Many long-time cycling fans may remember the name of 2000 World Championship road race winner Romāns Vainšteins. The Latvian, who secured the Rainbow Jersey in Plouay a quarter of a century ago, has now been sentenced to prison.
Vainsteins was a star of the professional peloton between 1997 and 2004. Alongside his aforementioned Rainbow Jersey win, he also won four stages of
Tirreno-Adriatico over the years, plus a Grand Tour stage at the Giro d'Italia in 1999 and other notably races such as Paris-Brussels, Coppa Bernocchi and more in a career that totalled 22 victories in all.