Carlos Rodríguez (cyclist) explained
Carlos Rodríguez Cano (born 2 February 2001) is a Spanish cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[2]
Career
Prior to being a road cyclist, Rodríguez was a BMX rider for the Spanish national team.[3] [4]
For his junior years in 2018 and 2019, Rodríguez raced for the Kometa development team run by former cyclist Alberto Contador.[5] During these two seasons, he was a two-time national junior time trial champion and won the Tour de Gironde and the Gipuzkoa Klasika in 2019. He was also the bronze medalist at the 2018 European Junior Road Race Championships.[6]
In 2020, he was recruited by UCI WorldTeam at only 18 years old on a four-year contract, while simultaneously working on an engineering degree.[7]
In 2021, he finished second at the Tour de l'Avenir and fourth at the Vuelta a Andalucía.[8] The following year, he took his first senior-level wins, being crowned the elite national road race champion in addition to winning stage five of the Tour of the Basque Country.[9] In August, he was selected for his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, finishing 7th overall. In his final race of the season in October, he placed fifth in his first Monument, the Giro di Lombardia.[10]
In March 2023, he crashed in Strade Bianche and sustained a clavicle fracture.[11] In June, he returned to racing, placing ninth at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He next rode in the Tour de France, where he finished fifth overall in the general classification and won stage 14 ahead of Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard.[12]
In April 2024, he won the final stage and finished second overall at the Tour of the Basque Country, being the only rider able to follow Juan Ayuso up the final climb.[13] Later that month, he won the Tour de Romandie, his first major stage race win, after taking the lead on stage four.[14] He rode in the 2024 Tour de France.
Major results
- 2018
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
UEC European Road Championships
3rd Road race
7th Time trial
4th Overall Tour de Gironde
1st Points classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
5th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
1st Stage 2b
6th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 2019
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Gironde
1st Points classification
1st Gipuzkoa Klasika
6th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
- 2021
2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 9
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
10th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 3 (TTT)
- 2022 (2 pro wins)
National Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Young rider classification
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Giro di Lombardia
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
5th Trofeo Laigueglia
7th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2023 (2)
4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 14
7th Giro di Lombardia
9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Young rider classification
9th Tre Valli Varesine
10th Overall Tour of Britain
1st Stage 8
10th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2024 (3)
1st Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Young rider classification
2nd Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 6
4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 8
7th Overall Tour de France
10th Overall Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 11–14 & 16–18General classification results timeline
Notes and References
- Web site: Team Ineos. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102035953/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260. 2 January 2020.
- Web site: Ineos Grenadiers. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102023102/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15241/1001552/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: Quién es Carlos Rodríguez y cómo ha llegado a pelear por el podio del Tour . 3 July 2024 . brujulabike.com . es.
- Web site: Vern Pitt . 15 July 2023 . Carlos Rodriguez credits BMX skills with Tour de France stage win . 3 July 2024 . cyclingweekly.com . en.
- Web site: La Vuelta – Protégé de Pogacar, choyé par Contador : Ayuso-Rodriguez, terreurs de demain ?. eurosport.fr. 26 August 2022. Christophe Gaudot.
- https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Carlos-rodriguez-une-nouvelle-pepite-chez-ineos/1082021 Carlos Rodriguez, une nouvelle pépite chez Ineos
- https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-ineos-sign-18-year-old-carlos-rodriguez/ Team Ineos sign 18-year-old Carlos Rodríguez
- Web site: Miguel Ángel López wins Ruta del Sol. Ben. Goddard. CyclingNews. 22 May 2021. 22 May 2021.
- Web site: Itzulia Basque Country: Carlos Rodriguez solos to first pro win on stage 5. Barry. Ryan. CyclingNews. Future plc. 8 April 2022. 8 April 2022.
- Web site: Tadej Pogacar wins Lombardia again as Alejandro Valverde finishes career with top-10 finish in Como . Eurosport UK . 9 October 2022 . en . 8 October 2022.
- Web site: Infirmerie – Carlos Rodriguez s'est fracturé une clavicule aux Strade. cyclismactu.net. 6 March 2023. Clément Labat-Gest.
- News: Carlos Rodriguez wins Tour de France stage 14; Pogacar move on Vingegaard stifled by motorbikes . NBC Sports .
- Web site: Itzulia Basque Country: Juan Ayuso secures overall, Carlos Rodríguez wins stage 6 finale. CyclingNews. Alasdair. Fotheringham. 6 April 2024. 6 April 2024.
- Web site: Tour de Romandie: Carlos Rodríguez wins overall . . 28 April 2024 . 28 April 2024.
