Lithuanian road bicycle racer

Ignatas Konovalovas (born 8 December 1985) is a Lithuanian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ. Konovalovas has won the Lithuanian National Time Trial Championships seven times, in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016, and 2017.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Professional career
• 3 Major results
  • 3.1 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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.

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 Movistar Team at the end of the 2012 season and joined the MTN–Qhubeka squad for the 2013 season. 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.

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.

Major results

20033rd Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships20053rd Time trial, National Road Championships2006National Road Championships1st Time trial2nd Road race1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard1st Points cl*ification1st Stage 12nd Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships2007UEC European Under-23 Road Championships2nd Road race4th Time trialNational Road Championships2nd Road race2nd Time trial5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard1st Stage 320081st Time trial, National Road Championships4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg1st Stage 220091st Time trial, National Road Championships1st Giro del Mendrisiotto1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia7th Overall Danmark Rundt8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships20101st Time trial, National Road Championships9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes20122nd Time trial, National Road Championships2013National Road Championships1st Time trial2nd Road race2014National Road Championships2nd Time trial3rd Road race20151st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk1st Mountains cl*ification Tour du Haut Var2nd Velothon Wales3rd Time trial, National Road Championships3rd Overall Circuit des Ardennes1st Stage 3 (TTT)5th Cl*ic Sud-Ardèche5th Cholet-Pays de Loire10th Tour du Finistère20161st Time trial, National Road Championships1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne2017National Road Championships1st Road race1st Time trial4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk1st Stage 520182nd Tour du Doubs20211st Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

External links

• Ignatas Konovalovas at ProCyclingStats
• Ignatas Konovalovas at Cycling Archives