Gorgi Popstefanov

Macedonian road racing cyclist

Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now North Macedonia)

Team informationCurrent teamEuroCyclingTrips Pro CyclingDisciplineRoadRoleRiderAmateur team2012–2019Metra–Cycles 54 Professional team2020–EuroCyclingTrips–CMI^[1]

Gorgi Popstefanov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Попстефанов; born 19 July 1987^[2]) is a Macedonian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team EuroCyclingTrips Pro Cycling.^[3] 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.

Personal life

Born 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

2010: 1st Road race, National Road Championships
2016: 1st Road race, National Road Championships
2018: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

References

^ "EuroCyclingTrips - CMI Pro Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ CQ
^ "EuroCyclingTrips - CMI Pro Cycling Roster". EuroCyclingTrips–CMI. Equipe CMI. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ 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