Krists Neilands

{{short description|Latvian cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Krists Neilands | image = Krists_Neilands_(2023).jpg | image_size = | caption = Neilands in 2023 | fullname = Krists Neilands | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|8|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Kuldīga, Latvia<ref name="LOK">{{cite web|url=https://www.olimpiade.lv/en/olimpietis/685|title=Krists Neilands|language=Latvian|website=Latvian Olympic Committee|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref> | height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="LOK"/> | weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="LOK"/> | currentteam = {{UCI team code|ICA}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 2013–2015 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RBD|2013}} | proyears2 = 2016 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AHB|2016}} | proyears3 = 2017– | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ICA|2017}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/israel-cycling-academy-finalises-2019-roster-adds-sorensen-as-ds/|title=Israel Cycling Academy finalises 2019 roster, adds Sorensen as DS|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=4 December 2018|access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/israel-cycling-academy-become-israel-start-up-nation-as-worldtour-beckons/|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|title=Israel Cycling Academy become Israel Start-Up Nation as WorldTour beckons|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=11 December 2019|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :National Road Race Championships (2017, 2018) :National Time Trial Championships (2019) | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Krists Neilands''' (born 18 August 1994) is a Latvian cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|NSN}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20818|title=NSN Cycling Team|publisher=UCI|access-date=31 January 2026}}</ref>

==Career== ===Israel Cycling Academy (2017–present)=== In 2017, Kuldīga-born Neilands won the Latvian National Road Race Championships, and stage 5 at the Tour d'Azerbaïdjan. At the 2018 Milan–San Remo, Neilands attacked on the famous Poggio di San Remo 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.<ref name="Giro18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2018/startlist |title=2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List |access-date=3 May 2018 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref> He finished the race 73rd overall. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2020/startlist |title=107th Tour de France: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

Neilands competed in the 2023 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite web |title=110th Tour de France: Startlists |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/tour-de-france/2023/startlist |website=ProCyclingStats |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> On Stage 10, he found himself in a breakaway consisting of 14 riders, which he attacked solo 54 kilometres from the finish. He was caught with 3 kilometres left in the stage,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Tom |title=Tour de France stage 10 as it happened: Pello Bilbao wins as breakaway has its day |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/live/tour-de-france-stage-10-live-a-day-for-the-breakaway |website=Cycling Weekly |date=11 July 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> eventually finishing in fourth position behind Pello Bilbao, Georg Zimmermann and Ben O'Connor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Tom |title=Pello Bilbao reignites GC bid with Tour de France stage 10 victory |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/pello-bilbao-reignites-gc-bid-with-tour-de-france-stage-10-victory |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=12 July 2023 |date=11 July 2023}}</ref>

==Major results== Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=16660|title=Krists Neilands|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2011 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2012 : 1st 20px 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 20px Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st 20px Under-23 road race ::1st 20px Under-23 time trial ::2nd Road race : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Borneo : 5th Overall Podlasie Tour ::1st 20px Young rider classification : 5th Overall Tour of Hainan : 5th Overall GP Liberty Seguros : 8th Velothon Wales ;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st 20px Under-23 time trial ::5th Road race : 5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race : 5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 8th Overall Baltic Chain Tour : 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs ;2017 (2 pro wins) : National Road Championships ::1st 20px Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Stage 5 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan : 6th Overall Okolo Slovenska : 8th Overall Baltic Chain Tour : 10th Overall Volta a Portugal ::1st 20px Young rider classification ;2018 (2) : National Road Championships ::1st 20px Road race ::4th Time trial : 1st Dwars door het Hageland : 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano : 9th Overall Herald Sun Tour ;2019 (5) : National Road Championships ::1st 20px Time trial ::4th Road race : 1st 20px Overall Tour de Hongrie ::1st 20px Mountains classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias : 3rd Overall Arctic Race of Norway ::1st 20px Young rider classification ;2020 : 20px Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France ;2021 : 6th GP Miguel Induráin ;2022 : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 7th Overall Tour de Hongrie ;2023 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd Time trial : 5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise : 20px Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! Grand Tour ! scope="col" |2018 ! scope="col" |2019 ! scope="col" |2020 ! scope="col" |2021 ! scope="col" |2022 ! scope="col" |2023 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 73 | 100 | — | DNF | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | — | 85 | — | 79 | 50 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=5 |Has not contested during his career |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |- ! scope="row" | NH | Not held |}

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==External links== {{stack|{{Commons}}}} * {{UCI rider}} * {{Cycling Archives}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{CQ ranking}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com|krists-neilands}} * {{LOK profile|685}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neilands, Krists}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Latvian male cyclists Category:People from Kuldīga Category:Olympic cyclists for Latvia Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics