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Joaquim Rodríguez

Joaquim Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver
Nickname El Purito
Born (1979-05-12) 12 May 1979 (age 37)
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9.0 st)
Team information
Current team Bahrain–Merida
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Classics specialist
Puncheur
Professional team(s)
2001–2003 ONCE–Eroski
2004–2005 Saunier Duval–Prodir
2006–2009 Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears
2010–2016 Team Katusha
2017– Bahrain–Merida
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
3 individual stages (2010, 2015)
Giro d'Italia
Points classification (2012)
2 individual stages (2012)
Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2005)
Combination classification (2015)
9 individual stages (2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (2010, 2014)
Tour of the Basque Country (2015)
Vuelta a Burgos (2011)
Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme (2004)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2007)
Giro di Lombardia (2012, 2013)
La Flèche Wallonne (2012)

Other

UCI World Tour (2010, 2012, 2013)

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Other

Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (born 12 May 1979) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–Merida. His notable results in Grand Tours include fourteen stage victories, second place overall in the 2012 Giro d'Italia, finishing 2nd overall in the 2015 Vuelta a España, third place in the general classification of the Vuelta a España in both 2010 and 2012 and third place in the 2013 Tour de France. He also finished first of the UCI world rankings in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and won classics such as the 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.


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