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José Joaquín Rojas

José Joaquín Rojas
José Joaquín Rojas TDF 2013 (Cropping).jpg
Rojas at the 2013 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full name José Joaquín Rojas Gil
Born (1985-06-08) 8 June 1985 (age 31)
Cieza, Murcia, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current team Movistar Team
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2005 Liberty Seguros–Würth (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2006 Liberty Seguros–Würth
2007– Caisse d'Epargne
Major wins

One-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2011, 2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born 8 June 1985) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team.

Rojas turned professional in 2006 with Liberty Seguros–Würth. His older brother Mariano Rojas, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident.

Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov.

Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour. He was disqualified from the 2014 Tour de France for excessive sheltering behind his team car during the descent of the Tourmalet.

; DSQ = Disqualified


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