László Bodrogi

László Bodrogi

Bodrogi during the time trials at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Full name	László Bodrogi
Born	(1976-12-11) December 11, 1976 Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Novo Nordisk
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist
Amateur team(s)
1991	FTC
1992	BVSC-Intertraverz
1993	KSI
1994	Stollwerck-FTC
1995–1996	AC Bisontine
1997–1998	VC Vaux-en-Velin
1999	CCC Étupes
1999	Saint-Quentin-Oktos-MBK (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2000–2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2004	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2005–2008	Crédit Agricole
2009–2010	Team Katusha
2011–2012	Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis
Major wins
National Road Race Champion (2003, 2004, 2006) National Time-Trial Champion (2002, 2006, 2007, 2008) Tour of Austria (2006) Tour de Luxembourg (2005) GP Eddy Merckx (2002)
Medal record Competitor for  Hungary Road bicycle racing World Championships 2000 Plouay Elite Men's Time Trial 2007 Stuttgart Elite Men's Time Trial
Infobox last updated on 24 August 2012

László Bodrogi (born 11 December 1976 in Budapest, Hungary) is a French former professional road bicycle racer from Hungary, specializing in the individual time trial.

Biography

László was born in 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. His father, László Bodrogi, managed his career from his childhood.

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).

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.

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 an 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.

Major wins

References

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. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)