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Full name | Ramūnas Navardauskas | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Honey Badger | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36)
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Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | EF Education–Nippo Development Team | ||||||||||||||
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Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Klaipeda–Splendid | ||||||||||||||
2008 | Ulan | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Team Piemonte | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Vélo-Club La Pomme Marseille | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2011–2016 | Garmin–Cervélo | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Bahrain–Merida | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Delko–Marseille Provence | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Voltas Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Managerial team | |||||||||||||||
2023– | EF Education–Nippo Development Team | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Ramūnas Navardauskas (born 30 January 1988) is a Lithuanian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2022 for Cannondale–Drapac, Bahrain–Merida, Nippo–Delko–One Provence and the Voltas Cycling Team. Following his retirement as a rider, Navardauskas now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team.
Career
After four years in the amateur ranks, Navardauskas turned professional with Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.
During the 2012 Giro d'Italia, Navardauskas finished sixth in the opening individual time trial; twenty-two seconds shy of American Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team). In stage four's team time trial, Garmin–Barracuda were victorious, and Navardauskas took the race lead. He became the first Lithuanian to wear the pink jersey. However, Navardauskas lost the jersey to Italian Adriano Malori (Lampre–ISD) on stage six. In April 2015, Navardauskas won the Circuit de la Sarthe by a single second over Manuele Boaro, winning the race for the second consecutive year.
In September 2017 Navardauskas had a successful heart surgery for a cardiac arrhythmia.
Personal life
Born in Šilalė, Navardauskas previously resided in Oliva, Valencian Community, Spain. In September 2017, he married fellow Lithuanian cyclist Gabrielė Jankutė, and the couple have a son, born in 2020.
Major results
Source:
- 2005
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2006
- 6th Time trial, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2007
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 7th Tartu GP
- 9th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 2008
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Tallinn–Tartu GP
- 5th Mayor Cup
- 9th Riga Grand Prix
- 10th Overall Szlakiem Walk Majora Hubala
- 2009
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2010
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Stage 2
- 7th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
- 3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 7th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 8th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2013
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 19 Tour de France
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 4th Overall Tour of Alberta
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd GP Ouest-France
- 4th Overall Bayern Rundfahrt
- 2016
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Trofeo Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 8th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 2017
- 7th Overall Vuelta a San Juan
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 2018
- 1st Overall Tour of Black Sea
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Baltic Chain Tour
- 3rd Overall Tour of Cappadocia
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2020
- 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | 137 | 87 | — | — | 122 |
Tour de France | 157 | — | 120 | 141 | 143 | 134 |
Vuelta a España | Has not contested during his career |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (9 May 2012). "Ramunas "Honey Badger" Navardauskas gobbles up the Giro lead". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- O Brien, Colin (25 May 2016). "Ramūnas Navardauskas: Big in the Baltics". Rouleur. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- "Garmin-Sharp (GRS) – USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Ramūnas Navardauskas". Garmin–Sharp. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- Ballue, Quentin (10 December 2018). "Route - Delko Marseille avec 19 coureurs la saison prochaine" [Road - Delko Marseille with 19 riders next season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- "Navardauskas hangs up his wheels". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- "Ramūnas NAVARDAUSKAS". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- "Istrian Spring Trophies". EF Education–Nippo Development Team. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
For DS Ramūnas Navardauskas the focus would be on building team communication and cooperation.
- Gregor Brown (10 May 2012). "Unassuming Navardauskas proves himself with Giro's pink jersey". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- "Giro d'Italia 2012: Ramunas Navardauskas takes leader's pink jersey". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
- Jean-François Quénet (10 April 2015). "Navardauskas wins Circuit Sarthe overall". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- "Successful heart surgery for Navardauskas". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- "Olimpietis Ramūnas Navardauskas su žmona Gabriele susilaukė sūnaus" [Olympian Ramūnas Navardauskas and his wife Gabriele had a son]. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 8 June 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- "Ramunas Navardauskas". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
- Ramūnas Navardauskas at UCI
- Ramūnas Navardauskas at ProCyclingStats
- Ramūnas Navardauskas at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Ramūnas Navardauskas at CQ Ranking
- Cycling Base: Ramūnas Navardauskas
- Cannondale-Garmin: Ramūnas Navardauskas
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Preceded byJevgenij Shuklin | Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year 2015 |
Succeeded byAurimas Didžbalis |
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Lithuania
- Lithuanian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
- People from Šilalė
- 2014 Tour de France stage winners
- European Games competitors for Lithuania
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games