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) (age 26)
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

Riders on Movistar Team