Antonio Piedra Explained

Antonio Piedra
Fullname:Antonio Piedra Pérez
Birth Date:1985 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Seville, Spain
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:61kg (134lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2002
Amateurteam1:Citroen Martos Tobalo (junior)
Amateuryears2:2003
Amateurteam2:UCOP (junior)
Amateuryears3:2004
Amateurteam3:Córdoba Patrimonio de la Humanidad
Amateuryears4:2005–2006
Amateurteam4:Comunitat Valenciana
Proyears1:2007
Proyears2:2008–2011
Proyears3:2012–2014
Proteam3:[1]
Proyears4:2016
Proyears5:2017
Proteam5:[2]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

1 individual stage (2012)One-day races and Classics

Rogaland GP (2012)

Antonio Piedra Pérez (born 10 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the,,, and squads.

Career

Born in Seville, Piedra became a professional in 2007, competing for the team, before joining in 2008. He spent four years with the team before joining the team for the 2012 season. Piedra took a prestigious victory by winning the Rogaland GP in May 2012, soloing away to win by 35 seconds over his nearest challenger.[3] He participated in that year's Vuelta a España, his team being invited as a 'wildcard', and had a major victory on stage 15, a high mountain affair finishing atop the Lakes of Covadonga climb. Piedra followed a move that formed on the first climb of the day, and dropped his breakaway companions on the final difficulty of the race, the first "Hors Category" climb of the Vuelta. He had 2 minutes and 2 seconds of an advantage over his nearest competitor, 's Rubén Pérez.[4]

Major results

2006
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Segovia
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Palencia
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
    2009
  • 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal
    2011
  • 8th Overall Tour de San Luis
  • 9th Gran Premio de Llodio
    2012
  • 1st Rogaland GP
  • 1st Stage 15 Vuelta a España
    2013
  • Combativity award Stage 5 Vuelta a España
    2016
  • 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Caja Rural (CJR) – ESP. 14 May 2012. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203044210/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3345&npage=&search=&l=ENG. 3 February 2014. dead.
    2. News: Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. 30 January 2018. From the 2017 squad, Spainraid [sic] Antonio Piedra is the sole rider who won't continue with Manzana Postobon team management keen to ensure a sense of continuity within the squad and back its young developing riders..
    3. News: Piedra solos to victory in Norway. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 13 May 2012. 14 May 2012.
    4. News: Piedra wins Vuelta a Espana stage from day long breakaway. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 September 2012. 2 September 2012. Susan Westemeyer.