Jonathan Castroviejo

Jonathan Castroviejo
Castroviejo at the 2011 Tour de Romandie, where he won the opening prologue stage.
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás
Born (1987-04-27) 27 April 1987
Getxo, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
Team information
Current team Team Sky
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time trialist
Amateur team(s)
2008–2009 Orbea
Professional team(s)
2010–2011 Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2017 Movistar Team[1]
2018– Team Sky
Major wins

One-day races and Classics

European Time Trial Championships (2016)
National Time Trial Championships
(2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)

Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a professional cyclist riding for UCI WorldTeam Team Sky.[2]

Career

Born in Getxo, Basque Country, Spain, Castroviejo spent two seasons with the feeder team of the de facto Basque national squad Orbea, 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Castroviejo at the 2018 Tour de France

Castroviejo moved to the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.[1] 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.[6]

In 2015, Castroviejo won the National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.[7]

On 17 August 2017, it was announced that Castroviejo would join Team Sky for the 2018 season.[2]

Career achievements

Major results

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
2011
1st Prologue Tour de Romandie
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2012
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 Points classification
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1st Points classification
6th Overall Eneco Tour
7th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
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
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
UCI World Championships
3rd Team time trial
4th Time trial
3rd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2016
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
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
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
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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 57 — — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 97 — 24 — 60 70
A red jersey Vuelta a España 148 — 65 — 36 — 100
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. 1 2 "Castroviejo confirmed for Movistar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Castroviejo joins Team Sky from Movistar for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Prologue Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Farrand, Stephen. "Tirreno-Adriatico 2011: Results & News". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011.
  5. ↑ "Tour de Romandie 2011: Stage 4 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Valverde claims photo finish on Eibar". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "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.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Luis León Sánchez		 Spanish National Time Trial
Champion
2013		 Succeeded by
Alejandro Valverde
Preceded by
Alejandro Valverde		 Spanish National Time Trial
Champion
2015		 Succeeded by
Ion Izagirre
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