Discipline Road 2012– Movistar Team Weight 64 kg 2010–2011 Euskaltel-Euskadi Height 1.72 m | 2008–2009 Orbea Role Cyclist Rider type Time trialist Name Jonathan Castroviejo | |
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Full name Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas Born 27 April 1987 (age 36)
Getxo, Spain ( 1987-04-27 ) Profiles | ||
Current team Team Caisse d'Epargne | ||
Jonathan castroviejo gana la cri de los campeonatos de espa a sus sensaciones en c ceres
Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolás (born 27 April 1987) is a professional cyclist riding for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.
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- Jonathan castroviejo gana la cri de los campeonatos de espa a sus sensaciones en c ceres
- Jonathan castroviejo prologue tour de romandie 2011
- Career
- References
Jonathan castroviejo prologue tour de romandie 2011
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. 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. 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.
Castroviejo moved to the Movistar Team for the 2012 season. 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.
In 2015, Castroviejo won the National Time Trial Championships for the second time in his career.
