Konovalovas at the 2011 Tour de Romandie | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Ignatas Konovalovas |
Born | Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania) | 8 December 1985
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Rider type | Rouleur |
Amateur teams | |
2006–2007 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille |
2007 | Crédit Agricole (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2008 | Crédit Agricole |
2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
2011–2012 | Movistar Team |
2013–2014 | MTN–Qhubeka |
2015 | Team Marseille 13 KTM |
2016–2024 | FDJ [1] [2] [3] |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Ignatas Konovalovas (born 8 December 1985) is a Lithuanian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2024. Konovalovas has won the Lithuanian National Time Trial Championships seven times, in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2017.
Konovalovas was born in Panevėžys, the son of Laima Zilporytė, an Olympian cyclist, and Valerijus Konovalovas, a cycling coach. He has a sister, Irma, who is eight years younger. [4]
Konovalovas finished third in the European Junior Team Pursuit Championships in 2003, third in the European Under-23 Team Pursuit Championships in 2007, and second in the European Under-23 Road Race Championships in 2007. In 2009, Konovalovas won the final time trial of the Giro d'Italia.
Konovalovas left the Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season and joined the MTN–Qhubeka squad for the 2013 season. [5] After spending 2015 riding for Team Marseille 13 KTM in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining FDJ in 2016. [6] [7]
In June 2021, Konovalovas was forced to abandon the 2021 Tour de France, after being involved in a crash on the opening stage and being knocked unconscious. [8]
Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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![]() | 90 | 106 | 102 | — | — | — | — | 134 | — | — | DNF | 124 | — | 115 | 105 |
![]() | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
![]() ![]() | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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