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.
 Aramendia at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente |
| Born | 5 December 1986 Pamplona, Spain |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2007 | Orbea–Oreka SDA |
| Professional teams | |
| 2008–2011 | Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2012–2016 | Caja Rural[1] |
Career edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "La Vuelta". La Vuelta. Mastercom. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
External links edit
- Javier Aramendia at ProCyclingStats
- Javier Aramendia at Cycling Archives
- Javier Aramendia's profile on Cycling Base Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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