Denis Rugovac

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Denis Rugovac
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Rugovac in 2018
Personal information
Born (1993-04-03) 3 April 1993 (age 32)
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamTJ Favorit Brno
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2018Favorit Racing
2021–2022 Team Dukla Praha
2023 AC Sparta Praha
2024–TJ Favorit Brno
Professional teams
2012–2015 ASC Dukla Praha
2016 AC Sparta Praha
2019 Tufo–Pardus Prostějov
2020 AC Sparta Praha [1]

Denis Rugovac (born 3 April 1993) is a Czech road and track cyclist, who currently rides for club team TJ Favorit Brno. [2] He competed at the 2018 and 2020 UEC European Track Championships.

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Rugovac qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, just months after a life threatening crash during a race. He competed in the Madison with Jan Voneš, where they finished in 7th place.

Major results

Track

2011
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Madison, National Junior ack Championships (with Jan Kraus)
2013
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, European Under-23 Championships
2014
National Championships
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Team pursuit (with Jan Kraus, Nicolas Pietrula & Michael Kohout)
2nd Points race
2016
2nd Madison, National Championships
2017
National Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Points race
3rd Individual pursuit
2018
National Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Scratch
2019
3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
2020
2nd Madison, National Championships
2021
National Championships
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Individual pursuit
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Madison (with Jan Voneš)
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Points race
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Omnium
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Team pursuit
2022
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Madison (with Jan Voneš), National Championships
2023
1st MaillotRepublicaCheca.PNG Madison (with Jan Voneš), National Championships
2024
7th Madison (with Jan Voneš), Summer Olympics

Road

2009
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Road race, European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
2013
4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2019
10th V4 Special Series Debrecen–Ibrany
2020
9th GP Slovakia

References

  1. "AC Sparta Praha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. "Denis Rugovac". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.