title: Diana Žiliūtė
text: # Diana Žiliūtė
  
  Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuanian pronunciation: ​; born 28 May 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s.
  
  She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two World Road Cup races, the overall World Road Cup title, and capped the season by winning the World Road Race Championships and leading the UCI Women's Road World Rankings.
  
  The following year (1999), she further demonstrated her all around prowess by winning the Grande Boucle, one of the hardest stage races in women's cycle racing history. This was followed in 2000 by a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics.
  
  For her achievements, Žiliūtė was awarded the Order of Gediminas, a Lithuanian state honor.
  
  ## Palmarès
  
  ### 1994
  
      UCI Road World Championships
         1st Junior Road Race
         2nd Team Time Trial
      2nd Overall Essen Etappenfahrt
      3rd Overall Tour de Bretagne
      3rd Overall Tour du Finistère
  
  ### 1996
  
      2nd U23 Road Race, UEC European Road Championships
      3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
  
  ### 1997
  
      1st U23 Time Trial, UEC European Road Championships
      2nd Vertemate con Minoprio
  
  ### 1998
  
      1st Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
      1st Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
      UEC European Road Championships
         1st U23 Time Trial
         2nd U23 Road Race
      National Road Championships
         1st Road Race
         2nd Time Trial
      1st Rotterdam Tour
      1st Ottawa
      1st Ladies Tour Beneden Maas
      1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile
      2nd Liberty Classic
      3rd Overall Women's Challenge
         1st Stage 3
      3rd Trophée International de Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond
  
  ### 1999
  
      1st Road Race, National Road Championships
      1st Overall Tour de France Feminine
      3rd Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
  
  ### 2000
  
      1st Overall UCI Women's Road World Cup
      1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
         1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4
      1st Primavera Rosa
      1st Le Critérium International Féminin De Lachine
      1st GP Ouest France,
      1st Stage 3 Giro d'Italia Femminile
      2nd Overall Women's Challenge
         1st Stages 3 & 6
      2nd Liberty Classic
      Olympic Games
         3rd Road Race
         9th Time Trial
      3rd Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal
      4th La Flèche Wallonne
  
  ### 2001
  
      2nd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
         1st Stage 13
      2nd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
      2nd Berner Rundfahrt
      2nd Souvenir Magali Pache
      3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
      8th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
  
  ### 2002
  
      1st Stage 9 Women's Challenge
      2nd Primavera Rosa
      3rd Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
  
  ### 2003
  
      National Road Championships
         1st Road Race
         2nd Time Trial
      1st Trofeo Alfredo Binda
      1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
      1st Stages 1, 2 & 7 Holland Ladies Tour
      1st Stage 3 Tour du Grand Montréal
      2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa
      2nd Rotterdam Tour
  
  ### 2004
  
      National Road Championships
         1st Road Race
         1st Time Trial
      1st Prologue & Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Femminile
  
  ### 2006
  
      1st Road Race, National Road Championships
      1st GP Liberazione
      1st Prologue, Stage 1, 5, 6, & 7 Route de France Féminine
      1st Prologue & Stage 1 Giro di San Marino
      2nd Giro del Lago Maggiore
      2nd Coppa dei Laghi
      2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
      2nd GP Carnevale d'Europa
      8th Rotterdam Tour
  
  ### 2007
  
      1st Overall Tour de Prince Edward Island
         1st Stage 2
      1st Stage 1 Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
      1st Stage 4b Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
      2nd Road Race, National Road Championships
  
  ### 2008
  
      1st Giornata Rosa di Nove
      1st GP Carnevale d'Europa
      1st Stages 1, 2b & 3 Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
      1st Stages 3 & 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin Ardèche Sud Rhone Alpes
      2nd Time Trial, National Road Championships
      3rd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
      6th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
  
  ### 2009
  
      National Road Championships
         1st Time Trial
         2nd Road Race
      1st Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
         1st Stages 2, 3, & 6
      1st Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile
      1st Prologue Route de France Féminine
      5th Road Race, UCI Road World Championships
      9th GP Ouest France
  