Gorgi Popstefanov

Gorgi Popstefanov

File:Gorgi Popstefanov.jpg Gorgi at UCI World Championships, Ponferrada 2014
Personal information
Full name	Gorgi Popstefanov
Born	(1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 Republic of Macedonia
Team information
Current team	Metra/Cycles 54 Cycling Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
Energi Cycling Macedonia
Professional team(s)
Equipe CMI
Infobox last updated on 24 April 2012

Gorgi Popstefanov (born 19 July 1987) is a Macedonian road racing cyclist and the 2010 Macedonian Men's Elite Road Race Champion.

Personal life

Gorgi immigrated with his family from Macedonia to the United States at the age of 2 and has since split much of his time between the two countries. He graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, NJ in 2005 and received a B.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University in 2009, where he was a member of the varsity crew team. He was the first Policy and Diplomacy Fellow at United Macedonian Diaspora from 2008 to 2009, and served as a Foreign Affairs Assistant within the Cabinet of the President of Macedonia in 2010. As of May 2013 he completed a J.D. in International Law at Seton Hall University School of Law.

Cycling career

2014: Metra/Cycles 54, Macedonia National Team

• 1st, 2nd, & 2nd on stages of Route 29 TT Series (2nd overall)

• 1st NJBA Garden State Cup (Team Standings)

• 2nd Augusta Criterium (27/5/14)

• 3rd NJBA Team Challenge

Notable races:

• World Championship Men's Elite ITT Ponferrada, Spain

• Bucks County Classic (UCI 1.2 USA)

• Winston-Salem Classic (UCI 1.2 USA)

2013: Metra/Cycles 54, Equipe CMI

• 1st BBP Ronde Von Elwood

• 1st, 2nd, & 2nd on stages of Augusta Criterium Series

• 1st NJBA Garden State Cup (Team Standings)

• 2nd Central Park Circuit (3/3/13)

• 3rd Palisades Interstate Park TT

• 3rd Long Meadow TT

• 4th New York Spring Series (Individual Standings)

Notable race:

• Tour de Szeklerland (UCI 2.2 Romania)

2012: Metra/Cycles 54

• 2nd Augusta Criterium (5/6/12)

• 2nd NJBA Garden State Cup (Team Standings)

• 2nd NJBA State TTT Championship

• 3rd Greenbelt Criterium (11/7/12)

• 6th NJBA Garden State Cup (Individual Standings)

2011: Macedonian National Team, Energi Cycling Macedonia

• 3rd, 6th, & 6th on stages of Tour de Albania

Notable race:

• Tour de Serbia (UCI 2.2 Serbia)

2010: Energi Cycling Macedonia

• 1st Macedonian National Championship Elite Road Race