Ingvar Ómarsson (born 13 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional racing cyclist.[1] He is a multiple national champion in road cycling, cross country mountain biking, and cyclocross.[2]
Personal information | |
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Full name | Ingvar Ómarsson |
Born | Reykjavík, Iceland | 13 April 1989
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team |
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Discipline |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2011–2014 | Kria Racing |
2018– | Breiðablik |
Professional teams | |
2015–2018 | Novator–Kria |
2019– | Novator–Örninn |
Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
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He was the first Icelandic native to become a full-time professional cyclist, he was also the first person to finish a mountain biking World Championship race for Iceland. In 2022 he was the first Icelander to finish a major road race championship in the Elite category, at the European Championships in Munchen. He specializes in cross-country mountain biking, and races both olympic cross-country (XCO) and marathon cross-country (XCM).
Ingvar was voted the Icelandic Cyclist of The Year for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021.
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Vesturgatan
- 1st Nesjavellir Hill Climb
- 2nd Reykjarnes Tournament
- 3rd Alvogen Midnight Time Trial
- 2014
- National Championships
- 1st Vesturgatan
- 2nd Overall Landskeppni
- 1st Prologue & Stage 2
- 2nd Krýsuvik Time Trial
- 2nd Jökulmílan
- 2015
- 1st Road race, National Championships
- 1st Jökulmílan
- 2017
- 5th Road race, National Championships
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Reykjarnes Tournament
- 2nd Tour of Reykjavík
- 2019
- National Road Championships
Mountain bike
edit- 2012
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2014
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Sea Otter Classic XCO
- 2015
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 2016
- National Championships
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st FitnessDK Marathon Slagelse
- 2019
- National Championships
Cyclo-cross
editGravel
edit- 2012
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2013
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2014
- 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2015
- 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2016
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2018
- 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2019
- 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 3rd The Rift
- 2021
- 2nd The Rift
- 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2022
- 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 4th The Rift
References
editExternal links
edit- Ingvar Ómarsson at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ingvar Ómarsson at ProCyclingStats
- Ingvar Ómarsson at Cycling Quotient
- Ingvar Ómarsson at MTB Data