Eduardo Sepúlveda

Eduardo Sepúlveda
Sepúlveda in 2015
Personal information
Born (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991
Rawson, Chubut, Argentina[1]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team Movistar Team
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2012 Centre Mondial du Cyclisme[2]
2012 FDJ–BigMat (stagiaire)[2]
Professional team(s)
2013–2017 Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2018– Movistar Team

Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist, who competes for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[3] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.

Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[4] Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the Tour of Turkey, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Durasek (Lampre–Merida).[5] He participated in the 2015 Tour de France,[6] but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike.[7]

Early life

Born in Rawson, the capital of Chubut, in the Patagonia of Argentina. He started to ride a bike under the advise of his father Eduardo. In 2007 with only 16 years old and after winning the Copa Nacional Infanto Juvenil for young riders in Argentina, a car accident killed his father who was returning home after the event.[8] Eduardo recovered from that sad moment and later was selected as one of the best young riders of the country and invited to the CeNARD in Buenos Aires. That was a trip of 1.400 Km away from his home in Rawson.[9]

After a series of good results, in 2012 Sepúlveda was invited for the Union Cycliste Internationale to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland among many other riders from developing countries, including Natnael Berhane, Youcef Reguigui and Josip Rumac. Also in 2012, he won the silver medal in the ITT of the Mar del Plata Panamerican Cycling Championships losign to Magno Nazaret from Brazil.[10]

Professional career

In 2013 Eduardo began his career with the french team Bretagne-Seche Environnement and signed a two-year contract. In an 2014 interview Eduardo said thanks to the Tour de San Luis. The Argentinean stage race has allowed him a chance to train at the World Cycling Centre and to sign with French second division team Bretagne.[11] For the 2018 season Eduardo joined one of the big leagues teams Movistar Team (men's team) from Spain, a move predicted for many insiders of the UCI World Tour.[12] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career.[13]

Career achievements

Major results

2010
3rd Individual pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
2011
3rd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
2012
1st Time trial, Pan American Under–23 Road Championships
5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
2013
Pan American Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Circuito de Getxo
10th Time trial, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
2014
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Critérium International
6th Overall Tour de San Luis
2015
1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
1st Tour du Doubs
2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Tour de San Luis
5th Overall Route du Sud
2016
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
4th Tour du Doubs
2017
4th Classic Sud-Ardèche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — 96
A yellow jersey Tour de France DQ 59 66 —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Eduardo Sepúlveda – Player Profile". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Eduardo Sepulveda". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Movistar completes reduced roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018. Rafael Valls is another new inductee to the men's line-up after two seasons with Lotto-Soudal, alongside Eduardo Sepulveda, Jaime Roson, and neo-pro Jaime Castrillo.
  4. ↑ "Eduardo Sepúlveda". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Stephen Puddicombe (3 May 2015). "Durasek wins Tour of Turkey as Mas pips Cavendish on final stage". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Sports & Leisure network. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Latest: Sepulveda ousted from Tour for hitching car ride". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Sepulveda, Eduardo. "ciclismoxxi in spanish" (PDF). ciclismoxxi.
  9. ↑ Sepulveda, Eduardo. ""2012 a wonderful anniversary year"". uci.ch. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Sepulveda, Eduardo. "Pan American Championships". procyclingstats.
  11. ↑ Sepulveda, Edu. "Sepulveda's cycling career". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  12. ↑ Sepulveda, Edu. "Sepulveda joins Movistar". Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  13. ↑ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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