Juan Carlos Rojas
Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas (born December 22, 1981 ) is a Costa Rican cyclist .
Rojas began his career in 2005 with the Costa Rican team Pasoca-Dos Pinos . At the end of the year he won the Vuelta a Costa Rica country tour . In 2006 he was successful on two parts of the Vuelta a Guatemala and was able to win the overall ranking. At the Costa Rica Tour a month later, he finished third overall. In 2007 he passed a positive doping test at the Vuelta a El Salvador and was banned for two years.
After his doping ban he won the overall ranking of the Vuelta a Guatemala in 2009 and also two stages. In addition, there was a stage win on his home tour in Costa Rica . In the following year he won five stages of the Vuelta a Costa Rica and thus secured the overall victory. In 2013 Rojas again won the overall victory at the Vuelta a Costa Rica . He also won five stages there. In 2014 he was road champion in Costa Rica for the second time . He also won the overall ranking of the Vuelta a Costa Rica and two stage wins.
Rojas also won the individual classification of the UCI America Tour 2014.
In 2015 he was again the winner of the Vuelta a Costa Rica .
successes
- 2005
- Overall ranking Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2006
- Overall ranking Vuelta a Guatemala
- 2007
- 2009
- Overall standings and two stages Vuelta a Guatemala
- a stage Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2010
- Overall ranking and five stages Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2013
- Overall ranking and five stages Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2014
- Costa Rican Champion - Road Race
- Overall classification and two stages Vuelta a Costa Rica
- Overall ranking UCI America Tour
- 2015
- Overall ranking Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2016
- Costa Rican Champion - Individual Time Trial
- two stages Vuelta a Costa Rica
- 2017
- Overall standings and three stages Vuelta a Costa Rica
Teams
- 2005 Pasoca-Dos Pinos
- 2006 Dos Pinos Costa Rica
- 2009 Plycem-JPS-Orbea
- 2010 Junta de Protección Social-Giant
- 2013 JPS-Giant
- 2014 JPS-Giant
Individual evidence
Web links
- Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas in the ProCyclingStats.com database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rojas, Juan Carlos |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Costa Rican cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd December 1981 |