José Herrada Lopez (born 1 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. His brother Jesús Herrada is also a professional cyclist, and also competes for Cofidis.[2]
 Herrada at the 2015 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | José Herrada López |
| Born | 1 October 1985 Mota del Cuervo, Spain |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2004–2005 | Enypesa–El Mundo |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006–2007 | Viña Magna–Cropu |
| 2008–2009 | Contentpolis–Murcia |
| 2010–2011 | Caja Rural |
| 2012–2017 | Movistar Team[1] |
| 2018–2023 | Cofidis[2][3][4] |
Career edit
Born in Mota del Cuervo, Herrada has been competing as a professional since the 2006 season, competing for the Viña Magna–Cropu, Contentpolis–Murcia and Caja Rural teams prior to joining the Movistar Team for the 2012 season.[5] Herrada made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia; during the sixteenth stage, Herrada was part of the stage-long breakaway, and ended up finishing the stage in fifth place.[6][7]
He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France,[8] which was his only appearance at the race. During the 2023 Vuelta a España, it was announced that Herrada would retire from professional cycling at the conclusion of the season.[9]
Major results edit
Source: [10]
- 2005
- 9th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
- 2006
- 10th Overall Vuelta a León
- 2007
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2009
- 3rd Klasika Primavera
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 2010
- 1st
Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 4th Overall Circuito Montañés
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 8th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 10th Subida al Naranco
- 10th Klasika Primavera
- 2011
- 4th Overall Route du Sud
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 7th Gran Premio de Llodio
- 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 2013
- 5th Klasika Primavera
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 3rd Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2015
- 1st Klasika Primavera
- 2016
- 3rd Circuito de Getxo
- 2017
- 3rd Circuito de Getxo
- 4th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2019
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
Combativity award Stage 5 Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
44 | 25 | 23 | — | 62 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | 12 | 32 | — | 91 | — | 57 | 75 | 26 | 57 | DNF | 132 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Movistar Team 2013 holds get-together". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports S.L. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Jesus and Jose Herrada leave Movistar for Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (30 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "El Movistar Team se hace con los servicios de Javi Moreno y José Herrada" [The Movistar Team is serviced by Javi Moreno and Jose Herrada]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. Reuters. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan (22 May 2012). "Izagirre triumphs in Giro stage 16 to Falzes". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (22 May 2012). "Jon Izagirre takes breakaway stage sixteen as the peloton sleeps". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Tyson, Jackie (1 September 2023). "Vuelta a España: Geoffrey Soupe breaks Groves' sprint streak on stage 7". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
For Herrada, his motivation was perhaps knowing this Vuelta would be his final Grand Tour, and race, the 37-year-old having announced retirement from the pro peloton at the conclusion of the race.
- ^ "Jose Herrada". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
External links edit
- José Herrada at UCI
- Cofidis profile
- José Herrada at ProCyclingStats
- José Herrada at Cycling Archives
- José Herrada at CQ Ranking
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