Joaquim Rodríguez
 |
|||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | El Purito | ||||||||||||
| Born | May 12, 1979 Barcelona, Spain[1] |
||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||
| Current team | Team Katusha | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics Specialist / Climber | ||||||||||||
| Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 2004–2005 2006–2009 2010– |
ONCE-Eroski Saunier Duval-Prodir Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Team Katusha |
||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||
| Infobox last updated on February 15, 2012 |
|||||||||||||
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (born May 12, 1979 in Parets del Vallès) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team Team Katusha.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Personal life and early career
Rodríguez was born in Barcelona, the son of an amateur rider in the 1960s, and later lived in Parets del Vallès. Some years later he moved to the Basque country to ride for Iberdrola, an amateur team associated to the professional cycling team ONCE-Eroski.[3][1]
His nickname in the professional peloton is Purito, Spanish for little cigar, a name he was given in an early season training camp during his first year as a professional with ONCE-Eroski. When some of his teammates stepped up the pace in a small climb, he passed them making a hand gesture appearing to be smoking a cigar, suggesting he was climbing without much effort. The gesture was not welcomed by his teammates, who made him smoke a real cigar as a hazing ritual later in the evening.[4][5][6]
[edit] Professional career
[edit] ONCE (2000–2003)
In 2001 he turned professional with ONCE-Eroski after riding for the team in late 2000 as a stagiaire. In 2001, during his first season as a professional, he won the Escalada a Montjuïc, a race held in Barcelona.[7] In 2003 he won the sixth stage of the Paris–Nice,[8] while he also won team time trials with ONCE-Eroski at the Volta a Catalunya and Vuelta a España.
[edit] Saunier Duval-Prodir (2004-2005)
In 2004 he joined Saunier Duval-Prodir and won the Setmana Catalana, a stage race held in Catalonia. The following year he won Subida a Urkiola and the Mountains classification of the Vuelta a España, while he finished second in the Clásica de San Sebastián and the Vuelta a Burgos.[9]
[edit] Caisse d'Epargne (2006-2009)
After joining Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in 2006, he won the fifth stage of the Paris–Nice. In 2007 he became the Spanish road race champion and also won the Klasika Primavera and Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia. In 2008 he won a stage to Montelupone at the Tirreno–Adriatico and finished eight at the Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Later in the season he finished sixth in the Vuelta a España. In 2009 he repeated his stage victory at Montelupone, in the Tirreno–Adriatico, while he ended second in the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The second half of the season was marked by a victory a stage win at the Vuelta a Burgos, a seventh place in the overall classification of the Vuelta a España and a bronze medal in the World Championships road race in Mendrisio.[10]
[edit] Katusha (2010-)
In 2010 he joined the Russian team Team Katusha, which guaranteed him a position at the Tour de France and a leading role in certain races throughout the season.[10] Early in the season Rodríguez won the Volta a Catalunya, the UCI ProTour race held around Catalonia, and later won the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain and a stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, where he eventually finished third. He also ended second behind Cadel Evans in the Flèche Wallonne. At the Tour de France he won the stage to Mende, which featured an uphill finish to the Côte de la Croix Neuve, with the finish line at the runway of the Mende Aerodrome.[11] Rodríguez finished eight at the Tour de France. He continued his strong performance during the season with a fifth place at the Clásica de San Sebastián and a fourth place at the overall classification of the Vuelta a España, winning the stage to Peña Cabarga.[12] Rodríguez topped the UCI World Ranking at the end of the season.[13]
In 2011 he won a stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco and finished second behind Philippe Gilbert at both the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne. He later finished fifth at the Giro d'Italia and won the stages to Le Collet d’Allevard and La Toussuire in the Critérium du Dauphiné, where he won the points and mountains classifications and finished fifth overall. He skipped the Tour de France to concentrate on the races at the end of the season, mainly the Vuelta a España, where he was considered a possible candidate for winning the race.[14] He started the second half of the season by finishing fourth at the Clásica de San Sebastián and winning the overall classification and a stage at the Vuelta a Burgos. He started the Vuelta with stage victories at Valdepeñas de Jaén and San Lorenzo de El Escorial, where he captured the leader's jersey, but soon faded and eventually finished the race nineteenth overall.[15] He ended the season with a third place at the Giro di Lombardia.
[edit] Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st Escalada a Montjuïc
- 3rd Subida a Urkiola
- 2003
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 6 Paris–Nice
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme - 2005
- 1st
Mountains Classification Vuelta a España - 1st Subida a Urkiola
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2006
- 1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
- 1st Escalada a Montjuïc
- 2007
- 1st
National Road Race Champion - 1st Klasika Primavera
- 1st GP Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2008
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd
UCI Road World Championships - 7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Volta a Catalunya - 1st GP Miguel Indurain
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 14
- 5th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 12
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Points Competition
- 1st
King of the Mountains Competition
- 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Giro di Lombardia
[edit] Results in the Grand Tours and World Championship
| Race | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia  |
80th | – | – | – | 80th | – | – | 17th | WD | – | 5th |
Tour de France  |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – |
Vuelta a España  |
– | – | – | – | 37th | 17th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | 19th |
UCI Road World Championships  |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | – |
[edit] References
- General
- Joaquim Rodríguez profile at Cycling Archives
- Specific
- ^ a b "Biografía (Spanish)". KEC Pro Sport SL. http://kecprosport.com/purito/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=414&Itemid=174. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Cycling News (2009-08-11). "Rodriguez signs for Katusha". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/rodriguez-signs-for-katusha. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
- ^ Alain Laiseka (April 6, 2011). "La llama del Purito (Spanish)". deia.com. http://www.deia.com/2011/04/06/deportes/ciclismo/la-llama-del-purito. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Rodríguez aims for the top". letour.fr. April 18, 2011. http://www.letour.fr/2011/FWH/COURSE/us/actus.html#zone167140. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ P.L (July 17, 2010). "Tour de France. «Purito» Rodriguez fume la pipe! (French)". ladepeche.fr. http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2010/07/17/874971-tour-de-france-purito-rodriguez-fume-la-pipe.html. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ P.L (January 15, 2009). "Hola, soy Purito (Spanish)". Ciclismo en Ruta. KEC Pro Sport SL. http://kecprosport.com/purito/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=387:hola-soy-purito-&catid=63:cer-2009&Itemid=173. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "38th Escalada a Montjuic - Rodriguez ascends to the top in Barcelona". Cycling News. October 21, 2001. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/oct01/montjuich01.shtml. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Tim Maloney (March 15, 2003). "Rodríguez profits, as Vino maintains Paris-Nice lead". Cycling News. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/mar03/parisnice03/?id=results/stage6. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Joaquim Rodríguez, del equipo Saunier Duval, Rey de la Montaña en la Vuelta (Spanish)". Sonitron.net. September 20, 2005. http://www.sonitron.net/noticia/joaquim-rodriguez-del-equipo-saunier-duval-rey-la-montana-la-vuelta-/620. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "Joaquim Rodríguez ready for fresh start with Katusha". velonation.com. January 2, 2010. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2663/Joaquim-Rodriguez-ready-for-fresh-start-with-Katusha.aspx. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Ben Atkins (July 16, 2010). "Tour de France: Joaquin Rodriguez climbs to victory in Mende as Alberto Contador goes on the offensive". Velo Nation. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/4917/Tour-de-France-Joaquin-Rodriguez-climbs-to-victory-in-Mende-as-Alberto-Contador-goes-on-the-offensive.aspx. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ ""Purito" Rodríguez ya conocía las mieles del liderato (Spanish)". EFE. elcorreo.com. September 7, 2010. http://www.elcorreo.com/agencias/20100907/deportes/mas-deportes/purito-rodriguez-conocia-mieles-liderato_201009071948.html. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Nigel Wynn (October 18, 2010). "Rodriguez tops 2010 World Ranking". Cycling Weekly. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/503574/rodriguez-tops-2010-world-ranking.html. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Classics, Giro and Vuelta for Rodriguez in 2012". Cycling News. November 2, 2011. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/classics-giro-and-vuelta-for-rodriguez-in-2012. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Hood (August 27, 2011). "Joaquim Rodriguez takes stage 8, lead in 2011 Vuelta a España". Velo News. competitor.com. http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/08/news/joaquim-rodriguez-takes-stage-8-lead-in-2011-vuelta-a-espana_190064. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
[edit] External links
|
|||||
   |
This biographical article relating to Spanish cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
