László Bodrogi
 Bodrogi during the time trials at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships |
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| Full name | László Bodrogi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 11, 1976 Budapest, Hungary |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Team Type 1-Sanofi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time-trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995–1996 1997–1998 1999 1999 |
FTC BVSC-Intertraverz KSI Stollwerck-FTC AC Bisontine VC Vaux-en-Velin CCC Étupes Saint-Quentin-Oktos-MBK (stagiaire) |
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| Professional team(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 2003–2004 2005–2008 2009–2010 2011– |
Mapei-Quick Step Quick Step-Davitamon Crédit Agricole Team Katusha Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis |
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| Infobox last updated on 14 January 2012 |
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László Bodrogi (born 11 December 1976 in Budapest, Hungary) is a professional road bicycle racer from Hungary riding for Team Type 1-Sanofi, specializing in the individual time trial.
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[edit] Biography
László was born in 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. His father, László Bodrogi, managed his career from his childhood.
[edit] Early success in Hungary
In the nineties, Hungarian bicycle manufacturer Schwinn-Csepel (successor of Csepel) was his main sponsor. In turn, he was the main athlete of the company. Among other products, he tested and raced the Schwinn-Csepel magnesium alloy road frame. He competed in various Hungarian teams, including FTC (1991), BVSC-Intertraverz (1992), KSI (1993) and Stollwerck-FTC (1994).
[edit] Moving to France
In 1995, after his father got a job as a doctor in France, László settled down in France and started training in the AC Bisontine team. He quit his university studies to devote his life to his sports career. After a fruitful season in 1996, he was invited to VC Lyon (VC Vaux-en-Velin), the youth team of Festina. After Festina was shaken by the doping scandals of the Tour de France, Laszlo got little attention from the team. He moved on to CCC Étupes in 1999.
[edit] Professional career
In 2000, he started his professional cycling career in Mapei-Quick Step and won the bronze in the world championship. In 2007, he scored the best result of the Hungarian cycling history by winning the silver medal in the same discipline after Fabian Cancellara.
He raced in the Tour de France in 2005 and finished in 119th place.[1] To date, he is the only Hungarian cyclist to participate in the Tour.
After gaining French citizenship in 2008, he rides for France now. Consequently, he resigned from participating in the Hungarian championship. Between 1997 and 2008, he won the national road champion title three and the individual time trial champion title ten times.
He suffered a leg injury at the Tour of Germany in 2008, resulting in a 8-month recovery period.[2] After Credit Agricole ceased sponsoring its cycling team, László joined the Katusha team. In 2010, he started preparing for the world championship, although the riders are not qualified yet.
He lives with his family in Ney. He is married to a French woman, Catherine, and has two children.
[edit] Major wins
- 2000
- 3rd (Bronze), UCI Road World Championship Time Trial
- Duo Normand (with Daniele Nardello)
- 2002
- 1st,
Hungary national TT championship - 1st, Stage 4b, Danmark Rundt
- 1st, Eddy Merckx Grand Prix
- 1st, Prologue, Paris–Nice
- 2nd, Grand Prix des Nations
- 2nd, Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 2nd, Memorial Fausto Coppi
- 3rd, Overall, Danmark Rundt
- 2003
- 1st, Hungary national road championship
- 2nd, Paris–Brussels
- 2nd, Eddy Merckx Grand Prix
- 2004
- 1st, Hungary national road championship
- 1st, Stage 3b, Three Days of De Panne
- 2005
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd, Tour de Vendée
- 2006
- 1st, Stage 6, Tour of Austria (Österreich Rundfahrt)
- 1st, Hungary national road championship
- 1st, Hungary national TT championship
- 2007
- 1st, Hungary national TT championship
- 1st, Chrono des Herbiers
- 2nd (Silver), UCI Road World Championship Time Trial
- 2008
- Hungary National Time Trial Champion
- 2010
- 3rd, National Championship, TT, France
- 2011
- 5th, Paris-Tours
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- His former home page in archive.org
- Official profile – Katusha Team
- Profile – Katusha Team Blog
- Profile at Crédit Agricole official website (dead link)
- Profile – Cyclingnews.com
- Results – Cyclingarchives.com
- László Bodrogi at Trap-Friis.dk
