Juan José Cobo
Cobo at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Juan José Cobo Acebo |
| Nickname | El Bisonte de La Pesa |
| Born |
21 February 1981 Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Torku Şekerspor |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber/Time-Trialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2002 | Saunier Duval |
| 2003 | Vini Caldirola-So.Di (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004–2009 | Saunier Duval–Prodir |
| 2010 | Caisse d'Epargne |
| 2011 | Geox–TMC |
| 2012–2013 | Movistar Team |
| 2014– | Torku Şekerspor |
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Juan José Cobo Acebo (born 21 February 1981 in Torrelavega, Cantabria) is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for Torku Şekerspor. He won the 2011 Vuelta a España as a Geox–TMC rider, his first major title.
He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.
In 2003, Cobo won the Spanish under-23 time-trial championships. He was selected for the national team in the European Championships, in Athens in August, and for the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada, in October. At the European Championships, he finished fourth, 30 seconds behind the winner Markus Fothen. At the World Championships, he participated, with Isidro Nozal, in the time-trial in which he took the 33rd place. In September, he joined the professional team Vini Caldirola as a trainee.
In 2004, Cobo became professional in the new Spanish team Saunier Duval–Prodir, led by Mauro Gianetti, manager of Vini Caldirola in 2003 . His best result this season was ninth place in the Japan Cup.
In 2005, he participated in his first grand tour, the Giro d'Italia.
In 2007, he won the Tour of the Basque Country, taking two stage victories in the process. He grabbed the leader's jersey on the first stage, which he won, and had to relinquish it to Relax–GAM's Ángel Vicioso on Stage 3. Another victory on stage 5 netted him the overall lead once again and he did resist the time trial on stage 6 to take the Tour's honors. Cobo then participated in the Tour de France with hopes for a stage victory. That did not materialize, but he finished the Tour in 20th position.
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