Javier Aramendia

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aramendia and the second or maternal family name is Llorente.
Javier Aramendia
Aramendia at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
Born (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 38)
Pamplona, Spain
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeBreakaway specialist
Amateur team
2007Orbea–Oreka SDA
Professional teams
2008–2011Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2016Caja Rural[1]

Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.

Career

Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways,[2] earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta.[3] It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" title for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed.[4] Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.

Major results

2006
1st Stage 2 Bizkaiko Bira
2007
7th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
2012
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 2, 7, 8 & 10
2013
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 7, 9, 17 & Overall
2014
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 2, 8 & 15

References

  1. ^ Stokes, Shane (20 November 2011). "Downsized Euskaltel Euskadi team settles for 23 riders in 2012". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Five riders are leaving, namely Garmin Cervélo-bound Koldo Fernandez Larea (Garmin Cervélo), Javier Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural), Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Movistar Team), Inaki Isasi and Daniel Sesma.
  2. ^ Kyle Moore (28 August 2012). "Vuelta a España: Quatro victorias for Degenkolb after stage 10 to Sanxenxo". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Aramendia Yet Again – Stage 10 Vuelta a Espana". Cycling Components. Blogger. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. ^ "La Vuelta". La Vuelta. Mastercom. Retrieved 15 September 2012.


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