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JOAN
HORRACH

Joan Horrach Ripoll is a Spanish cyclist born on March 27, 1974 in the Majorcan village of Deià (Mallorca, Spain).

He made his professional debut in 2000 with the Portuguese team Milaneza-Maia.

The most important victory he has achieved in his career as a professional cyclist came in the 12th stage of the Giro d’Italia 2006. He escaped along with fifteen other riders in a stage starting in Livorno and finishing in Sestri Levante. He managed to break away from his fellow flight and arrived alone at the goal, with five seconds ahead of a group of Addy Engels, Emanuele Sella, Manuele Mori, Fortunato Baliani and Wladimir Belli. More than seven minutes he entered the large group headed goal by Paolo Bettini.

Career

Excerpt of Joan's sporting successes

  1. Gravel World Champion

    The Gravel specialty is run with bicycles that combine the uses of road and mountain and is held in Veneto (Italy).

  2. 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

    Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain.

  3. 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia

    The Giro d'Italia is one of cycling's Grand Tours. In 2006 it began in the Belgian city of Seraing and came to a close with a 140 km mass-start road stage from Museo del Ghisallo to Milan.

  4. 9th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc

    The Escalada a Montjuïc was a one-day, two-stage road bicycle racing race held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1965.

  5. 3rd Overall Gran Premio Internacional Mitsubishi MR Cortez

    The Grande Prémio Internacional de Ciclismo MR Cortez-Mitsubishi was a professional cycling race held annually in Portugal from 1998 to 2004.

  6. 1st Mountains classification, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

    The Catalan Cycling Week was a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Catalonia, Spain, run as a 2.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour.

  7. 2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

    Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year.

  8. 1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias

    Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias is a multi-day road cycling race held annually in Portugal.