Imanol Erviti Explained

Imanol Erviti
Fullname:Imanol Erviti Ollo
Birth Date:1983 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Pamplona, Spain
Height:[1]
Weight:820NaN0
Discipline:Road
Amateuryears1:2004
Amateurteam1:Serbitzu Kirolgi
Proyears1:2005–2023
Proteam1:[2] [3]
Manageyears1:2024–
Manageteam1: (directeur sportif)
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

2 individual stages (2008, 2010)

2 TTT stages (2012, 2014)

Imanol Erviti Ollo (born 15 November 1983) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2023, entirely for and its successors. Primarily working as a domestique, Erviti took three victories as a professional – including two stage victories at the Vuelta a España in 2008 and 2010.

Following his retirement, Erviti became a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Erviti's first UCI race success came at the 2004 Vuelta a Navarra as an amateur, winning the final stage while riding for the Serbitzu Kirolgi team.[4] He turned professional the following year with . He formed part of two team time trial stage victories in 2007 at the Tour Méditerranéen and the Volta a Catalunya,[5] [6] before taking his first professional victory at the 2008 Vuelta a España. Having missed out on a stage victory when he was caught by the sprinters after an attack with 4km (02miles) remaining on stage 17,[7] Erviti won the following day after passing Nicolas Roche before the finish line in Las Rozas de Madrid, having been a part of a larger breakaway group.[8]

After being a part of another team time trial stage victory at the 2009 Tour Méditerranéen, Erviti took his second Vuelta a España stage win at the 2010 race, after a solo move in the closing kilometres of the stage.[9] The following year, he won the Vuelta a La Rioja one-day race, out-sprinting teammates Giovanny Báez and Juan Pablo Suárez.[10] He was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed as part of a large pile-up on stage 6 with 25km (16miles) remaining. Erviti suffered "serious wounds in his right side", that required surgery, a 48-hour hospital stay and as a result, did not start stage 7.[11] He also contested that year's Vuelta a España, again forming part of a stage-winning effort by the in the team time trial.[12] He also formed part of the 's team time trial stage win at the 2014 Vuelta a España.[13]

In 2016, he was in the early breakaway in the two cycling monuments held as cobbled classics, the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. He finished both races in the top 10 – the first Spanish rider to do so in the same year[14] [15] – with his seventh-place finish in the Tour of Flanders being the best result for any rider at the race over the team's history.[16] At the 2021 Tour de France, Erviti finished second on stage twelve, having featured as part of the day's breakaway before Nils Politt soloed away to take the stage victory in Nîmes.[17] He retired at the end of the 2023 season,[18] becoming a directeur sportif with UCI WorldTeam ahead of the 2024 season.[19]

Major results

Source:[20]

2004
  • 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
    2007
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour Méditerranéen
    2008
  • 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España
    2009
  • 4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
    2010
  • 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España
  • 7th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
    2011
  • 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
    2012
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    2014
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
  • 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    2016
  • 7th Tour of Flanders
  • 9th Paris–Roubaix
    2017
  • 5th Time trial, National Road Championships

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    Giro d'Italia81
    Tour de France7788DNF118811151089277997467DNF
    / Vuelta a España62991007812613210263100849264476678
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Imanol Erviti. . Movistar Team. 6 July 2019.
    2. News: Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes. Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A.. 18 December 2018. 3 January 2019.
    3. News: Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020. . Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. 2 January 2020.
    4. News: Stage 6 - May 30: Tudela-Pamplona, 137 km. Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. 30 May 2004. 12 May 2024.
    5. News: Caisse takes team time trial. Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. 14 February 2007. 12 May 2024.
    6. News: Hernan. Alvarez. Men in black take the stage. Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. 21 May 2007. 12 May 2024.
    7. News: Gregor. Brown. Bjorn. Haake. Quick Step's Weylandt sprints to stage win. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 September 2008. 12 May 2024.
    8. News: Erviti edges Roche. Eurosport. TF1 Group. Reuters. 18 September 2008. 12 May 2024.
    9. News: Erviti takes Vuelta stage as Saxo Bank self-destruct. Cycling Weekly. IPC Media. 7 September 2010. 12 May 2024.
    10. News: Bjorn. Haake. Imanol Erviti takes Vuelta a la Rioja. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 24 April 2011. 12 May 2024.
    11. News: Fractures, bruises and bumps: A stage six injury report. 1 August 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 7 July 2012.
    12. News: The dream comes true. . Abarca Sports S.L.. 18 August 2012. 12 May 2024.
    13. News: Alasdair. Fotheringham. Alasdair Fotheringham. Vuelta a España: Movistar wins Team Time Trial opener. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 23 August 2014. 12 May 2024.
    14. News: Olga. Àbalos. Imanol Erviti - a timeless classic. Rouleur. Gruppo Media Ltd. 16 October 2023. 12 May 2024.
    15. News: Imanol Erviti: the pride of a captain. . Abarca Sports S.L.. 10 April 2016. 12 May 2024.
    16. News: Erviti, 7th and a place in history. . Abarca Sports S.L.. 3 April 2016. 12 May 2024.
    17. News: Stephen. Farrand. Tour de France: Nils Politt wins stage 12 as breakaway sticks. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 July 2021. 12 May 2024.
    18. Web site: McGrath . Andy . 10 October 2023 . We are all Imanol Erviti . 20 October 2023 . Escape Collective . en-US.
    19. News: Flo. Clifford. What's going on with Ineos Grenadiers?. Cyclist. Diamond Publishing. 14 December 2023. 12 May 2024. Ex-Movistar stalwart Imanol Erviti joins as a DS having retired from racing this year [...].
    20. Web site: Imanol Erviti. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 12 May 2024.