Amets Txurruka
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Txurruka at the 2014 Tour des Fjords.
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| Full name | Amets Txurruka Ansola |
| Born | 10 November 1982 Etxebarria, Spain |
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| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Mitchelton–Scott |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006 | Barloworld |
| 2007–2012 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2013–2015 | Caja Rural |
| 2016– | Mitchelton–Scott[1] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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| Infobox last updated on 11 February 2015 |
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Amets Txurruka Ansola (born 10 November 1982) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental Team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA.[2]
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Career
Born in Etxebarria in the Basque Country, Txurruka made his Tour de France debut in 2007, memorably participating (alongside Pierrick Fédrigo) in a breakaway during Stage 12 that was caught just 1 km (0.6 mi) from the finish line. This effort earned him the red back numbers for most combative rider the next day. He was also indirectly benefited when Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the Tour; Txurruka was third in the young rider classification, behind Alberto Contador and Mauricio Soler. With Contador wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification because of Rasmussen's withdrawal, and Soler wearing the polka dot jersey as leader of the mountains classification, Txurruka wore the white jersey that is given to the leader of the young rider classification.
He was also chosen as the most combative rider of whole Tour, being the third Spanish rider in a row (after Óscar Pereiro and David de la Fuente) to earn that award.
Txurruka was released by Euskaltel–Euskadi at the end of the 2012 season,[3] and joined Caja Rural for the 2013 season.[2] In the Tour of the Basque Country, Txurruka won both the mountains and sprint classification jerseys after being part of long breakaways for the first three stages.[4] In August 2015 Orica–GreenEDGE announced that they had signed Txurruka on a one-year deal for 2016.[5]
Palmarès
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- 2006
- 5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 8th Giro d'Oro
- 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 9th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 2007
- 6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stage 12- Overall Combativity award
- 2009
- 6th Vuelta a La Rioja
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2011
- 7th Klasika Primavera
- 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- Combativity award Stage 13 Vuelta a España
- 2012
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2013
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 1
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Sprints classification
- 1st
- Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 5th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2014
- 1st Overall Tour du Gévaudan
- 1st
Mountains classification Tour des Fjords - 9th Klasika Primavera
- Combativity award Stage 4 Vuelta a España
- 2015
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 4th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 5th Overall Tour des Fjords
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 5th Giro dell'Appennino[6]
- 10th Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise[7]
- 10th Circuito de Getxo
- Combativity award Stage 7 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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 Giro |
— | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | 55 |
 Tour |
23 | 52 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta |
— | 45 | 29 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 48 | DNF | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/orica-greenedge-confirm-arrival-of-amets-txurruka/
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External links
- Amets Txurruka at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
