Ingvar Ómarsson
Appearance
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 | Novator–Örninn |
Discipline |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2011–2014 | Kria Racing |
Professional teams | |
2015–2018 | Novator–Kria |
2019– | Novator-Örninn |
Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
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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]
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
- 2012
- 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 4th Þingvellir – Grimsnes
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Vesturgatan
- 2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 2nd Reykjarnes Tournament
- 3rd Alvogen Midnight Time Trial
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2014
- 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Sea Otter Classic XCO
- 1st WOW Cyclothon 4-man team
- 1st Vesturgatan
- 2nd Overall Landskeppni
- 2nd Krýsuvik Time Trial
- 2nd Jökulmílan
- 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2015
- 1st Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Jökulmílan
- 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2016
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Open Haagsen Kampioenschappen
- 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 5th Kronborg UCI CX
- 2017
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- 1st WOW Cyclothon 10-man team
- 2nd National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Skaidi Xtreme
- 8th Flammen Liga Geels
- 9th Flammen Liga Rude
- 2018
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st FitnessDK Marathon Slagelse
- 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 2nd Tour of Reykjavík
- 4th Shimano Liga Mors
- 5th Skaidi Xtreme
- 2019
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge
- 3rd The Rift
- 6th Skaidi Xtreme
- 2020
- National Mountain Bike Championships
- National Road Championships
References
External links
- Ingvar Ómarsson at ProCyclingStats
- Ingvar Ómarsson at Cycling Archives (archive)