Juan Carlos Rojas

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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
2006
2007
  • Costa RicaCosta Rica Costa Rican Champion - Road Race
2009
2010
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

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

  1. ↑ Federación impuso dos años de castigo a Juan Carlos Rojas nacion.com September 19, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Rojas, Juan Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Costa Rican cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 22nd December 1981