Erik Baška

Erik Baška (born 12 January 1994) is a Slovak former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022.^[3] 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 and Peter Velits.^[4]

Erik Baška

Baška at the 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
Personal information
Full name	Erik Baška
Born	(1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 31) Dohňany, Slovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2013–2014	Dukla Trenčín–Trek
2015	AWT–GreenWay
Professional teams
2016	Tinkoff
2017–2021	Bora–Hansgrohe[1][2]
2022	Dukla Banská Bystrica
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Slovakia European Road Championships 2015 Tartu Under-23 road race

Major results

2013

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race

1st Points classification

1st Combativity classification

2014

1st Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Polski

1st Central European Tour Košice–Miskolc

1st Central European Tour Budapest GP

3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

3rd Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej

6th Central European Tour Szerencs–Ibrány

2015

1st Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej

1st Stage 4 Carpathian Couriers Race

1st Stage 3 Tour de Berlin

2nd Poreč Trophy

2nd Visegrad 4 Bicycle Race – GP Slovakia

2016

1st Handzame Classic

1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Croatia

2017

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2018

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour

2nd Trofeo Palma

8th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines

2019

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

9th Overall Okolo Slovenska

2020

2nd Road race, National Road Championships