Leangel Linarez Explained

Leangel Linarez
Full Name:Leangel Rubén Linarez Meneses
Birth Date:7 August 1997
Birth Place:Barinas, Venezuela
Height:1.75 m
Weight:74 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Amateuryears1:2015–2016
Amateurteam1:Ona Idt Fona
Amateuryears2:2016–2017
Amateurteam2:Amo Táchira–Concafé
Amateuryears3:2017
Amateurteam3:EC Cartucho.es–Magro
Amateuryears4:2017
Amateurteam4:Fundación Disjogreca On Bike
Amateuryears5:2018–2019
Amateurteam5:Team Kuota–Construcciones Paulino[1]
Proyears1:2019
Proteam1: (stagiaire)
Proyears2:2020–
Proteam2:[2] [3]

Leangel Rubén Linarez Meneses (born 7 August 1997) is a Venezuelan cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .[4]

Linarez turned professional in 2020 and took his first victory in a UCI event in 2022, winning stage 3 of the Volta ao Alentejo.[5] In 2023, he won his first fully professional race, taking two stage wins at the Volta a Portugal.[6] In May 2024, he won the Pan American Road Race Championships.[7]

Major results

2013
  • 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    2019
  • 1st
  • 1st
  • 1st Stage 2 Grande Prémio Jornal de Notícias
    2020
  • 2nd
    2022
  • 1st
  • 1st Stage 3 Volta ao Alentejo
  • 3rd Road race, South American Games
    2023 (2 pro wins)
  • 1st Grand Tour de Ciclismo de SC
  • 1st Stages 1 & 2 Volta a Portugal
  • 1st Stages 2 & 5 Volta ao Alentejo
  • 2nd Overall Troféu Ribeiro da Silva
    2024 (1)
  • 1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Leangel Linarez . firstcycling.com . 27 May 2024.
    2. Web site: Miranda - Mortágua. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200419125745/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14109/1003113/257. 19 April 2020.
    3. Web site: Tavfer-Measindot-Mortágua. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 25 February 2021. https://archive.today/20210225232221/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15365/1003113/276. 25 February 2021.
    4. Web site: Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 February 2024.
    5. Web site: Venezuela dominates in the Alentejo: Linarez wins the stage and Aular is the leader . infobae.com . 18 March 2022 . 3 June 2024.
    6. Web site: Doblete del venezolano Linarez en la Volta a Portugal . ciclismointernacional.com . 11 August 2023 . 3 June 2024.
    7. Web site: Venezuela closes with gold in the elite road (m) of the Pan American Cycling Championship . copaci.org . 26 May 2024 . 3 June 2024.