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]
 Ingvar Ómarsson (2021) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ingvar Ómarsson |
| Born | 13 April 1989 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| 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 edit
Road 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 Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 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 Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Reykjarnes Tournament
- 2nd Tour of Reykjavík
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 2020
- 1st Time trial, National Championships
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2022
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Criterium
- 1st
- 2023
- National Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
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
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 2017
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 2018
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 1st FitnessDK Marathon Slagelse
- 2019
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 2020
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
- 2022
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Cross-country marathon
- 1st
Cyclo-cross edit
- 2015–2016
- 1st National Championships
- 2016–2017
- 1st National Championships
- 2017–2018
- 2nd National Championships
- 2018–2019
- 1st National Championships
- 2021–2022
- 1st National Championships
- 2022–2023
- 1st National Championships
Gravel 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 edit
External links edit
- Ingvar Ómarsson at Cycling Archives
- Ingvar Ómarsson at ProCyclingStats
- Ingvar Ómarsson at Cycling Quotient
- Ingvar Ómarsson at MTB Data
