Juan Manuel Gárate

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

Juan Manuel Gárate

Gárate on the Port de Pailhères in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa
Born	April 24, 1976 (1976-04-24) Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team	Rabobank
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Professional team(s)
2000–2004 2005 2006–2008 2009–	Lampre-Daikin Saunier Duval-Prodir Quick Step-Innergetic Rabobank
Major wins
Spain Spanish Road Race Championships (2005) Giro d'Italia KoM (2006) Tour de Suisse, 1 stage Vuelta a Espana, 1 stage Tour de France, 1 stage Giro d'Italia, 1 stage
Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (born April 24, 1976 in Irun) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He currently rides for the Rabobank team. He is perceived to be a climbing specialist, and to date his greatest achievements have been in the Giro d'Italia, where he placed fourth overall in 2002, fifth overall in 2005 and won the Mountains classification with a seventh overall at the 2006 Giro d'Italia. He also won the Spanish National Championship road race in 2005, and more recently finished first on Mont Ventoux in the penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2009.

Palmarès

2001

1st Stage 14 Vuelta a España

2002

4th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino

2005

1st National Champion

5th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Mountains competition Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Metas Volantes competition Vuelta a Andalucía

2006

7th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Mountains competition winner

1st Stage 19

2009

1st, Stage 20, Tour de France

2010

3rd Stage 7 Tour de France

2011

9th Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León

External links

• Official website
• Juan Manuel Gárate at Trap-Friis.dk