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]
.JPG) Baška at the 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen U23 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Erik Baška | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 1994 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
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Major results
edit- 2013
- 1st
Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships - 5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Combativity classification
- 1st
- 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
References
edit- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Erik Baska". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (29 March 2016). "Baska enjoying learning from Sagan in first Classics campaign". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erik Baška.
- Erik Baška at UCI
- Erik Baška at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Erik Baška at ProCyclingStats
- Erik Baška at Cycling Quotient
- Erik Baška at CycleBase
