 Horrach at the 2009 Tour Down Under | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joan Horrach Ripoll |
| Born | (1974-03-27) March 27, 1974 (age 50) Deià, Spain |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2000–2003 | União Ciclista da Maia–MSS |
| 2004–2008 | Illes Balears–Banesto |
| 2009–2012 | Team Katusha |
| 2013 | Madison Genesis |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Joan Horrach Ripoll (born March 27, 1974) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for Madison Genesis.
Horrach's biggest win of his career was Stage 11 of the 2006 Giro d'Italia. He won the stage by being in the break of the day and after making it to the final 3 riders he attacked as his companions crashed and held on to win by 5 seconds. As a domestique for his leaders Horrach spent most of his career working for others, occasionally given the opportunity to ride for himself.
After retiring he moved to Mallorca where he works as a Tour guide in Serra de Tramuntana on taking people on Mountain bikes, Road bikes and hiking.
Major results
Sources:
- 2000
- 1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 2001
- 1st
Overall Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1st Stage 4
- 2002
- 1st
Mountains classification, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme - 2nd Overall Volta a Portugal
- 1st Stages 5 & 11
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 7th Overall GP do Minho
- 2003
- 3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez
- 5th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 10th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 2005
- 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
- 2006
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
- 2nd Trofeo Deià
General classification results timeline
Source:
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | 37 | 36 | DNF | 81 | — | 54 | 53 | — | ||||||||||
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 74 | — | — | 119 | ||||||||||
 / Vuelta a España
|
33 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 79 | 29 | — | — | 74 | 67 | — | ||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- Tyler, Richard (2 January 2010). "Katusha's newcomers show off team kit". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Juan HORRACH RIPPOLL". UCI. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Joan Horrach | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Horrach survives break to take Giro stage win". VeloNews.com. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- Jones, Jeff (18 May 2006). "Horrach aiming at final week". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Excursions and guiding | www.liveablock.com". liveablock.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Joan Horrach". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Joan Sebastian Horrach". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- "Grand tour starts | ProCyclingStats". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
External links
- Joan Horrach at UCI
- Joan Horrach at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Joan Horrach at ProCyclingStats
- Joan Horrach at Cycling Quotient
- Joan Horrach at CycleBase
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