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Javier Aramendia

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Javier Aramendia
Aramendia at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
Born (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37)
Pamplona, Spain
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeBreakaway specialist
Amateur team
2007Orbea–Oreka SDA
Professional teams
2008–2011Euskaltel–Euskadi
2012–2016Caja Rural[1]

Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente (born 5 December 1986) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the Euskaltel–Euskadi and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA teams.

Career

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Aramendia was born in Pamplona. At the 2012 Vuelta a España, Aramendia distinguished himself by being part of numerous long breakaways,[2] earning the Combativity award four times in the process, the most at the Vuelta.[3] It looked like he had a great chance to win the "Most Combative" title for the whole race, but Alberto Contador prevailed.[4] Aramendia was named the most combative rider overall in the 2013 Vuelta a España, after taking the award three times in the individual stages.

Major results

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2006
1st Stage 2 Bizkaiko Bira
2007
7th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura
2012
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 2, 7, 8 & 10
2013
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 7, 9, 17 & Overall
2014
Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 2, 8 & 15

References

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  1. ^ Stokes, Shane (20 November 2011). "Downsized Euskaltel Euskadi team settles for 23 riders in 2012". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 January 2012. Five riders are leaving, namely Garmin Cervélo-bound Koldo Fernandez Larea (Garmin Cervélo), Javier Aramendia Lorente (Caja Rural), Jonathan Nicolas Castroviejo (Movistar Team), Inaki Isasi and Daniel Sesma.
  2. ^ Kyle Moore (28 August 2012). "Vuelta a España: Quatro victorias for Degenkolb after stage 10 to Sanxenxo". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Aramendia Yet Again – Stage 10 Vuelta a Espana". Cycling Components. Blogger. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. ^ "La Vuelta". La Vuelta. Mastercom. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
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