Amets Txurruka Ansola (born 10 November 1982) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2016 for the Barloworld, Euskaltel–Euskadi, Caja Rural–Seguros RGA and Orica–BikeExchange teams.
 Txurruka at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Amets Txurruka Ansola |
| Born | 10 November 1982 Etxebarria, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber Puncheur |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006 | Barloworld |
| 2007–2012 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2013–2015 | Caja Rural[1] |
| 2016 | Orica–GreenEDGE[2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editBorn in Etxebarria in the Basque Country, Txurruka made his Tour de France debut in 2007, memorably participating (alongside Pierrick Fédrigo) in a breakaway during Stage 12 that was caught just 1 km (0.6 mi) from the finish line. This effort earned him the red back numbers for most combative rider the next day. He was also indirectly benefited when Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the Tour; Txurruka was third in the young rider classification, behind Alberto Contador and Mauricio Soler. With Contador wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification because of Rasmussen's withdrawal, and Soler wearing the polka dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification, Txurruka wore the white jersey that is given to the leader of the young rider classification.
He was also chosen as the most combative rider of whole Tour, being the third Spanish rider in a row (after Óscar Pereiro and David de la Fuente) to earn that award.
Txurruka was released by Euskaltel–Euskadi at the end of the 2012 season,[3] and joined Caja Rural for the 2013 season.[1] In the Tour of the Basque Country, Txurruka won both the mountains and sprint classification jerseys after being part of long breakaways for the first three stages.[4] In August 2015 Orica–GreenEDGE announced that they had signed Txurruka on a one-year deal for 2016.[5]
Major results
edit- 2005
- 9th Clásica Memorial Txuma
- 2006
- 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 8th Giro d'Oro
- 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 2007
- 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stage 12 & Overall
- 2009
- 6th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2011
- 7th Klasika Primavera
- 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 2012
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2013
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 1
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- 1st
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Burgos - 5th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2014
- 1st
Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon - 1st
Mountains classification, Tour des Fjords - 9th Klasika Primavera
- 9th Coppa Sabatini
- Combativity award Stage 4 Vuelta a España
- 2015
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 4th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 4th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic
- 5th Overall Tour des Fjords
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino[6]
- 7th GP Miguel Induráin
- 10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise[7]
- 10th Klasika Primavera
- 10th Circuito de Getxo
- Combativity award Stage 7 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 55 |
| Tour de France
|
23 | 52 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España
|
— | 45 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 48 | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ a b "Arroyo, Txurruka y Velasco destacan "el ambiente familiar" de Caja Rural y su "ilusión" por 2013" [Arroyo, Txurruka and Velasco emphasize "family atmosphere" of Caja Rural and its "enthusiasm" for 2013]. Biciciclismo (in Spanish). Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Orica-GreenEdge confirm arrival of Amets Txurruka". 7 August 2015.
- ^ Peter Cossins (20 September 2012). "Txurruka Released By Euskaltel". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Quintana wins overall at Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (2 August 2015). "Orica-GreenEdge pounce to sign Amets Txurruka for 2016". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Fraile wins Giro dell'Appennino". cyclingnews.com. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ "Ligthart wins Grand Prix La Marseillaise". cyclingnews.com. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
External links
edit- Amets Txurruka at UCI
- Amets Txurruka at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Amets Txurruka at ProCyclingStats
- Amets Txurruka at CQ Ranking
- Amets Txurruka at CycleBase
