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Francisco Ventoso

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Francisco Ventoso
Ventoso at the 2019 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full nameFrancisco José Ventoso Alberdi
NicknameFran
Born (1982-05-06) 6 May 1982 (age 42)
Reinosa, Spain
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2004–2007Saunier Duval–Prodir
2008Andalucía–Cajasur
2009–2010Carmiooro A Style
2011–2016Movistar Team[1]
2017–2020BMC Racing Team[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2011, 2012)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2006)
1 TTT stage (2017)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2012)
Paris–Brussels (2010)

Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (born 6 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2020, for the Saunier Duval–Prodir, Andalucía–Cajasur, Carmiooro NGC, Movistar Team and CCC Team squads.[4]

Career

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Ventoso turned professional with Saunier Duval–Prodir in 2004 before moving to Andalucía–Cajasur in 2008. He won the 2010 Paris–Brussels in a bunch sprint.[5] On the back his victory in the one-day classic and 3 other stage wins, he was included in the Spanish squad to ride at the World Championships in Geelong.[6]

Major results

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2004
1st Stage 1 Tour of Qatar
2005
4th Trofeo Luis Puig
2006
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta
2007
4th Gent–Wevelgem
10th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
2008
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León
4th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
1st Stage 1
2009
1st Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Tour of Hainan
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Paris–Corrèze
1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
1st Stage 1 Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2010
1st Paris–Brussels
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2 Ster Elektrotoer
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2011
Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 5 Tour Down Under
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd Trofeo Palma de Mallorca
2012
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2013
5th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca
5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
6th Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines
6th Clásica de Almería
8th GP Ouest–France
2014
2nd Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia
3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
4th Clásica de Almería
8th Trofeo Ses Salines
2017
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF 92 66 125 94 89 87
A yellow jersey Tour de France 78 DNF 139
A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España 93 78 81 92 111 97 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Mosquera waits on future; Ventoso to Movistar; Vogondy to Cofidis". Velonews. 17 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ Vallone, Nicolò (24 December 2020). "CCC, ecco come si sono accasati i 27 corridori" [CCC, here's where the 27 riders ended up]. Tuttobici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni s.r.l. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (10 January 2021). "Ventoso calls time on 17-year career". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Parijs-Brusssel - Paris-Bruxelles 2010: Results Results | Cyclingnews.com". www.cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.
  6. ^ Barry Ryan (16 September 2010). "Spanish Team For World Championships Announced". Cyclingnews.com.
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