# László Bodrogi

László Bodrogi (born 11 December 1976 in Budapest, Hungary) 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 (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 CC 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. At the time, he was the only Hungarian cyclist to have participated 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
#### 1996

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Hungary
    2nd Chrono des Nations Espoirs

#### 1997

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       3rd Road race
    2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    2nd Chrono des Nations Espoirs
    4th Time trial, European Under-23 Road Championships

#### 1998

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Chrono Champenois
    3rd Time trial, European Under-23 Road Championships
    5th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships

#### 1999

    4th Chrono des Herbiers

#### 2000

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Duo Normand (with Daniele Nardello)
    1st Prologue Tour de Slovénie
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Normandie
    1st Prologue Vuelta a Argentina
    3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    3rd Chrono des Herbiers
    3rd Grand Prix des Nations
    9th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

#### 2001

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo
       1st Stage 5 (ITT)
    1st Overall Giro della Liguria
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stages 3 & 7 (ITT) Tour de l'Avenir
    1st Stage 4 Tour of Sweden
    2nd Chrono des Herbiers
    2nd Grand Prix des Nations
    5th Josef Voegeli Memorial
    5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships

#### 2002

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Eddy Merckx Grand Prix (with Fabian Cancellara)
    1st Prologue Paris–Nice
    2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
    2nd Grand Prix des Nations
    2nd Memorial Fausto Coppi
    3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
       1st Stage 4b (ITT)
    4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    4th Chrono des Herbiers
    4th GP de Fourmies
    6th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne

#### 2003

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Paris–Brussels
    2nd Eddy Merckx Grand Prix
    4th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
    5th Grand Prix des Nations
    6th Chrono des Herbiers

#### 2004

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 3b Three Days of De Panne
    9th Overall Ronde van Nederland

#### 2005

    1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    2nd Tour de Vendée

#### 2006

    National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria

#### 2007

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Road race
    1st Chrono des Herbiers
    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    7th Tour du Doubs
    10th Polynormande

#### 2008

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém

#### 2010

    3rd Time trial, French National Road Championships

#### 2011

    4th Duo Normand
    5th Paris–Tours
    5th Time trial, French National Road Championships
    6th Chrono des Nations
    8th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe

#### 2012

    3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    4th Time trial, French National Road Championships
    5th Chrono des Nations
    7th Classic Loire Atlantique
    10th Overall Paris–Corrèze

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 84 |
| Tour de France | 62 | 108 | — | 119 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | DNF | — | 76 | DNF |
Legend :
| DSQ | Disqualified |
| DNF | Did not finish |