José Joaquín Rojas
José Joaquín Rojas
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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) |
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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
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Persondata |
Name |
Rojas, José Joaquín |
Alternative names |
Rojas Gil, José Joaquín |
Short description |
Road bicycle racer |
Date of birth |
1985-06-08 |
Place of birth |
Cieza, Murcia, Spain |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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