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Full name | Joseph Rosskopf | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Decatur, Georgia, United States | September 5, 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | Mountain Khakis–Jittery Joe’s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Team Type 1–Sanofi Aventis | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Hincapie Sportswear Development Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | BMC Racing Team [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Rally Cycling [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team. [3]
A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España [4] and the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia. [5] He won the Tour du Limousin in 2016, and became the second rider from the Americas, after Leonardo Duque, to win the race.
Rosskopf was the winner of the United States National Time Trial Championships in 2017 and 2018. [6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France. [7]
In November 2020, Rosskopf signed a two-year contract with the Rally Cycling team, from the 2021 season. [8]
Rosskopf graduated from Decatur High School.
Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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![]() | — | 85 | 70 | — | — | 64 |
![]() | — | — | — | — | 73 | — |
![]() | 124 | — | — | 81 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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