Ingvar Ómarsson (born 13 April 1989) is an Icelandic professional racing cyclist. He is a multiple national champion in road cycling, cross country mountain biking, and cyclocross.
He was the first Icelandic native to become a full-time professional cyclist, he was also the first person to finish a mountain biking World Championship race for Iceland. In 2022 he was the first Icelander to finish a major road race championship in the Elite category, at the European Championships in Munchen. He specializes in cross-country mountain biking, and races both olympic cross-country (XCO) and marathon cross-country (XCM).
Ingvar was voted the Icelandic Cyclist of The Year for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021.
Major results Road
2013 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Vesturgatan 1st Nesjavellir Hill Climb 2nd Reykjarnes Tournament 3rd Alvogen Midnight Time Trial 2014 National Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 1st Vesturgatan 2nd Overall Landskeppni 1st Prologue & Stage 2 2nd Krýsuvik Time Trial 2nd Jökulmílan 2015 1st Road race, National Championships 1st Jökulmílan 2017 5th Road race, National Championships 2018 National Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial 1st Reykjarnes Tournament 2nd Tour of Reykjavík 2019 National Road Championships 1st Time trial 2nd Road race 2020 1st Time trial, National Championships 2021 National Championships 1st Road race 2nd Time trial 2022 National Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1st Criterium 2023 National Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial
Mountain bike
2012 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2013 2nd Cross-country, National Championships 2014 1st Cross-country, National Championships 1st Sea Otter Classic XCO 2015 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2016 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 2017 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 2018 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 1st FitnessDK Marathon Slagelse 2019 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 2020 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 2021 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon 2022 National Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Cross-country marathon
Cyclo-cross
2015–2016 1st National Championships 2016–2017 1st National Championships 2017–2018 2nd National Championships 2018–2019 1st National Championships 2021–2022 1st National Championships 2022–2023 1st National Championships
Gravel
2012 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2013 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2014 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2015 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2016 3rd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2018 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge 2019 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge 3rd The Rift 2021 2nd The Rift 2nd Blue Lagoon Challenge 2022 1st Blue Lagoon Challenge 4th The Rift
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