Francisco José Ventoso

Francisco Ventoso

Francisco Ventoso (2015)
To person
Full name	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi
Date of birth	May 6, 1982
nation	Spain
discipline	Street
Driver type	Classic driver
To the team
Current team	CCC team
function	driver
doping
2008/09	Furosemide
Last updated: January 15, 2017

Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (born May 6, 1982 in Reinosa ) is a Spanish cyclist . He is considered a specialist in the Flemish and Northern French classics .

Athletic career

In 2004 Ventoso signed his first contract with Saunier Duval-Prodir . In his first year as a professional cyclist , he managed to win a stage of the Tour of Qatar and the USPRO Championship , the race for the US championship. In the following years he won several stages in smaller races, but also in the big round trips, such as the Giro d'Italia 2011 , the Giro d'Italia 2012 and the Vuelta a España 2006 . In 2012 he became the Spanish road racing champion.

After Ventoso then had no racing success for four years, he switched to the BMC Racing Team for the 2017 season to support team captain Greg Van Avermaet . "Radsport-101926"

doping

In May 2008, Ventoso tested positive for furosemide and was banned for nine months.

successes

2004

• one stage tour of Qatar
• USPRO Championship

2006

• a stage Vuelta a España

2007

• three stages Vuelta a Castilla y León

2008

• a stage Vuelta a Castilla y León
• a stage Vuelta a La Rioja

2009

• a stage Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
• Overall ranking Paris – Corrèze
• one stage Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
• Overall ranking and two stages of the Cinturó de l'Empordà
• Gran Premio Beghelli
• Overall ranking and one stage Tour of Hainan

2010

• one stage tour of Andalusia
• a stage of Ster Elektrotoer
• a stage Vuelta a Madrid
• Paris-Brussels

2011

• a stage tour down under
• a stage of the Ruta del Sol
• two stages Vuelta a Castilla y León
• a stage of the Giro d'Italia
• Team time trial Burgos Tour

2012

• a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• a stage of the Giro d'Italia
• Spanish champion - road race
• a stage Tour du Poitou Charentes

2017

• Team time trial Vuelta a España

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	92	66	125	-	-	94	89	87
Tour de France	-	78	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	94	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	81	-	92	-	97

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2004 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2005 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2006 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2007 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2008 Andalucía-Cajasur
• 2009 CarmioOro-A Style
• 2010 CarmioOro NGC
• 2011 Movistar
• 2012 Movistar
• 2013 Movistar
• 2014 Movistar team
• 2015 Movistar team
• 2016 Movistar team
• 2017 BMC Racing Team
• 2018 BMC Racing Team
• 2019 CCC team

Web links

Commons : Francisco José Ventoso  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Francisco José Ventoso in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Francisco José Ventoso in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Francisco José Ventoso in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• Francisco José Ventoso in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Van Avermaet's future helper Ventoso is looking forward to the classics. In: radsport-news.com. December 29, 2016, accessed January 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Doping: 2006 cycling doping cases. In: Cycling4Fans. Retrieved January 15, 2017 .