Jhonatan Restrepo

Jhonatan Restrepo
Restrepo in 2016 Le Samyn
Personal information
Full name Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia
Nickname Pácora, El Rayo[1]
Born (1994-11-28) November 28, 1994
Pácora, Colombia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Katusha–Alpecin
Discipline Track, Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2014–2015 Coldeportes-Claro
Professional team(s)
2015 Team Katusha (stagiaire)
2016– Team Katusha

Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (born November 28, 1994 in Pácora, Caldas) is a Colombian cyclist riding for Team Katusha–Alpecin.[2]

Early life

During his youth he was a competitive swimmer, winning four national titles in Colombia.

Career

According to Restrepo, he and his manager contacted a number of UCI WorldTeams via Facebook from December 2014 with a view to gaining a professional contract, and after becoming Pan-American Under-23 Champion in 2015, he received an offer from Katusha for a position as a stagiaire that season, subsequently remaining with the team for 2016.[1] He participated in the 2015 Pan American Games and was first in the team pursuit. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[3]

Major results

2013
Pan American Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a la Juventud[4]
2014
Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison
2015
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Games
Pan American Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Madison
Pan American Under–23 Road Championships
1st Road Race
5th Time Trial
3rd Overall Vuelta a la Juventud[5]
1st Points classification[6]
1st Stage 6[7]
2016
Combativity award Stage 8 Vuelta a España
2017
2nd Vuelta a Murcia
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
10th Overall Tour Down Under
1st Young rider classification
2018
4th Gran Piemonte

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 128 — 105
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 Reyes, Fran (14 February 2017). "Restrepo: How Facebook got me a WorldTour contract". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jhonatan Restrepo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Restrepo ganó en Salento y Villegas, líder de la Vuelta de la Juventud" [Restrepo wins in Salento and Villegas, leader of the Vuelta de la Juventud]. El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Cabezas, Ricardo (28 April 2015). "El ciclista Richard Carapaz fue recibido por una multitud en Tulcán" [Cyclist Richard Carapaz was welcomed by a multitude in Tulcán]. El Comercio (Ecuador) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jhonatan Restrepo correrá la Vuelta a Burgos con el equipo Katusha" [Jhonatan Restrepo will race the Tour of Burgos with the Katusha team]. El Tiempo (Colombia) (in Spanish). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Ramírez Coral, Peter (26 April 2015). "Carapaz, contra todos" [Carapaz, against all]. El Mundo (Colombia) (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2017.


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