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Historic Overview Aavo Pikkuus

Rider

Overall Rank5618
NameAavo PIKKUUS
Country
  Estonia
Date of birth23-Nov-1954 - Karepa (Laane Virumaa - Estonian SSR)

Biography

Aavo Pikkuus

Aavo Pikkuus (born 23 November 1954) is a retired Estonian cyclist. He was part of the Soviet Union cycling team that won the 100 km team time trial at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1977 UCI Road World Championships and finished second at the world championships in 1975 and 1978.

Between 1974 and 1977 Pikkuus won four national (Soviet) titles in the road race. In 1975 he finished third at the multistage Peace Race. He won that race in 1977 individually and in 1975 and 1977–1979 in the team competition; in 1977 he was leading the race from start to finish. He won the Circuit de la Sarthe in 1977 and Giro delle Regione in 1978.

He retired from cycling in 1981 and for several years successfully competed in auto rally. (For example, he won the 1983 Saaremaa Rally.) Later he owned a car shop, which burned down in the 1990s.

Pikkuus is an honorary member of the Estonian Olympic Committee and was named Estonian Sportspersonality of the year five times (1974–1978). In 2001 he was awarded the Order of the Estonian Red Cross. He is married and has three daughters and a son.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

3 5

Major Victories

Wyścig Pokoju / Závod Míru / Friedensfahrt 1977
Tour du Maroc - stages 1976 (1)
Wyścig Pokoju / Závod Míru / Friedensfahrt - stages 1977 (2), 1978 (1)
More results

Seasons

Aavo Pikkuus - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1972 Individual
22 520
2. 1974 Individual
98 307
3. 1975 Individual
67 312
4. 1976 Individual
32 462
5. 1977 Individual
129 257
6. 1978 Individual
132 270
7. 1979 Individual
103 304
8. 1980 Individual
8 700
Overall: 591 5618