Erik Baška

Erik Baška
Baška at the 2015 Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
Personal information
Full nameErik Baška
Born (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 30)
Dohňany, Slovakia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013–2014Dukla Trenčín–Trek
2015AWT–GreenWay
Professional teams
2016Tinkoff
2017–2021Bora–Hansgrohe[1][2]
2022Dukla Banská Bystrica
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Slovakia
European Road Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tartu Under-23 road race

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]

Major results

2013
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
1st Points classification
1st Combativity classification
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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Erik Baska". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (29 March 2016). "Baska enjoying learning from Sagan in first Classics campaign". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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