Rasa Leleivytė

Rasa Leleivytė (born 22 July 1988) is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia 3T Vaiano.^[4]

Rasa Leleivytė

Leleivytė at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Rasa Leleivytė
Born	(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 (age 37) Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union (now Lithuania)
Team information
Current team	Aromitalia 3T Vaiano
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2008	SC Michela Fanini Record Rox[1]
2009–2010	Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi[1]
2011–2012	Vaiano Solaristech[1]
2014–	Vaiano Fondriest[2][3]
Medal record Representing  Lithuania Women's Road cycling European Championships 2021 Trentino Road race

Career

She had a top-ten finish in the women's road race at the 2019 European Games, placing ninth overall at the finish in Minsk, Belarus, credited with the same time as the race winner, Lorena Wiebes of the Netherlands.^[5]

She finished third at the 2021 European Road Championships. She competed at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021, placing 35th overall in the women's road race, where she competed with broken ribs sustained competing in Italy prior to the race.^[6][7] In 2021 Leleivytė won the Lithuanian Female Cyclist of the Year award.^[8]

She finished in twentieth place overall in the women's road race at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France.^[6]

In April 2025, she had a top-ten finish at the Volta Limburg Classic in the Netherlands, finishing three seconds behind the race winner, Dutch cyclist Femke Gerritse, in tenth place.^[9]

Doping

On July 18, 2012, it was announced that she failed a doping test on June 12 of the same year and that her A sample was consistent with the use of EPO.^[10] Leilevytė had to pay a 5040 Euro fine and was suspended for two years until 13 July 2014.^[11]

Personal life

She is from Vilnius.^[6] She attended Barbora Radvilaitė Secondary School, where she was a contemporary of fellow future-Olympic cyclist for Lithuania Evaldas Šiškevičius.^[12] She later based herself in Italy. Her husband Paolo Baldi works as the sports director of the Lithuanian-based Aromitalia 3T Vaiano team.^[6]

Major results

2005

3rd Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2006

1st Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships

2007

1st Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Road race, UEC European Road Championships

4th Grand Prix de Dottignies

2008

1st Road race, UEC European Road Championships

1st Giro del Valdarno

2nd Classica Citta di Padova

3rd GP Carnevale d'Europa

5th Overall La Route de France

7th Overall Tour Féminin en Limousin

1st Young rider classification

2009

1st Road race, National Road Championships

4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

8th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2010

1st GP Comune di Cornaredo

1st Stage 3 Trophée d'Or Féminin

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar

1st Stage 1

4th GP Liberazione

8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

10th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2011

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st GP Comune di Cornaredo

3rd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

4th GP Liberazione

5th Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol

5th Grand Prix de Dottignies

5th Tour of Chongming Island World Cup

9th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

9th GP de Plouay – Bretagne

2012

5th Grand Prix de Dottignies

9th GP Comune di Cornaredo

2015

3rd SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn

8th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage

10th GP de Plouay

2016

4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

6th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik

6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite

7th La Classique Morbihan

2017

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione

2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

7th Tour of Flanders for Women

7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite

2018

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

2nd La Classique Morbihan

3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione

5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

6th Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik

9th Flanders Ladies Classic

10th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite

2019

3rd Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa

4th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

9th Road race, European Games

10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

2020

2nd Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

6th Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik

2021

2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

3rd Road race, UEC European Road Championships

4th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

2022

1st Road race, National Road Championships

4th Gran Premio della Liberazione

5th Ladies Tour of Estonia

6th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

8th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite

9th Memorial Monica Bandini

2023

2nd Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini

1st Stage 2

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2024

8th Gran Premio della Liberazione