Juan Antonio Flecha

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Juan Antonio Flecha Road cycling
Juan Antonio Flecha (2012)
Juan Antonio Flecha (2012)
To person
Date of birth 17th September 1977
nation SpainSpain Spain
discipline Street
Driver type Classic driver
End of career 2013
Team (s)
2000–2001
2002–2003
2004–2005
2006–2010
2010–2012
2013 		Relax-Fuenlabrada
Banesto
Fassa Bortolo
Rabobank
Sky ProCycling
Vacansoleil-DCM
Most important successes

a stage Tour de France 2003
championship of Zurich 2004
GP Ouest France-Plouay 2006
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2010

Last updated: October 9, 2013

Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (born September 17, 1977 in Junín , Argentina ) is a former Spanish cyclist who was particularly successful in the classics . He achieved four podium finishes on the Tour of Flanders and Paris – Roubaix .

Career

Flecha became a professional in 2000 with the Relax-Fuenlabrada cycling team . In 2003, he won the 11th stage of the Tour de France as a driver for Banesto teams after breaking away from his fellow escapees 12 km from the finish. The following year he drove for Fassa Bortolo and won a World Cup race with the championship in Zurich . In 2005 he was able to get a second place at Gent – ​​Wevelgem , where the winner Nico Mattan , benefiting from the slipstream of the escort vehicles, was able to prevail against Flecha and to achieve a third place at Paris-Roubaix as part of a top group of three. Between 2006 and 2009 Flecha drove for the Dutch Rabobank team . He won the ProTour -race GP Ouest France-Plouay 2006. In Paris-Roubaix second sprint as winner of the Followers 52 seconds behind Stuart O'Grady . In the Tour of Flanders in 2008 Flecha was third 15 seconds behind the solo winner Stijn Devolder . In the 2010 season he switched to the newly founded Sky Professional Cycling Team , for which he won the semi-classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad that year and took third place at Paris-Roubaix . Overall, Flecha placed eight times in the top ten of Paris-Roubaix.

At the end of the 2013 season he ended his career as a professional cyclist with the Vacansoleil-DCM team and contested his last race at the Tour of Beijing . After his sporting career, he worked as a moderator for Eurosport .

successes

2003

2004

2005

2006

2008

2010

Important placements

Grand Tours
Grand Tour 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - 104 93 73 80 85 DNF 99 86 96 - 93
Red jersey Vuelta a España 113 72 41 - - DNF - - - - - - 98 44
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.
Monuments of cycling
Monument to cycling 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Milan – Sanremo 34 64 - - 40 39 41 29 18th 76 - 72
Tour of Flanders 43 34 12 12 12 53 3 30th 40 11 20th 21st
Paris – Roubaix - 25th 13 3 4th 2 12 6th 3 9 4th 8th
Liège – Bastogne – Liège 40 81 118 - 85 - - - - - - -
Lombardy tour 38 18th - - - - - - - - - 13

Teams

Flecha at the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2005.

Web links

Commons : Juan Antonio Flecha  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Like an arrow! Spaniard Flecha wins 11th stage. In: radsport-news.com. July 17, 2003. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Mattan wins in the slipstream of the escort vehicles. In: radsport-news.com. April 6, 2005, accessed August 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Double for Boonen! T-Mobile has a flat tire. In: radsport-news.com. April 10, 2005, accessed August 27, 2017 .
  4. ↑ O'Grady triumphs in Roubaix. In: radsport-news.com. April 13, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2017 .
  5. ↑ radsport-news.com - Flecha ends his career at the end of the season. In: radsport-news.com. October 7, 2013, accessed April 5, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Pete Muir: Juan Antonio Flecha: Life after racing. In: cyclist.co.uk. June 15, 2016, accessed August 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Flecha, Juan Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flecha Giannoni, Juan Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Junín