Joey Rosskopf Explained

Joey Rosskopf
Fullname:Joseph Rosskopf
Birth Date:1989 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:Decatur, Georgia, United States
Height:1.870NaN0
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2010
Proyears2:2011–2012
Proyears3:2013–2014
Proyears4:2015–2020
Proteam4:[1]
Proyears5:2021–2022
Proteam5:[2]
Proyears6:2023–
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

TTT stages (2015)One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships
(2017, 2018)

Joseph Rosskopf (born September 5, 1989) is an American cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[3]

Career

A professional since 2010, Rosskopf was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España[4] and the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[5] He won the Tour du Limousin in 2016, and became the second rider from the Americas, after Leonardo Duque, to win the race.

Rosskopf was the winner of the United States National Time Trial Championships in 2017 and 2018.[6] In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[7]

In November 2020, Rosskopf signed a two-year contract with the team, from the 2021 season.[8]

Personal

Rosskopf graduated from Decatur High School.

Major results

2011
  • 2nd Overall Tour du Rwanda
  • 1st Stage 4
    2012
  • 4th Tour of the Battenkill
  • 9th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic
    2013
  • 1st Overall Paris–Arras Tour
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Beauce
  • 3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
  • 3rd Philadelphia International Championship
    2014
  • 1st Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour of Utah
  • Pan American Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 6th Overall USA Pro Cycling Challenge
    2015
  • 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    2016
  • 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Eneco Tour
  • 2nd Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 6th Overall Tour of Utah
  • 10th Japan Cup
    2017
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya
  • 10th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
    2018
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    2020
  • 1st Mountains classification, Tour Down Under
  • 3rd Overall Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    2021
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 4th Time trial
    2023
  • 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour201520162017201820192020
    Giro d'Italia857064
    Tour de France73
    Vuelta a España12481
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Valter completes CCC Team's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. November 25, 2019. January 1, 2020.
    2. Web site: Rally Cycling. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. January 6, 2021. https://archive.today/20210106160303/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15259/1001254/280. January 6, 2021.
    3. Web site: Long . Jonny . Doug Ryder's new Q36.5 team has announced its 23-man squad . CyclingTips . 5 November 2022 . en . 4 November 2022.
    4. Web site: Vuelta a España 2015 . August 21, 2015 . Cycling Fever.
    5. Web site: 99th Giro d'Italia Startlist . May 6, 2016 . Pro Cycling Stats.
    6. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/2018/06/21/joey-rosskopf-amber-neben-repeat-usa-cycling-time-trial-champions/715752002/ Knox News. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
    7. Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . July 1, 2019. ProCyclingStats.
    8. News: Fred. Dreier. Joey Rosskopf heads to Rally Cycling on a two-year deal. VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc.. November 5, 2020. November 5, 2020.