Gediminas Bagdonas (born 26 December 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist,[3] who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Klaipeda–Splendid, Ulan, Team Piemonte, An Post–Sean Kelly and AG2R La Mondiale teams. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[4] Following his retirement, Bagdonas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Kaunas Cycling Team.
 Bagdonas during the time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gediminas Bagdonas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bagdo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 December 1985 Mantviliškis, Lithuanian SSR (now Lithuania) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Kaunas Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2006 | Team Klaipeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Klaipeda Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007 | Klaipeda–Splendid Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Ulan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Team Piemonte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | An Post–Sean Kelly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Ag2r–La Mondiale[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022– | Kaunas Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Since 2023 Bagdonas is one of the coaches of Lithuanian national track team.[5]
Major results
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- 2003
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UEC European Junior Track Championships - 2004
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2005
- 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Young rider classification
- 7th La Côte Picarde
- 2006
- UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
- 2nd
Individual pursuit - 3rd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Triptyque des Barrages
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 5th E.O.S. Tallinn GP
- 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 7th Beverbeek Classic
- 7th Schaal Sels
- 2008
- 5th Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 6th Tartu GP
- 8th Overall Five Rings of Moscow
- 2009
- 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali - 8th Grand Prix Criquielion
- 2010
- 4th Tartu GP
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall An Post Rás
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Britain
- 7th Overall Baltic Chain Tour
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Overall Baltic Chain Tour
- 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
- 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 2nd Rund um Köln
- 2nd Omloop der Kempen
- 3rd Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
- 3rd Omloop van het Waasland
- 5th Zellik–Galmaarden
- 7th Handzame Classic
- 8th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 9th Overall An Post Rás
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 3 & 8
- 1st
- 2013
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2014
- 1st Sprints classification Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Paris–Bourges
- 10th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2016
- 6th Grand Prix de la Somme
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 8th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2018
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 5th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 5th Le Samyn
- 6th Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Time trial, European Games
- 2020
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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| Tour de France
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 Vuelta a España
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154 | 134 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ Stokes, Shane (20 October 2012). "Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale's WorldTour prospects". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Official presentation of the 2019 AG2R La Mondiale pro cycling team". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ Torrego, José María (19 December 2019). "Romain Bardet volverá a liderar el AG2R La Mondiale 2020" [Romain Bardet will lead AG2R La Mondiale again in 2020]. La Guía del Ciclismo (in Spanish). Charaxes Jasius SL. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "„EuroTrack 2023" pirmoji diena: svari persekiojimo lenktynių komandos paraiška". Lithuanian Cycling Federation. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Gediminas Bagdonas". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
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Media related to Gediminas Bagdonas at Wikimedia Commons
- Gediminas Bagdonas at UCI
- Gediminas Bagdonas at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Gediminas Bagdonas at ProCyclingStats
- Gediminas Bagdonas at Cycling Quotient
- Gediminas Bagdonas at CycleBase
