Amets Txurruka
 Txurruka at the 2008 Vuelta a España. |
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| Full name | Amets Txurruka Ansola |
| Born | 10 November 1982 Etxebarria, Spain |
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| Current team | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber, Puncheur |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006 2007–2012 2013– |
Barloworld Euskaltel-Euskadi Caja Rural |
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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.[1]
Born in Etxebarria in the Basque Country, Txurruka has not yet won any races, but he 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 He was also indirectly benefited when Michael Rasmussen was withdrawn from the Tour; Txurruka was third in the young rider classification, behind Alberto Contador and Mauricio Soler.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,[2] and joined Caja Rural for the 2013 season.[1] 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.[3]
Palmarès
- 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
Combative rider, 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
- Vuelta a España
- Combative rider, stage 13
- 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
- 5th Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
References
- ^ a b "Arroyo, Txurruka y Velasco destacan “el ambiente familiar” de Caja Rural y su “ilusión” por 2013" [Arroyo, Txurruka and Velasco emphasize "family atmosphere" of Caja Rural and its "enthusiasm" for 2013]. Biciciclismo (in Spanish) (Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L.). 10 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Peter Cossins. "Txurruka Released By Euskaltel". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Quintana wins overall at Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 6 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
External links
- Amets Txurruka profile at Cycling Archives
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