Arkaitz Durán Aroca (born 19 May 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He competed professionally from 2005 to 2015 for Saunier Duval–Prodir, Efapel–Glassdrive and OFM–Quinta da Lixa, and as an amateur in 2012 for Telco'm–Conor Azysa.[1][2] Durán never had any victories as a professional.

Arkaitz Durán
Durán in the 2006 Euskal Bizikleta
Personal information
Full nameArkaitz Durán Aroca
Born (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986 (age 38)
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2012Telco'm–Conor Azysa
Professional teams
2005–2011Saunier Duval–Prodir
2013Efapel–Glassdrive
2014OFM–Quinta da Lixa
2015Efapel

Major results

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2002
3rd National Junior Cyclo-Cross Championships
2009
9th Subida a Urkiola
2011
2nd Trofeo Inca
2012
1st Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
1st Stages 4 & 5 Vuelta a Navarra
1st Stage 3 Tour of Galicia
1st Subida a Urraki
8th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
2013
6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
2014
2nd Overall Grande Prémio Abimota
1st Prologue

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010
  Giro d'Italia
  Tour de France 81
  Vuelta a España DNF 40 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Duran returns to amateur ranks". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  2. ^ Martins Neves, António (2 December 2013). "OFM-Quinta da Lixa com patrocínios assegurados, inicia estágio nesta segunda-feira" [OFM-Quinta da Lixa provide sponsorship, training starts on Monday]. Pedais (in Portuguese). WordPress. Archived from the original on 13 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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