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Jonathan Castroviejo
Castroviejo in 2018
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Castroviejo Nicolás
Born (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987 (age 37)
Getxo, Spain
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7+12 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist, Climber
Amateur team
2008–2009Orbea–Oreka SDA
Professional teams
2010–2011Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2017Movistar Team[3]
2018–Team Sky[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
European Time Trial Championships (2016)
National Time Trial Championships
(2013, 2015, 2017–2019, 2023)
Medal record
Representing  Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Doha Time trial
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Plumelec Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Time trial
Representing Movistar Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Richmond Team time trial

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[6]

Castroviejo specialises in time trials, with all of his eleven professional victories – including a gold medal at the 2016 European Road Championships and a record six victories in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships – coming in the discipline.

Career

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Orbea and Euskaltel–Euskadi (2008–2011)

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Born in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, Castroviejo spent two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad Orbea–Oreka SDA, before he joined Euskaltel–Euskadi in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, clocking the fastest time in the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) prologue individual time trial, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney by 0.27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday.[7] His prowess in the time trial was relatively uncommon for a Euskaltel–Euskadi rider, as the team was known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans, and David Zabriskie, all of whom had reputations as time trial specialists.[8] Castroviejo turned in another strong time trial later in the Tour de Romandie, taking ninth in the 20.1 km (12.5 mi) long race against the clock, better than Marco Pinotti and Jean-Christophe Péraud (among others), both former champions of their respective nations in the time trial.[9]

Movistar Team (2012–2017)

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Castroviejo moved to the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.[3] He wore the Vuelta a España's general classification jersey for two stages since his team won the opening Team time trial and he crossed the line first, but lost it two days later to teammate Alejandro Valverde. Castroviejo could not follow the frantic pace set by Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) on the final climb of the third stage.[10]

In 2015, Castroviejo won the Spanish National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.[11]

Team Sky (2018–present)

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On 17 August 2017, it was announced that Castroviejo would join Team Sky for the 2018 season.[12] In his first season with the team, he defended his Spanish National Time Trial Championships title,[13] won a silver medal in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships in Glasgow,[14] and finished in the top-ten placings in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck.[15] He added further national time trial titles in 2019 and 2023.[16][17]

Major results

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Castroviejo at the 2018 Tour de France

Source:[18]

2005
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2009
1st Stage 3 Tour du Haut-Anjou
1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Prologue
2nd Overall Circuito Montañés
2010
1st Sprints classification, Volta a Catalunya
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2011 (2 pro wins)
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2012 (1)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held after Stages 1–2
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Points classification
6th Overall Eneco Tour
7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
2013 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Asturias
8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2014
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held after Stage 1
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
UCI World Championships
3rd Team time trial
4th Time trial
3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2016 (1)
1st Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Chrono des Nations
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Time trial, Olympic Games
2017 (2)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
3rd Chrono des Nations
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2018 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
2nd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España
2019 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2023 (1)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 57 24 23 64
A yellow jersey Tour de France 97 24 60 70 50 DNF 23 48 15
A red jersey Vuelta a España 148 65 36 100 60
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References

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  1. ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo – The INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Castroviejo confirmed for Movistar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Prologue Results". Cyclingnews.com. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  8. ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Tirreno-Adriatico 2011: Results & News". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Stage 4 Results". Cyclingnews.com. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Valverde claims photo finish on Eibar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Movistar sweeps Spanish time trial with Castroviejo repeating title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Castroviejo joins Team Sky from Movistar for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Castroviejo wins Spanish time trial title in Vall d'Alba". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  14. ^ Windsor, Richard (8 August 2018). "Victor Campenaerts narrowly beats Jonathan Castroviejo to defend European Championships time trial title". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite". Tissot Timing. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Duo win national TT titles". Team Ineos. Tour Racing Limited. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Spanish TT joy for Castroviejo". Ineos Grenadiers. Tour Racing Limited. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Spanish National Time Trial Championships
Winner

2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Spanish National Time Trial Championships
Winner

2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Spanish National Time Trial Championships
Winner

20172019
Succeeded by
Preceded by Spanish National Time Trial Championships
Winner

2023
Succeeded by
Incumbent