José Joaquín Rojas

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rojas and the second or maternal family name is Gil.

José Joaquín Rojas

Personal information
Full name	José Joaquín Rojas Gil
Born	June 8, 1985 (1985-06-08) Cieza, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team	Movistar Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2006 2007–	Liberty Seguros-Würth Caisse d'Epargne
Major wins
Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico (2006) Points Classification, Tour de Pologne (2007) Youth Classification, Tour Down Under (2008, 2009)
Infobox last updated on 4 January 2012

José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born June 8, 1985 in Cieza, Murcia) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. He turned professional in 2006 with the Liberty Seguros-Würth team. His older brother Mariano was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year after a race crash.

Major results

2003

1st, U-17 Time Trial Champion

2006

1st Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico

2007

1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Murcia

9th, Gent–Wevelgem

9th Overall, Tour of Poland

1st Points Classification

2008

1st, Trofeo Pollença

3rd Overall, Tour Down Under

1st Youth Classification

5th, Vattenfall Cyclassics

7th, Gent–Wevelgem

2009

1st, Stage 2, Tour de l'Ain

3rd Overall, Tour Down Under

1st Youth Classification

2010

2nd, Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano

3rd Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Points Classification

2011

1st Spanish National Road Race Championships

1st, Stage 6, Volta a Catalunya

1st, Trofeo Deià

2nd, Clásica de Almería

3rd, Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova

3rd, Stage 3 & 5, Tour de France

on stages 3, 4, and 7

4th, Stage 1, Tour de France

External links

• José Joaquín Rojas at Trap-Friis.dk

Sporting positions
Preceded by Iván Gutiérrez	Spanish National Road Race Champion 2011	Succeeded by Incumbant