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur teams
2004–2005	Rietumu Banka–Riga
2006	Lotus–MBK–UC Sud Luberon
2007–2008	Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille
Professional teams
2009–2010	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011	HTC–Highroad
2012–2015	Team Katusha[1]
2016	Astana
2017–2018	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2016) National Time Trial Championships (2011–2016)
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2005

1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

7th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

2006

National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Road race

1st Time trial

2007

1st Riga Grand Prix

1st Cinturó de l'Empordà

2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

4th E.O.S. Tallinn GP

9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2008

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche

1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard

1st Stage 1

9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

2009

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

2010

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

2011

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

4th Road race

1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

2012

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2013

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

2nd Road race

2014

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

3rd Road race

2015

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Prologue (TTT) Tour of Austria

7th Time trial, European Games

2016

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

1st Road race

Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España

2017

4th Time trial, National Road Championships

2018

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

10th Overall Tour of Almaty

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	84	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	119	100	—	—
Vuelta a España	117	—	—	146	83

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

• Gatis Smukulis at UCI
• Gatis Smukulis at Cycling Archives
• Gatis Smukulis at ProCyclingStats
• Gatis Smukulis at Cycling Quotient
• Gatis Smukulis at CycleBase
• Gatis Smukulis at Olympics.com
• Gatis Smukulis at the Latvian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Latvian)
• Gatis Smukulis at Olympedia
• Gatis Smukulis at UCI

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