Personal information | |
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Full name | José Joaquín Rojas Gil |
Born | Cieza, Murcia, Spain | 8 June 1985
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2005 | Liberty Seguros–Würth (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
2007–2023 | Caisse d'Epargne [1] [2] [3] |
Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
|
José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born 8 June 1985) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023.
Rojas turned professional in 2006 with Liberty Seguros–Würth. His older brother Mariano Rojas, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident. [4]
Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov. [5] [6]
Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour. He was disqualified from the 2014 Tour de France for excessive sheltering behind his team car during the descent of the Tourmalet. [7]
Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 50 | — | 50 | — | — | 69 | 79 |
Tour de France | — | — | 84 | 68 | 80 | DNF | 79 | DSQ | — | — | — | DNF | — | 70 | — | — | |
/ Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 43 | DNF | 22 | — | 30 | 32 | 56 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | José Joaquín Rojas Gil |
Born | Cieza, Murcia, Spain | 8 June 1985
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2005 | Liberty Seguros–Würth (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
2007–2023 | Caisse d'Epargne [1] [2] [3] |
Major wins | |
One-Day Races and Classics
|
José Joaquín Rojas Gil (born 8 June 1985) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023.
Rojas turned professional in 2006 with Liberty Seguros–Würth. His older brother Mariano Rojas, was a professional cyclist as well, riding for ONCE until 1996. He died in the same year as a result of a traffic accident. [4]
Rojas was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed out on Stage 3, with a fractured left collarbone, the second retirement of the 2012 Tour after Team Sky's Kanstantsin Sivtsov. [5] [6]
Rojas was again selected to ride the 2013 Tour de France and finished 79th overall, one of the highest GC placings among the sprinters; he also finished in 7th place in the points classification with 156 points. His best result was a third place on the third stage – in which he contested the bunch sprint – which was one of seven top-ten finishes during the Tour. He was disqualified from the 2014 Tour de France for excessive sheltering behind his team car during the descent of the Tourmalet. [7]
Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | 50 | — | 50 | — | — | 69 | 79 |
Tour de France | — | — | 84 | 68 | 80 | DNF | 79 | DSQ | — | — | — | DNF | — | 70 | — | — | |
/ Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 43 | DNF | 22 | — | 30 | 32 | 56 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
DSQ | Disqualified |