Career
He recently rode for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha, as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a time trial specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory. On the road, Ignatiev came to prominence with his ability in the individual time trial.
Ignatiev signed his first professional contract in 2006, when he started riding for the Tinkoff Restaurants cycling team
This team competed mainly in Russia, but Ignatiev made a big impact during a series of Spanish races in the middle part of the season. When Tinkoff Cr Systems was established from Tinkoff Restaurants in 2007, Ignatiev moved to Marina di Massa, Italy.
Early in the 2007 cycling season, Ignatiev made a name for himself by winning a stage of the Tour Méditerranéen and the Trofeo Laigueglia with successful late attacks. In the 2009 cycling season he moved to UCI World Tour Team Katusha, a newly formed Russian cycling team, sponsored by Itera, Gazprom and Rostechnologies.