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Argentine cyclist
Juan Curuchet
Full name Juan Esteban Curuchet Born (1965-02-04 ) 4 February 1965 (age 59)
Mar del Plata ,
Argentina Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
[1] Weight 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st)
[1] Discipline Track Role Rider 1989–1991 Giessegi 1992 Rudy Project 1992–1995 Supermercados Toledo
Juan Esteban Curuchet (born 4 February 1965 in
Mar del Plata ) is an
Argentine
road bicycle racer and
track cyclist .
Curuchet represented Argentina at the
Summer Olympics in
1984 ,
1988 ,
1996 ,
2000 ,
2004 , and
2008 .
[2]
He won the madison at the
1999 Pan American Games with his older brother,
Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet . He also won the madison at the
2003 Pan American Games and
2007 Pan American Games alongside
Walter Pérez and the
Cycling World Championships in 2004 (Men's Madison).
Curuchet holds an Argentine record of participating in six non-consecutive Olympic games. He retired from his Olympic career at age 43, by winning the
Men's Madison gold medal at the
2008 Summer Olympics with
Walter Pérez .
[3]
In 2008, he received the gold
Gold Olimpia Award as the best athlete of the year from his country with
Walter Pérez . In 2000 and 2010 he won the Platinum
Konex Award as the best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina.
Major results
1992
3rd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Valencia
2nd
Six Days of Buenos Aires (ARG)
1994
1st Vuelta al Valle (ARG)
1995
2nd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Bogota
1st Mar del Plata, Six Days (ARG) (with
Gabriel Curuchet
1997
1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
2nd Medellin, Six Days (COL)
3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Perth
1998
1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
1st National Time Trial Championship, Argentina (ARG)
1st
UCI Track World Cup , Cali, Madison (COL) (with
Gabriel Curuchet )
1999
1st
Six Days of Buenos Aires (ARG) (with
Gabriel Curuchet )
1st Frisco, Madison, Frisco, Texas, (USA) (with
Gabriel Curuchet )
2nd
UCI Track World Cup , Cali, Madison (COL)
1st
UCI Track World Cup , Cali, Points race (COL)
2000
1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Manchester
1st
Six Days of Buenos Aires (ARG) (with
Gabriel Curuchet )
2001
3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Antwerp
2nd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2002
2nd Aguascalientes, Six Days (MEX)
3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
1st National Time Trial Championship, Santiago del Estero (ARG)
2003
3rd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships
3rd Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)
2nd Stage 2, Vuelta de San Juan
1st Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
3rd Stage 4 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
2nd Stage 5b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
1st Stage 5a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
1st
UCI Track World Cup , Aguascalientes, Madison (MEX) (with
Walter Pérez )
2nd
UCI Track World Cup , Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)
1st Cape Town, Madison (RSA) (with
Walter Pérez )
1st Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA) (with
Giovanni Lombardi )
1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with
Walter Pérez )
1st Madison, National Track Championship, Cordoba (ARG) (with
Walter Pérez )
2004
1st Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships (with
Walter Pérez )
3rd Points race,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Melbourne
3rd Stage 5 Vuelta de San Juan (ARG)
1st
UCI Track World Cup , Moscow, Madison (RUS) (with
Walter Pérez )
3rd
UCI Track World Cup , Moscow, Points race (RUS)
1st Aguascalientes, Points race (MEX)
1st Sydney, Madison (AUS) (with
Walter Pérez )
2005
1st Points race,
Pan American Championships , Mar del Plata
1st Madison,
Pan American Championships , Mar del Plata (with
Walter Pérez )
1st Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone (ITA) (with
Walter Pérez )
3rd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)
2nd Torino, Six Days, Torino (ITA)
2006
2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
2nd Madison,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships , Bordeaux
2007
2nd Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado (ARG)
2nd Stage 6b, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
2nd Stage 6a, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado
3rd
UCI Track World Cup , Manchester, Points race (GBR)
2nd Clasica 1° de Mayo Argentina (ARG)
2nd Fiorenzuola d' Arda, Six Days (ITA)
1st Torino, Six Days (ITA) (with
Walter Pérez )
2nd Apertura Mercedes (ARG)
2008
1st Stage 1, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
2nd Stage 2, Criterium Internacional, Mar del Plata (ARG)
2009
Argentina National Time Trial Champion
References
External links
1995 –
96 : Italy (
Silvio Martinello ,
Marco Villa )
1997 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Miguel Alzamora )
1998 : Belgium (
Etienne De Wilde ,
Matthew Gilmore )
1999 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Isaac Gálvez )
2000 : Germany (
Stefan Steinweg ,
Erik Weispfennig )
2001 : France (
Robert Sassone ,
Jérôme Neuville )
2002 : France (
Jérôme Neuville ,
Franck Perque )
2003 : Switzerland (
Franco Marvulli ,
Bruno Risi )
2004 : Argentina (
Walter Pérez ,
Juan Curuchet )
2005 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Rob Hayles )
2006 : Spain (
Isaac Gálvez ,
Joan Llaneras )
2007 : Switzerland (
Bruno Risi ,
Franco Marvulli )
2008 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2009 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Alex Rasmussen )
2010 –
11 : Australia (
Leigh Howard ,
Cameron Meyer )
2012 : Belgium (
Kenny De Ketele ,
Gijs Van Hoecke )
2013 : France (
Vivien Brisse ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2014 : Spain (
David Muntaner ,
Albert Torres )
2015 : France (
Bryan Coquard ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2016 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2017 : France (
Morgan Kneisky ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2018 –
19 : Germany (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
2020 –
21 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Lasse Norman Hansen )
2022 : France (
Donavan Grondin ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2023 : Netherlands (
Jan-Willem van Schip ,
Yoeri Havik )