Ignatas Konovalovas
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Early life
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.[1]
Professional career
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 Template:Cycling data MOV at the end of the 2012 season and joined the Template:Cycling data MTN squad for the 2013 season.[2] After spending 2015 riding for Template:Cycling data LPM in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining Template:Cycling data FDJ in 2016.[3][4]
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.[5]
Major results
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- 2003
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 2005
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2006
- National Road Championships
- 1st File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche
- 3rd File:Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 2007
- UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd File:Silver medal europe.svg Road race
- 4th Time trial
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 3
- 2008
- 1st File:MaillotLituania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 1st File:MaillotLituania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2010
- 1st File:MaillotLituania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2015
- 1st File:Jersey pink.svg Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st File:Jersey red.svg Mountains classification Tour du Haut Var
- 2nd Velothon Wales
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 5th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 10th Tour du Finistère
- 2016
- 1st File:MaillotLituania.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 5
- 2018
- 2nd Tour du Doubs
- 2021
- 1st File:MaillotLituania.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A pink jersey Giro d'Italia | 90 | 106 | 102 | — | — | — | — | 134 | — | — | DNF | 124 | — | 115 | 105 |
| A yellow jersey Tour de France | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | |
| A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
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- Lithuanian male cyclists
- 21st-century Lithuanian sportsmen
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Lithuania
- Cyclists from Panevėžys
- Lithuanian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Lithuanian people of Russian descent
- European Games competitors for Lithuania
- Cyclists at the 2015 European Games