László Bodrogi


László Bodrogi is a former Hungarian and French professional road bicycle racer, 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 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, BVSC-Intertraverz, KSI and Stollwerck-FTC.

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, 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 CC Étupes in 1999.

Professional career

In 2000, he started his professional cycling career in 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. 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. 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.

Career achievements

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour200220032004200520062007
Giro d'Italia—————84
Tour de France62198—119——
Vuelta a España——DNF—76DNF

DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish