Juan Manuel Gárate

Juan Manuel Gárate at the 2010 Tour de France team presentation

Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa (born April 24, 1976 in Irun , Spain ) is a former Spanish cyclist and later sports director .

Career

Gárate became a professional in 2000 with the Italian cycling team Lampre . He won a stage at the Vuelta a España in 2001 and developed into a specialist in Grand Tours in the following years . He placed in the top ten four times at the Giro d'Italia . He finished fourth in 2002 , tenth in 2004 , fifth in 2005 and seventh in 2006 . In 2006 he also won a stage that was left to him by his fellow refugee Jens Voigt , as he did not take on any leadership work, and the mountain classification . At the Tour de France 2009 he won the mountain finish on Mont Ventoux against the runaway Tony Martin .

His greatest success in a one-day race came in 2005 when he won the Spanish championship. In addition, he was subsequently awarded the victory at the Clásica San Sebastián after the disqualification of Leonardo Bertagnolli .

Before the 2014 season, Garate did not sign a contract offered by his team Belkin that would have meant a 40% pay cut for him. He then successfully sued for employment under unchanged conditions, but was no longer used by his team. After the season he ended his career.

For the 2016 season he was hired as Sporting Director of the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team .

successes

Juan Manuel Gárate in the Spanish championship jersey (2005)

2001

• a stage Vuelta a España

2002

• one stage of the Giro del Trentino
• one stage Tour de Suisse

2005

• Spanish champion - road race

2006

• a stage and mountain classification Giro d'Italia

2007

• Clásica San Sebastián

2009

• a stage Tour de France

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Giro d'Italia	20th	4th	-	10	5	7th	-	-	-	-	-	59	31	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	66	72	21st	-	62	25th	DNF	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	DNF	-	69	23	-	-	30th	15th	38	46	66	42	71	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2000-2004 Lampre
• 2005 Saunier Duval-Prodir
• 2006-2008 Quick Step
• 2009–2014 Rabobank / Belkin-Pro Cycling Team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Voigt gives Garate the victory. radsport-news.com, May 27, 2006, accessed February 8, 2015 . 
2. ^ Garate redeems Rabobank on Mont Ventoux. radsport-news.com, July 25, 2000, accessed February 8, 2015 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Garate ends his career after a year without racing. radsport-news.com, December 22, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} The original winner Leonardo Bertagnolli was disqualified for doping , cf. Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR) - Updated: 23.12.2014. (PDF) uci.ch, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English). 
5. ↑ Cannondale adds former pro Garate, 39, as sport director. velonews.com, December 15, 2015, accessed December 16, 2015 . 

Web links

• Juan Manuel Gárate in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Juan Manuel Gárate in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Juan Manuel Gárate in the Tour de France database(French / English )