# Romāns Vainšteins

Romāns Vainšteins (born 3 March 1973) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Latvia. He won the road race at the 2000 World Cycling Championship in Plouay, France. At the end of the 268.8 km (167.0 mi) race, he won the sprint for the line ahead of Zbigniew Spruch and defending champion Óscar Freire.
Following his world title, Vainšteins moved to the Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco team under Patrick Lefevere. Even with some impressive results, such as third place in the 2001 Paris–Roubaix, he was unable to follow up on the success of his world championship. He left the team after the 2002 season and raced with Vini Caldirola and Lampre for two more years before retiring.

## Major results
### 1995

    1st Circuit Franco-Belge

### 1996

    3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo

### 1998

    1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    1st Grand Prix Aarhus
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 1999

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Paris–Brussels
    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
    Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stages 1 & 6
    1st Gran Premio di Chiasso
    2nd Giro del Lago Maggiore
    3rd HEW Cyclassics
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    4th Trofeo Melinda
    5th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2000

    1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    2nd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
    2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    3rd Tour of Flanders
    3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Classic Haribo
    4th Amstel Gold Race
    4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    5th Omloop Het Volk
    5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
    9th Milan–San Remo
    10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
       1st Stage 8
    10th HEW Cyclassics
    10th Züri–Metzgete

### 2001

    1st Stage 3 Volta a Catalunya
    1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd HEW Cyclassics
    3rd Overall UCI Road World Cup
    3rd Milan–San Remo
    3rd Paris–Roubaix

### 2002

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    5th Paris–Tours

### 2003

    1st Stage 4 Giro Della Provincia Di Lucca

### 2004

    5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
    7th Milan–San Remo

### Grand Tour results

| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | 93 | 132 | — | 116 |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — |

### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Milan–San Remo | 41 | 9 | 3 | — | 73 | 7 |
| Tour of Flanders | 25 | 3 | 10 | — | 18 | 31 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 14 | 3 | — | 6 | 11 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | 50 | DNF |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 33 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — |
| Classic | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 5 | — | 13 | — | — | DNF |
| Brabantse Pijl | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Amstel Gold Race | 16 | 4 | DNF | — | 28 | 54 |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | 55 | DNF |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | 3 | — | 118 | 87 | — |
| HEW Cyclassics | 3 | 10 | 2 | 10 | DNF | — |
| Paris–Tours | 33 | 68 | 6 | 5 | — | — |
| | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| UCI Road World Championships | 29 | 1 | DNF | 32 | DNF | 60 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |