Riho Suun

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Riho Suun
Personal information
Born (1960-04-27) 27 April 1960 (age 63)
Tartu, Estonia [1]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1989 Kelme
1990Lada Ghzel

Riho Suun (born 27 April 1960) is an Estonian and Soviet former cyclist. He represented the Soviet Union at the road race of the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2]

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Major results

1980
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
1981
1st Overall Tour of Yugoslavia
1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska
3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Prologue
1982
1st MaillotURSS.png Road race, Soviet National Road Championships
1st Stages 2 & 3 Peace Race
1st Stage 1 Tour de Sotchi
1983
2nd Road race, Soviet National Road Championships
1985
1st Stages 1, 5 & 10 Peace Race
2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
1st Stage 3
1988
8th Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 2
1989
3rd Road race, Soviet National Road Championships

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References

  1. "SUUN, RIHO". ESBL. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Riho Suun Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2016.