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Joaquim Rodríguez
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Spanish road bicycle racer
Key facts
- 1998
- Hospitalet–Vestisport
- 2000
- ONCE–Deutsche Bank (stagiaire)
- 2019
- Andbank–La Purito
- Full name
- Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver
- Nickname
- El Purito
- Born
- ( 1979-05-12 ) 12 May 1979 (age 47) , Barcelona , Spain
- Height
- 1.69 m (5 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
- Disciplines
- Road Mountain biking
- Role
- Rider Team ambassador Team owner
- Rider type
- Climbing specialist , Puncheur
- 1999 2000
- Iberdrola–Loina
- 2020 2022
- Orbea Factory Team
- 2001 2003
- ONCE–Eroski
- 2004 2005
- Saunier Duval–Prodir
- 2006 2009
- Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
- 2010 2016
- Team Katusha
- 2017 2018
- Bahrain–Merida (team ambassador)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joaquim
- Family name
- Rodríguez
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Parets del Vallès
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2008 UCI ProTour
- Sport
- road bicycle racing
- Position played
- climbing specialist
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 59
- Official website
- www.joaquimrodriguez.com
- Image
- Joaquim Rodríguez TDF 2013.jpg
- Height
- 169
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- Commons category
- Joaquim Rodríguez
- date of birth
- 1979-05-12
- birth name
- Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver
- competition won
- Klasika Primavera
- name in native language
- Joaquim Rodríguez
- web feed URL
- daslot.co.uk/feed
- sports discipline competed in
- road bicycle racing
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Encyclopedic overview
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (born 12 May 1979) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed in road bicycle racing between 2001 and 2016 for the ONCE–Eroski, Saunier Duval–Prodir, Caisse d'Epargne and Team Katusha teams. Following his retirement from road racing, Rodríguez has competed in mountain bike racing and formed his own mountain bike racing team, Andbank–La Purito.
Rodríguez recorded notable results included fourteen Grand Tour stage victories, and five overall podium placings: second places at the 2012 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España, and third-place finishes at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2012 Vuelta a España and the 2013 Tour de France. He also finished first in the UCI world rankings in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and won classics such as the La Flèche Wallonne and the Giro di Lombardia twice (2012 and 2013). He also won stage races including the Volta a Catalunya twice (2010 and 2014), the 2015 Tour of the Basque Country and the 2011 Vuelta a Burgos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joaquim Rodríguez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.