| Ignatas Konovalovas | |
| Fullname: | Ignatas Konovalovas |
| Birth Date: | 1985 12, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania) |
| Height: | 190cm (80inches) |
| Weight: | 74kg (163lb) |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Rouleur |
| Amateuryears1: | 2006–2007 |
| Amateuryears2: | 2007 |
| Amateurteam2: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 2008 |
| Proyears2: | 2009–2010 |
| Proyears3: | 2011–2012 |
| Proyears4: | 2013–2014 |
| Proyears5: | 2015 |
| Proyears6: | 2016– |
| Proteam6: | [1] [2] |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours
1 individual stage (2009)Stage races Four Days of Dunkirk (2015)One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships National Road Race Championships |
Ignatas Konovalovas (born 8 December 1985) is a Lithuanian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[3] 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 at the end of the 2012 season and joined the squad for the 2013 season.[5] After spending 2015 riding for in August 2015 it was announced that Konovalovas would rejoin the UCI World Tour ranks by joining 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | 90 | 106 | 102 | — | — | — | — | 134 | — | — | DNF | 124 | — | 115 | 105 | |
| Tour de France | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | ||
| / Vuelta a España | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete | |
|---|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |