Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[6]
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| Full name | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1987 Getxo, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Ineos Grenadiers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time trialist, Climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | Orbea–Oreka SDA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010–2011 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Movistar Team[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Team Sky[4][5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Castroviejo specialises in time trials, with all of his eleven professional victories – including a gold medal at the 2016 European Road Championships and a record six victories in the Spanish National Time Trial Championships – coming in the discipline.
Career
editOrbea and Euskaltel–Euskadi (2008–2011)
editBorn in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, Castroviejo spent two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad Orbea–Oreka SDA, before he joined Euskaltel–Euskadi in 2010. He won his first race as a professional at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, clocking the fastest time in the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) prologue individual time trial, beating reigning under-23 world champion Taylor Phinney by 0.27 seconds. The result came the day before Castroviejo's 24th birthday.[7] His prowess in the time trial was relatively uncommon for a Euskaltel–Euskadi rider, as the team was known for fielding lightweight climbers with little ability against the clock. The Romandie stage win was, however, not a complete shock – earlier in the season, Castroviejo had finished eighth in the time trial which closed out Tirreno–Adriatico, besting the times of riders such as Gustav Larsson, Cadel Evans, and David Zabriskie, all of whom had reputations as time trial specialists.[8] Castroviejo turned in another strong time trial later in the Tour de Romandie, taking ninth in the 20.1 km (12.5 mi) long race against the clock, better than Marco Pinotti and Jean-Christophe Péraud (among others), both former champions of their respective nations in the time trial.[9]
Movistar Team (2012–2017)
editCastroviejo moved to the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.[3] He wore the Vuelta a España's general classification jersey for two stages since his team won the opening Team time trial and he crossed the line first, but lost it two days later to teammate Alejandro Valverde. Castroviejo could not follow the frantic pace set by Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank) on the final climb of the third stage.[10]
In 2015, Castroviejo won the Spanish National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.[11]
Team Sky (2018–present)
editOn 17 August 2017, it was announced that Castroviejo would join Team Sky for the 2018 season.[12] In his first season with the team, he defended his Spanish National Time Trial Championships title,[13] won a silver medal in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships in Glasgow,[14] and finished in the top-ten placings in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck.[15] He added further national time trial titles in 2019 and 2023.[16][17]
Major results
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Source:[18]
- 2005
- 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
- 2009
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Haut-Anjou
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Overall Circuito Montañés
- 2010
- 1st
Sprints classification, Volta a Catalunya - 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2011 (2 pro wins)
- 1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 2012 (1)
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Held after Stages 1–2
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 1st Sprints classification
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 1st
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 9th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2013 (1)
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st
Sprints classification, Vuelta a Asturias - 8th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 2014
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held after Stage 1
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2015 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- UCI World Championships
- 3rd
Team time trial - 4th Time trial
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2016 (1)
- 1st
Time trial, UEC European Road Championships - 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 4th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2017 (2)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 3rd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 7th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2018 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2nd
Time trial, UEC European Road Championships - 6th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
Combativity award Stage 19 Vuelta a España- 2019 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2023 (1)
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 23 | 64 | — |
 Tour de France
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— | 97 | — | 24 | — | 60 | 70 | 50 | DNF | 23 | 48 | 15 |
| Vuelta a España
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148 | — | 65 | — | 36 | — | 100 | — | — | — | — | 60 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo – The INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Castroviejo confirmed for Movistar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Prologue Results". Cyclingnews.com. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Tirreno-Adriatico 2011: Results & News". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Stage 4 Results". Cyclingnews.com. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ "Valverde claims photo finish on Eibar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Movistar sweeps Spanish time trial with Castroviejo repeating title". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Castroviejo joins Team Sky from Movistar for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Castroviejo wins Spanish time trial title in Vall d'Alba". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ Windsor, Richard (8 August 2018). "Victor Campenaerts narrowly beats Jonathan Castroviejo to defend European Championships time trial title". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Final Results / Résultat final: Men Elite Individual Time Trial / Contre-la-montre individuel Hommes Elite". Tissot Timing. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Duo win national TT titles". Team Ineos. Tour Racing Limited. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Spanish TT joy for Castroviejo". Ineos Grenadiers. Tour Racing Limited. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Jonathan Castroviejo". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
External links
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Media related to Jonathan Castroviejo at Wikimedia Commons- Jonathan Castroviejo at UCI
- Ineos Grenadiers team profile
- Jonathan Castroviejo at ProCyclingStats
