Josep Jufré
Winner Clasica a los Puerto 2002
Josep Pou jufré (* August 5, 1975 in Santa Eulalia de Riuprimer, Catalonia ) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer, who was his team captains, especially as a helper during mountain stages available. He denied and ended with the Tour de France, the Giro d' Italia and the Vuelta a España all three Grand Tours several times in his career.
Josep jufré began his career in 1996 at Porcelana Santa Clara - Samara. Three years later he turned professional with the Portuguese cycling team Boavista. Here he won a stage of the 2001 GP do Minho. The following year, the 1,78 m tall riders the Clasica a los Puerto de Guadarrama decided for themselves. Then he moved to the Spanish team Relax- Fuenlabrada. As of 2006 drove jufré for the Belgian ProTour team Davitamon -Lotto and was the captain Cadel Evans, with whom he won the team time trial of the Settimana Internazionale 2007 helper. In 2008 he moved again to the team and signed with Saunier Duval, although the captain of the Silence-Lotto, Cadel Evans, expressly intended to keep him in the team. In his first year with Saunier Duval, he was part of the Tour de France team that made by Leonardo Piepoli and Riccardo Riccò for two doping cases. In 2010 he signed a contract with the Kazakh Pro Team Astana, where he twice the Giro d' Italia and the Vuelta a España played in two years and was able to finish. In Astana, he was Domestike of Alberto Contador and Alexander Vinokourov.
On January 16, 2012 jufré declared at the age of 36 years, his career as a professional cyclist for terminated because his contract was not renewed at Astana and he had not a new team for the 2012 season found. One reason for this was the closure of many teams such as HTC -Highroad at the end of 2011, which many drivers were on the market. The Spaniard took his leave in a letter from media and fans.
Trivia
Jufré speaks Spanish and French, English and Portuguese.
Achievements
- Winners first stage Prémio Grande do Minho
- Winner Clasica a los Puerto