Vita Heine
Norwegian cyclist
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Vita Heine (née Pētersone; born 21 November 1984) is a former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2021 for UCI Women's Continental Teams Hitec Products–Birk Sport and Massi–Tactic.
21 November 1984
- Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
- (now Latvia)
Heine at the 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vita Heine |
| Born | Vita Pētersone 21 November 1984
|
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014 | Endura Lady Force |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014–2020 | Team Hitec Products[1][2] |
| 2021 | Massi–Tactic[3] |
During her career, Heine took seventeen victories including seven Norwegian national titles – three victories in the Norwegian National Time Trial Championships (2016, 2017 and 2019), and four victories in the Norwegian National Road Race Championships (2016–2018 and 2021).
Career
Born in Riga in Latvia, Heine competed for Latvia in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence.[4] She obtained Norwegian citizenship from 1 July 2014, and joined Norwegian-based Team Hitec Products on 1 September 2014.[5] She remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, joining Massi–Tactic for 2021.[6]
Major results
Source: [7]
- 2011
- 3rd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
- 2013
- 2nd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
- 2014
- 2nd Time trial, Latvian National Road Championships[a]
- 6th Overall Tour de Bretagne Féminin
- 2016
- Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 1st
Road race
- 1st
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Overall NEA
- 1st Stage 1a (ITT) & 2
- KZN Summer Series
- 1st Races 1 & 2
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 7th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
- 8th 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- 2017
- Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 1st
Road race
- 1st
Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
Mountains classification, Belgium Tour - 2nd 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- 9th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames
- 2018
- Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 1st
Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 6th Overall Women's Tour of Thailand
- 6th Chrono Champenois
- 2019
- 1st
Time trial, Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 1st Overall Tour de Feminin – O cenu Českého Švýcarska
- 1st Stage 3a (ITT)
- 1st Chrono Champenois
- 1st Stage 3 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 2nd Overall Tour of Uppsala
- 1st Stage 3
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 4th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Time trial, Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 2021
- Norwegian National Road Championships[a]
- 1st
Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 9th Overall Tour de Feminin – O cenu Českého Švýcarska
Footnotes
- Heine competed under Latvian nationality up until 2014 before switching to Norway.