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.
Early life
Konovalovas was born in PanevÃÂÃ
¾ys, the son of Laima ZilporytÃÂ, 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 at the end of the 2012 season and joined the squad for the 2013 season. After spending 2015 riding for in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining 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
2003
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships
2005
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2006
National Road Championships
:1st Time trial
:2nd Road race
1st Overall Ronde de l'Isard
:1st Points classification
:1st Stage 1
2nd Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
2007
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
:2nd 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
:1st Stage 2
2009
1st 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2012
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2013
National Road Championships
:1st Time trial
:2nd Road race
2014
National Road Championships
:2nd Time trial
:3rd Road race
2015
1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st 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 Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne
2017
National Road Championships
:1st Road race
:1st Time trial
4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
:1st Stage 5
2018
2nd Tour du Doubs
2021
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2022
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
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