José Luis Rubiera

José Luis Rubiera ( born January 27, 1973 in Gijón) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He was a strong climber before all things.

Career

Rubiera started at the age of 14 years to pursue a cycling career.

After his victory at the Spanish tour Bidasoa Itzulia Rubiera 1994 professional the team Kelme, which still bore the name Artiach then. His first professional victory he celebrated in the same year the criterion Memorial Race Valenciaga.

His breakthrough came when he Tenth at the Giro d' Italia in 1997 and was able to win a difficult mountain stage in palaces. In 1997, he was also victorious at the criterion of Oviedo.

He proved his potential remains with the big tours when he was 13 at the 1998 Giro d' Italia, where even get him three more top ten finishes on stages, and 1999 sixth in the Vuelta a España. 2000 won Chechu even a stage at the Giro d' Italia and was eighth overall. Victory also brought the Subida al Naranco in 1998 and 2000 and the Volta ao Alentejo in Portugal, where he also finished one days section first.

After this highly successful early years as a professional, he went to 2001 because of financial problems in Kelme to U.S. Postal as a helper for Lance Armstrong and Roberto Heras. Although he went as a helper ( " water carrier " ) in the Grand Tours, he managed a seventh place finish at the Vuelta a España in 2001 and two 19th places at four Tour de France appearances, where he first took part in 2001. 2003 and 2004 and in 2005 he won with his team there in each case the team time trial, he was twice stages - ninth. A total of five times reached Rubiera as Domestike the victorious Armstrong the aim of the tour in Paris. In 2004 he won the criterion of Jaén, 2005 in Las Rozas. At the Tour of Qinghai Lake Rubiera In 2007 a ​​stage victory.

Rubiera was also from 2005, together with Jens Voigt driver spokesman for the CPA and elected representative of the driver while cycling world governing body UCI and the UCI ProTour Council.

After the end of the Discovery Channel team in late 2007 Rubiera signed with Team Astana, where also the former manager Johan Bruyneel Discovery changed. For the new team he was successful in a section of the Vuelta a Murcia Vuelta a España and denied.

Good results followed in 2009 with the tenth place in the Tour of California for a sixth stage rank. At the Giro d' Italia Rubiera accompanied his longtime captain Lance Armstrong, who had returned, as a helper. The Vuelta a España he had to give up, however, after the eleventh day.

For the 2010 season Rubiera Armstrong escorted to his new Team RadioShack. He finished tenth at the Vuelta a Castilla y León, before he finished the end of the season his career as a professional cyclist with the criterion of Oviedo.

Trivia

His nickname " Chechu " Rubiera received from his mother.

Achievements

  • Winner Bisadoa Itzulia
  • Winner Memorial Valenciaga
  • Winner criterion of Oviedo
  • Winner Stage 19 Giro d' Italia
  • Winner Subida al Naranco
  • Overall winner and winner of Volta ao Alentejo fourth stage
  • Stage 13 Giro d' Italia winner
  • Winner Subida al Naranco
  • Winner criterion of Jaén
  • Winner of Las Rozas criterion
  • Winner eighth stage Tour of Qinghai Lake
  • Winner second stage Vuelta a Murcia
U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team May 30 2011 Las Rozas de Madrid 2009 Tour of California
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