Joan Horrach Ripoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist.[2] He last rode for Madison Genesis.
 Horrach at the 2009 Tour Down Under | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joan Horrach Ripoll |
| Born | March 27, 1974 Deià, Spain |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2000–2003 | União Ciclista da Maia–MSS |
| 2004–2008 | Illes Balears–Banesto |
| 2009–2012 | Team Katusha[1] |
| 2013 | Madison Genesis |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Horrach's biggest win of his career was Stage 11 of the 2006 Giro d'Italia.[3] He won the stage by being in the break o the day and after making it to the final 3 riders he attacked as his companions crashed and held on to win by 5 seconds.[4] As a domestique for his leaders Horrach spent most of his career working for others, occasionally given the opportunity to ride for himself.[5]
After retiring he moved to Mallorca where he works as a Tour guide in Serra de Tramuntana on taking people on Mountain bikes, Road bikes and hiking.[6]
Major results edit
- 2000
- 1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 2001
- 1st
Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 4
- 2002
- 1st
Mountains classification, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme - 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 5 & 11
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 7th Overall GP do Minho
- 2003
- 3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez
- 5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 10th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 2005
- 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 2006
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Trofeo Deià
General classification results timeline edit
Source:[9]
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | 37 | 36 | DNF | 81 | — | 54 | 53 | — | ||||||||||
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | 119 | ||||||||||
 / Vuelta a España
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33 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 79 | 29 | — | — | 74 | 67 | — | ||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ Tyler, Richard (2 January 2010). "Katusha's newcomers show off team kit". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Juan HORRACH RIPPOLL". UCI. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Joan Horrach | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Horrach survives break to take Giro stage win". VeloNews.com. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ Jones, Jeff (18 May 2006). "Horrach aiming at final week". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Excursions and guiding | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Joan Horrach". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Joan Sebastian Horrach". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
External links edit
- Joan Horrach at UCI
- Joan Horrach at Cycling Archives
- Joan Horrach at ProCyclingStats
- Joan Horrach at Cycling Quotient
- Joan Horrach at CycleBase
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