PURITO
PURITO
JOAQUIM PURITO RODRÍGUEZ
JOAQUIM PURITO RODRÍGUEZ
ABOUT PURITO
UNIQUE AND EXCEPTIONAL
The cyclist and the person who has left one of the greatest imprints on and off the asphalt for his way of being. With memorable victories in the Tour, Giro, La Vuelta, Lombardia, Flèche Wallonne, Tirreno-Adriatico and Volta Catalunya. Number 1 in the UCI World ranking 2010, 2012 and 2013.
Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver, nicknamed Purito, Spanish road cyclist, professional from 2001 to 2016. Riding for the teams O.N.C.E–Erosky, Saunier Duval-Prodir, Caisse d’Epargne and Team Katusha.
On 11 July 2016 he announced his retirement from professional cycling for three seventeen seasons, effective three years after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, where he obtained an Olympic diploma after finishing fifth.
THE NICKNAME OF “PURITO”
The nickname of Purito has its origin in a training with the ONCE team of Manolo Saiz, during a concentration in El Bosque (Cádiz). While climbing a mountain port with Laurent Jelabert and the other team riders, he staged an attack by pretending to smoke a cigar to show that he had plenty of strength. This nickname spread throughout the press to the point that he became better known as Purito Rodríguez than Joaquim Rodríguez.
SPONSORS PURITO RODRÍGUEZ
AWARDS
16 YEARS OF VICTORIES AND SUCCESS
MOST IMPORTANT VICTORIES
(2000 – 2016)
- 9 stages in La Vuelta a España (Year 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010,2003)
- II Lomabardia (Year 2013 and 2012)
- 3 stages in the Tour of France (Year 2015 and 2010)
- 2 stages in the Giro d’Italia 2012)
- GC Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Year 2014 and 2010)
- GC Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco (Year 2015,2012,2011,2010)
- La Flèche Wallonne 2012
- 2 stages Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Year 2014 and 2010)
- 6 stages Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (Year 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010)
- 4 stages Tirreno-Adriatico (Year 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008)
- 1st UCI World Ranking (Year 2013, 2012 and 2010)
PODIUM IN THE THREE MAIN STAGE RACES
- 2nd in the GC Vuelta a España 2015
- 3rd in the GC Tour de France 2013
- 2nd in the GC Giro d’Italia 2012
- 3rd in the GC Vuelta a España (Year 2012 and 2010)
(2000 – 2016)
- 1st in the Spanish championships 2007
- 5th in the Rio Olympic games 2008
- 2nd in the World championships Firenze 2013
- 3rd in the World championships Mendrisio 2009
- 2nd in the Llege-Bastogne-Liege (Year 2003 and 2009)
- 2nd in the Amstel Gold Race 2012
- 1st GP Miguel Indurain 2010
- 1st Klasika Primavera Amorebieta 2007
- 1st GP Vilafranca de Ordizia 2007
- 1st GC Setmana Catalana 2004
- 1st Escalada a Montjuïc 2001
MY TEAMS
- 2000
ONCE-Deutsche Bank
- 2001 – 2003
ONCE-Eroski
- 2004 – 2005
Saunier Duval-Prodir
- 2006
Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
- 2007 – 2009
Caisse d’Epargne
- 2010 – 2016
Team Katusha
