Gorgi Popstefanov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Попстефанов; born 19 July 1987[3]) is a Macedoniann-born American road racing cyclist, who currently rides for club team Cycle Smart–Shiftgear. He is the 2010 and the 2016 Macedonian National Road Race Championships winner.[4] Popstefanov represented Macedonia twice at the UCI Road World Championships, in 2014 and 2015.
 Popstefanov at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gorgi Popstefanov |
| Born | 19 July 1987 |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cycle Smart–Shiftgear |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012–2019 | Metra–Cycles 54 |
| 2023– | Cycle Smart–Shiftgear |
| Professional team | |
| 2020 | EuroCyclingTrips–CMI[1][2] |
Personal life
editBorn in Skopje, Popstefanov immigrated with his family from SR Macedonia to the United States at the age of 2 and has since split much of his time between the two countries. He grew up in Garfield, New Jersey, graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, New Jersey in 2005[5] and received a B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs in 2009, where he was a member of the varsity crew team. As of May 2013, he completed a J.D. in international law at Seton Hall University School of Law.[6]
Major results
edit- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2016
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2018
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
edit- ^ "EuroCyclingTrips - CMI Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "EuroCyclingTrips - CMI Pro Cycling Roster". EuroCyclingTrips–CMI. Equipe CMI. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ CQ
- ^ National Championship, Road, Elite, Macedonia 2010, [1], June 3, 2011
- ^ Gorgi Popstefanov Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, George Washington University. Accessed November 7, 2017. "Hometown: Garfield, NJ; High School: Seton Hall Preparatory"
- ^ Gorgi Popstefanov Public Profile, LinkedIn.com,[2], April 24, 2012
External links
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- Gorgi Popstefanov at UCI
- Gorgi Popstefanov at ProCyclingStats
- Gorgi Popstefanov at Cycling Quotient
