Eduardo Sepúlveda Explained
| Eduardo Sepúlveda |
| Birth Date: | 13 June 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Rawson, Chubut, Argentina[1] |
| Weight: | 62kg (137lb) |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Climber |
| Amateuryears1: | 2012 |
| Amateurteam1: | World Cycling Centre[2] |
| Amateuryears2: | 2012 |
| Amateurteam2: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 2013–2017 |
| Proyears2: | 2018–2020 |
| Proteam2: | [3] [4] |
| Proyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Proteam3: | [5] |
| Proyears4: | 2023– |
| Show-Medals: | no |
Eduardo Sepúlveda (born 13 June 1991) is an Argentine racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships.
Early life
Sepúlveda was born in Rawson, the capital of Chubut Province, in Argentine Patagonia. He started to ride a bike under the advice of his father, Eduardo. In 2007, aged 16 years old, Sepúlveda won the Copa Nacional Infanto Juvenil for young riders in Argentina. However, his father was killed in a car accident while returning home after the event.[6] Sepúlveda recovered from this and later was selected as one of the best young riders of the country and invited to the CeNARD in Buenos Aires, some 1400km (900miles) away from his home in Rawson.[7]
After a series of good results, in 2012, Sepúlveda was invited for the Union Cycliste Internationale to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland, among many other riders from developing countries, including Natnael Berhane, Youcef Reguigui and Josip Rumac. Also in 2012, he won the silver medal in the individual time trial at the Pan American Road Championships in Mar del Plata, losing out to Magno Nazaret from Brazil.[8]
Professional career
In 2013, Sepúlveda began his career with the French team and signed an initial two-year contract. In a 2014 interview, Sepúlveda said thanks to the Tour de San Luis for allowing him a chance to train at the World Cycling Centre and to sign with the French second division team .[9]
Sepúlveda took his first professional win in February 2015 with a solo victory in the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[10] Later that year, he took a fine second place in the overall classification of the Tour of Turkey, 32 seconds down on Kristijan Đurasek .[11] He participated in the 2015 Tour de France,[12] but was disqualified on stage 14 for riding in a car instead of pedaling his bike.[13]
For the 2018 season, Sepúlveda joined one of the UCI WorldTeams, from Spain, and signed a two-year contract, a move predicted for many insiders in the UCI World Tour.[14] [15] In May 2018, he was named in the start list for the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career.[16]
He was expected to ride the 2019 Vuelta a España but was not selected, and, after this omission, 2019 was the first year in his professional career that Sepúlveda did not ride one Grand Tour. For the 2020 season, Sepúlveda re-signed for one year with the Spanish-based team before moving to for the 2021 season.[17]
In November 2022, Sepúlveda signed with for the 2023 season.[18]
Major results
- 2010
3rd Individual pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
- 2011
3rd Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships
7th Overall Rutas de América
- 2012
Pan American Road Championships
1st Under-23 time trial
2nd Time trial
2nd ZLM Tour
5th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
8th Chrono Champenois
- 2013
Pan American Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Madison
6th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
9th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
10th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
10th Circuito de Getxo
- 2014
4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Young rider classification
5th Overall Critérium International
6th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 2015 (2 pro wins)
1st Classic Sud-Ardèche
1st Tour du Doubs
2nd Overall Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Tour de San Luis
5th Overall Route du Sud
- 2016 (1)
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
4th Tour du Doubs
- 2017
4th Classic Sud-Ardèche
- 2019
2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 2021
3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
4th Overall Tour of Romania
8th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
10th Giro dell'Appennino
- 2022 (1)
3rd Overall Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 4
7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
8th Overall Tour of Antalya
- 2023 (2)
1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
1st Stage 2
2nd Road race, Pan American Games
7th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
Vuelta a España
Held after Stages 4–10
- 2024
8th Overall Sibiu Cycling TourGrand Tour general classification results timeline
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Eduardo Sepúlveda – Player Profile . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209211246/http://asia.eurosport.com/cycling/eduardo-sepulveda_prs300602/person.shtml . dead . 9 December 2014 . . 6 December 2014.
- Web site: Eduardo Sepulveda . Cycling Archives . 6 December 2014.
- News: Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes . . Telefónica, S.A. . 18 December 2018 . 4 January 2019.
- News: Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020 . . Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec . UCI.org . . 4 January 2021 . https://archive.today/20210104012836/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15248/1000573/280 . 4 January 2021.
- Web site: ciclismoxxi . ciclismoxxi . es.
- Web site: "2012 a wonderful anniversary year" . uci.ch . 12 August 2017.
- Web site: Pan American Championships . procyclingstats.
- Web site: Sepulveda's cycling career . 24 January 2014 . 14 August 2017.
- Web site: Eduardo Sepúlveda . 2 March 2015 . ProCyclingStats.
- News: Durasek wins Tour of Turkey as Mas pips Cavendish on final stage . . IPC Media Sports & Leisure network . 3 May 2015 . 3 May 2015 . Stephen Puddicombe.
- Web site: 2015 Tour de France start list . 2 July 2015 . Velo News.
- News: The Latest: Sepulveda ousted from Tour for hitching car ride . https://web.archive.org/web/20150722113352/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-latest-riders-set-off-on-stage-14-of-tour-de-france/2015/07/18/f342bfa2-2d3f-11e5-960f-22c4ba982ed4_story.html . dead . 22 July 2015 . 18 July 2015 . Washington Post.
- Web site: Sepulveda joins Movistar . August 2017 . 20 June 2018.
- News: Movistar completes reduced roster for 2018 . . . 2 November 2017 . 3 January 2018 . Rafael Valls is another new inductee to the men's line-up after two seasons with Lotto-Soudal, alongside Eduardo Sepulveda, Jaime Roson, and neo-pro Jaime Castrillo..
- Web site: 2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List . 3 May 2018 . ProCyclingStats.
- News: Sepúlveda signs for Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec . . . 16 November 2020 . 16 November 2020.
- News: Eduardo Sepúlveda's online job hunt pays off with deal with Lotto-Dstny . . . 23 November 2022 . 23 January 2023.
