Vita Heine

Vita Heine (née Pētersone; born 21 November 1984) is a racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Massi–Tactic.^[3]

Vita Heine

Heine in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Vita Heine
Born	Vita Pētersone (1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 (age 40) Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union (now Latvia)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Team information
Current team	Massi–Tactic
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2014	Endura Lady Force
Professional teams
2014–2020	Team Hitec Products[1][2]
2021–	Massi–Tactic

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 from 2021.^[6]

Major results

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]

2016

Norwegian National Road Championships^[a]

1st Road race

1st Time trial

1st Overall NEA

1st Stage 1a (ITT) & 2

KZN Summer Series

1st Races 1 & 2

4th Chrono des Nations

2017

Norwegian National Road Championships^[a]

1st Road race

1st Time trial

1st Mountains classification Belgium Tour

2018

1st Road race, Norwegian National Road Championships^[a]

2019

1st Time trial, Norwegian National Road Championships^[a]

Footnotes

1. Heine competed under Latvian nationality up until 2014 before switching to Norway.

References

1. "Hitec Products-Birk Sport". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
2. "Hitec Products - Birk Sport". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
3. "Massi Tactic Women Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. "Final Results / Résultats finaux: Road Race Women Elite / Course en ligne femmes élite" (PDF). Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
5. Mathisen, Egil (14 August 2014). "Vita Heine til Hitec Products". Sykkelekspressen (in Norwegian).
6. "El Massi-Tactic ficha a cuatro europeas y una canadiense" [Massi-Tatic sign four Europeans and a Canadian]. EsCiclismo (in Spanish). Comercial Studio SL. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

External links

• Vita Heine at ProCyclingStats
• Vita Heine at Cycling Archives (archived)