Ignatas Konovalovas

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Ignatas Konovalovas

| image = Ignatas Konovalovas IMG 1239.JPG

| caption = Konovalovas at the 2011 Tour de Romandie

| fullname = Ignatas Konovalovas

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|12|8}}

| birth_place = Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR
(now Lithuania)

| height = {{convert|190|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Rouleur

| amateuryears1 = 2006–2007

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|LPM|2006}}

| amateuryears2 = 2007

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2007}} (stagiaire)

| proyears1 = 2008

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}

| proyears2 = 2009–2010

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|CTT|2009}}

| proyears3 = 2011–2012

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|GCE|2011}}

| proyears4 = 2013–2014

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|MTN|2013}}

| proyears5 = 2015

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|LPM|2015}}

| proyears6 = 2016–2024

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/groupama-fdj-confirm-28-riders-for-2019/|title=Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=15 November 2018|access-date=3 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|title=Groupama - FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031051/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|archive-date=2 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|title=Groupama - FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101153609/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Giro d'Italia

::1 individual stage (2009)

Stage races

:Four Days of Dunkirk (2015)

One-day races and Classics

:National Time Trial Championships
(2006, 2008–2010, 2013, 2016–2017)

:National Road Race Championships
(2017, 2021)

}}

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 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.sekunde.lt/panbalsas/gyvenimas-ant-dviracio-ratu/|title=Gyvenimas ant dviračio ratų|publisher=sekunde.lt|access-date=2 November 2014}}

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 {{UCI team code|MOV|2012}} at the end of the 2012 season and joined the {{UCI team code|MTN|2013}} squad for the 2013 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12836/Giro-dItalia-stage-winner-Konovalovas-signs-for-growing-MTN-Qhubeka-team.aspx|title=Giro d'Italia stage winner Konovalovas signs for growing MTN Qhubeka team|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=10 September 2012|access-date=24 September 2012|first=Shane|last=Stokes}} After spending 2015 riding for {{UCI team code|LPM|2015}} in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining {{UCI team code|FDJ|2016}} in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-cult-energy-to-make-definite-announcement-on-future-on-thursday/ |title=News shorts: Cult Energy to make definite announcement on future on Thursday|date=19 August 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=22 August 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Ignatas-konovalovas-chez-fdj/583238|title = Ignatas Konovalovas chez FDJ}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.velonews.com/events/tour-de-france/lemoine-soler-froome-among-many-seriously-injured-in-two-tour-stage-1-crashes/ |title=Lemoine, Soler, Konovalovas among many seriously injured in two Tour stage 1 crashes |work=Vel News |date=26 June 2021 |access-date=27 June 2021}}

Major results

;2003

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships

;2005

: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

;2006

: National Road Championships

::1st 20px Time trial

::2nd Road race

: 1st 20px Overall Ronde de l'Isard

::1st Points classification

::1st Stage 1

: 2nd Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

;2007

: UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

::2nd 15px 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 20px Time trial, National Road Championships

: 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

::1st Stage 2

;2009

: 1st 20px 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 20px Time trial, National Road Championships

: 9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

;2012

: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

;2013

: National Road Championships

::1st 20px Time trial

::2nd Road race

;2014

: National Road Championships

::2nd Time trial

::3rd Road race

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

: 1st 20px 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 20px Time trial, National Road Championships

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) La Méditerranéenne

;2017

: National Road Championships

::1st 20px Road race

::1st 20px Time trial

: 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

::1st Stage 5

;2018

: 2nd Tour du Doubs

;2021

: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships

;2022

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \| — \| 127 \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| — \| — \| — \| DNF \| — \|
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