Ruben Guerreiro

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Rúben Guerreiro
Guerreiro in 2015
Personal information
Full nameRúben António Almeida Guerreiro
Born (1994-07-06) 6 July 1994 (age 29)
Montijo, Portugal
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2013–2014Liberty Seguros–Feira–KTM
Professional teams
2015–2016Axeon Cycling Team
2017–2018Trek–Segafredo
2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[1]
2020–2022EF Pro Cycling[2][3]
2023–Movistar Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2020)
1 individual stage (2020)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2017)

Rúben António Almeida Guerreiro (pronounced [ˈʁuβɛn ɡɨˈʁɐjɾu]; born 6 July 1994) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[4]

Career[edit]

In August 2016, Trek–Segafredo announced that they had signed Guerreiro through to 2018.[5] He joined Team Katusha–Alpecin for the 2019 season, on a one-year contract.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7]

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8] He won the ninth stage and finished the race as the leader of the mountains classification, becoming the first Portuguese rider to win a Grand Tour classification.

Major results[edit]

2012
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2014
1st Overall Volta a Portugal do Futuro
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
2015
1st Overall GP Liberty Seguros
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
10th Overall Tour de Beauce
2016
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2017 (1 pro win)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
6th Bretagne Classic
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
2018
4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
5th Bretagne Classic
5th Primus Classic
6th Overall Tour of Turkey
9th Overall Tour Down Under
10th Overall Tour des Fjords
2019
8th Overall Tour Down Under
2020 (1)
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 9
2021
8th Overall Tour of the Alps
10th Coppa Sabatini
2022 (1)
1st Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Points classification
7th La Flèche Wallonne
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
2023 (2)
1st Overall Saudi Tour
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall O Gran Camiño
9th Overall Route d'Occitanie
2024
8th Overall O Gran Camiño
9th Figueira Champions Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 33 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 18 DNF DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España 17 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Trek-Segafredo confirm signing of Mads Pedersen". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin sign Guerreiro for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  7. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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