Xavier Florencio

Xavier Florencio
Personal information

Full name	Xavier Florencio Cabré
Born	(1979-12-26) December 26, 1979 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Katusha
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Professional team(s)
2001–2003	ONCE-Eroski
2004–2005	Relax-Fuenlabrada
2006–2008	Bouygues Télécom
2009–2010	Cervélo TestTeam
2011	Geox-TMC
2012–2013	Team Katusha^[1]
Managerial team(s)
2014–	Team Katusha
Major wins
Clásica de San Sebastián (2006)
Infobox last updated on 2 January 2014

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Florencio and the second or maternal family name is Cabré.

Xavier Florencio Cabré (born December 26, 1979 in Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.^[2] Over his career, Florencio competed for ONCE-Eroski, Relax-Fuenlabrada, Bouygues Télécom, Cervélo TestTeam, Geox-TMC and Team Katusha.

Career

Florencio rode in 2009 and 2010 for Cervélo TestTeam, after he spent the previous three seasons with ProTour team Bouygues Télécom.

In 2010, Florencio was supposed to start at the 97th Tour de France, but was withdrawn from the team's roster because he had "been using a substance containing ephedrine to treat a saddle discomfort." This violated the team's internal policies.^[3] He has criticized the team's handling of the situation and feels that it has kept him from being able to find a new team, following Cervélo TestTeam's demise.

He spent the 2011 season at Geox-TMC and then moved to Team Katusha. Florencio remained with the team until the end of 2013, when he retired from cycling as a rider, but joined the squad's managerial structure as a directeur sportif.^[2]