Denis Rugovac (born 3 April 1993) is a Czech road and track cyclist, who currently rides for club team TJ Favorit Brno.[2] He competed at the 2018 and 2020 UEC European Track Championships.
 Rugovac in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1993 Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | TJ Favorit Brno |
| Discipline |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2018 | Favorit Racing |
| 2021–2022 | Team Dukla Praha |
| 2023 | AC Sparta Praha |
| 2024– | TJ Favorit Brno |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2015 | ASC Dukla Praha |
| 2016 | AC Sparta Praha |
| 2019 | Tufo–Pardus Prostějov |
| 2020 | AC Sparta Praha[1] |
Rugovac qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, just months after a life threatening crash during a race. He competed in the Madison with Jan Voneš, where they finished in 7th place.
Major results
editTrack
edit- 2011
- 1st
Madison, National Junior ack Championships (with Jan Kraus) - 2013
- 3rd
Team pursuit, European Under-23 Championships - 2014
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit (with Jan Kraus, Nicolas Pietrula & Michael Kohout)
- 2nd Points race
- 1st
- 2016
- 2nd Madison, National Championships
- 2017
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2018
- National Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2019
- 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
- 2020
- 2nd Madison, National Championships
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Jan Voneš)
- 1st Points race
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2022
- 1st Madison (with Jan Voneš), National Championships
- 2023
- 1st Madison (with Jan Voneš), National Championships
- 2024
- 7th Madison (with Jan Voneš), Summer Olymics
Road
edit- 2009
- 3rd Road race, European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
- 2013
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2019
- 10th V4 Special Series Debrecen–Ibrany
- 2020
- 9th GP Slovakia
References
edit- ^ "AC Sparta Praha". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Denis Rugovac". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
External links
edit- Denis Rugovac at UCI
- Denis Rugovac at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Denis Rugovac at ProCyclingStats
- Denis Rugovac at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
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