Joan Horrach

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Joan Horrach
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Horrach at the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full nameJoan Horrach Ripoll
Born (1974-03-27) March 27, 1974 (age 49)
Deià, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2000–2003 União Ciclista da Maia–MSS
2004–2008 Illes Balears–Banesto
2009–2012 Team Katusha [1]
2013 Madison Genesis
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2006)

Joan Horrach Ripoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist. [2] He last rode for Madison Genesis.

Contents

Horrach's biggest win of his career was Stage 11 of the 2006 Giro d'Italia. [3] He won the stage by being in the break o the day and after making it to the final 3 riders he attacked as his companions crashed and held on to win by 5 seconds. [4] As a domestique for his leaders Horrach spent most of his career working for others, occasionally given the opportunity to ride for himself. [5]

After retiring he moved to Mallorca where he works as a Tour guide in Serra de Tramuntana on taking people on Mountain bikes, Road bikes and hiking. [6]

Major results

Sources: [7] [8]

2000
1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
2001
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
1st Stage 4
2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 4
2002
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
2nd Overall Volta a Portugal
1st Stages 5 & 11
2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
7th Overall GP do Minho
2003
3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez
5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 2
10th Overall Volta a Portugal
2005
9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
2006
1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
2010
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
2nd Trofeo Deià

General classification results timeline

Source: [9]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — — — 37 36 DNF 81 — 54 53 —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — — — — — — — 74 — — 119
Jersey gold.svg / Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 33 28 24 27 79 29 — — 74 67 —
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ Tyler, Richard (2 January 2010). "Katusha's newcomers show off team kit". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Juan HORRACH RIPPOLL". UCI. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Joan Horrach | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Horrach survives break to take Giro stage win". VeloNews.com. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Jones, Jeff (18 May 2006). "Horrach aiming at final week". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Excursions and guiding | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Joan Horrach". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Joan Sebastian Horrach". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.


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