# Aleksejs Saramotins

Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a Latvian professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Interpro Cycling Academy. He has won the Latvian National Road Race Championships on seven occasions and has represented his country at the Summer Olympic Games and the UCI Road World Championships.

## Career
### Amateur career

Before signing a professional contract Saramotins raced in cross-country mountain biking races.

### Professional career

In 2009 he won the Münsterland Giro whilst riding for Team Designa Køkken which led to him joining Team HTC–Columbia in 2010. Saramotins left his team of two years Cofidis at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the new IAM Cycling team for the 2013 season.
In October 2016 he and IAM Cycling teammate Matteo Pelucchi were announced as members of the Bora–Hansgrohe squad for 2017. After two years, he joined Interpro Cycling Academy for the 2019 season.

## Major results
### 2004

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2005

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Tallinn–Tartu GP
    8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
    8th Overall Okolo Slovenska

### 2006

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd Mayor Cup
    2nd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
    2nd Riga Grand Prix
    4th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
    5th Tallinn–Tartu GP
    6th Scandinavian Open Road Race
    9th Tartu GP

### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       3rd Time trial
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Croatia
    2nd Memorial Oleg Dyachenko
    2nd Tallinn–Tartu GP
    2nd Riga Grand Prix
    3rd Mayor Cup
    3rd Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej
    4th Tartu GP
    6th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
    6th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

### 2008

    1st Lombardia Tour
    1st Tartu GP
    1st Scandinavian Open Road Race
    1st Stage 1 Circuit des Ardennes
    1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska
    2nd Tour du Finistère
    3rd Riga Grand Prix
    3rd Le Samyn
    9th Paris–Troyes
    9th Mayor Cup
    10th Overall Tour de Normandie

### 2009

    1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    1st Druivenkoers Overijse
    1st Münsterland Giro
    1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    2nd Tartu GP
    2nd Duo Normand (with Sergey Firsanov)
    4th Grand Prix Cristal Energie
    7th Overall Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse

### 2010

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    1st Pirita GP Tallinn VII Lauri Aus Memoriaal
    5th Tartu GP

### 2011

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    8th Binche–Tournai–Binche
    10th Le Samyn

### 2012

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    7th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
    7th Tro-Bro Léon
    9th Overall Tour du Limousin
    10th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz

### 2013

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    1st Tour du Doubs
    2nd Tour du Jura
    5th Strade Bianche
    9th Polynormande

### 2014

    1st Stage 5 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos
    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    5th Chrono des Nations

### 2015

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       2nd Time trial
    7th Road race, European Games

### 2016

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Clásica de Almería
    8th Paris–Roubaix

### 2017

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2018

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial
    3rd Overall Czech Cycling Tour
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
    4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

### 2019

    National Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    5th Overall Tour de Tochigi

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | 161 |
| Tour de France | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Vuelta a España | 166 | — | — | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |